CAPHN Executive Board Meeting

Minutes of 3/15/05

Present: Phil Greiner, Beth Strimpel, Andrea Lombard, Heather Henning, Debbie Horvath, Ruth Knollmueller, Barbara Quigley, Joanne Cannon

The meeting was called to order at 8:40 AM by President Phil Greiner.

Minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed by members present. Motion was made by Joanne and seconded by Ruth to accept the minutes as presented. Motion passed unanimously.

There was no treasurer’s report.

President’s Report

Phil noted that he has scheduled an appointment to meet with the commissioner, Dr. Galvin, on April 12 at 2:00 PM. It was agreed that Phil, Monica Farina and Andrea would meet in advance to discuss topics for the meeting. Some concerns to be addressed include:

• There is currently no designated nurse to attend meetings of the Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing and represent CT. It was noted that CT has had no representation in over 7 years. It was agreed that CAPHN would like the Commissioner to designate someone with public health experience, as well as an understanding of the state health department.

• CAPHN agreed to support CADH position regarding the expansion to full time health departments/districts for CT towns. It was also agreed to by members of the executive board that Phil would send the letter of support with a request for consideration of our position advancing the provision of full time public health nursing positions in each health dept/district in the future.
• There is currently a shortage of faculty to provide education in community health nursing.
• There are currently two educational programs for PHN’s that need to be maintained and continued. It is hoped that there might be some way to insure their availability for future public health nurse education and orientation.

Phil will provide the board with copies of his letters as President of CAPHN to Chris Cannon, CADH and Commissioner Galvin.

Education Committee

The Annual meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 4, at the Holiday Inn in North Haven. Barbara provided information re meal selections and expenses. There will be a $200 fee for rental of the room, $25 for the podium. Dinner will be $30 per person. Combined early bird membership renewal plus dinner will be $60 per person. A flyer will be distributed shortly. Dues and dinner reservations will be forwarded to Virginia at CNA. Monica Farina is handling the CEU’s and working with CNA and the CT Partnership for Workforce Development to develop the evaluation tool for the conference.

Beth agreed to serve as Master of Ceremonies, and will introduce the panelists for the discussion on the 2004 flu season, as well as Dr. Cartter or Dr. Hadler who will speak on CT’s plan for Pandemic Flu Preparedness.

Membership Committee

Membership forms to go out with the flyer for the annual meeting in May. There will be an early bird discount, with membership renewal of $30 if completed by the May meeting. Otherwise, membership will be $35 per year.

Unfinished Business

Logo – Margaret Balint will try to have samples of logos under consideration available for review by membership, and possibly have them voted on at the May meeting.

Bylaws – Proposed revisions to the bylaws were reviewed. Joanne made a motion to accept the bylaws as revised and forward to the membership for a vote at the Annual Meeting. Motion was seconded by Ruth and passed unanimously. Debbie will mail a copy of the revisions to all CAPHN members by April 4, and voting on the revised bylaws will take place at the annual meeting in May. It was suggested that the meeting flyer and membership forms be sent out at the same time.

New Business

Nominations and Election of Officers – This year CAPHN will elect a Vice President and a Treasurer. In addition, member at large positions will be filled. It was suggested that Debbie send an email to the membership soliciting nominees for the open positions. Names will be forwarded to Beth and Barbara. A slate will be presented at the May meeting for election.

Andrea noted that CAPHN and DPH are co-sponsoring an educational presentation on Hepatitis and Pertussis on April 27 from 5 to 8PM. A flyer will go out shortly.

Next Executive Board Meeting

There will not be a meeting in April. The next meeting will be at the Holiday Inn in North Haven, on May 4 immediately preceding registration for the program. Phil noted that regretfully he will not be able to attend the May meeting. Andrea agreed to read his report at the meeting. The rest of the meeting will be conducted by the other officers present. There will be a meeting of the new Executive Board on May 17^th at 8:30 AM at CNA offices in Meriden. Phil will arrange that meeting time with CNA.

Respectfully Submitted,

Debbie Horvath, APRN

Secretary, CAPHN