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Meeting Minutes December 2003 |
Thursday 29 July, 2010 |
MAINE SOCIETY FOR RESPIRATORY CARE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER
LEWISTON, ME
Meeting called to order by Shirley at 1855.
Members Present: Shirley Belanger, Diane Haskell, Kathleen Kiernan, Barbara Larrson, and Shelley Wilson.
Members Excused: Gary Hamelin and Paula Fortin
Members Absent: Tim Ingram
Guests: Ervin Graham, Steve Enking, David Boyer, Bob Cronin, Anna Waldman, Sean Shortall and Jason Clowater.
Secretary: Minutes read and accepted. Karen motioned to accept.
Treasurer’s Report: Report is unavailable at this time.
Delegate’s Report: Karen reviewed seven HOD Resolutions and recommendations for each. These will be presented at the HOD meeting December 6-7, 2003. We will be submitting the Bylaws this year as well as a Revenue Sharing Contract.
Education Committee: The seminar planning is almost finished. Speakers are being lined up and Diane announced speakers and topics. This is a tentative schedule.
ALAM: The ALAM is hoping for a third walk in Augusta/ Waterville area. The Trek next year is ending in Rockland. Diane handed out a copy of the overview of the Dirigo Health Plan from Ed Miller. The American Lung Association sent out a survey on COPD one month ago and will donate the money to research for COPD.
Bylaws: These are ready and will be sent out soon to the AARC.
PACT: The next meeting is March 6-9, 2004 in Washington, D. C.
Lobstergram: Next issue out in January and would like it out by Jan. 31st. to include: Delegate’s Report, Election Results, PACT Update, President’s Message, Past President’s Message, Conference Update, Membership Update, ALAM Report, SMCC and KVCC Updates, and any special recognitions would be appreciated. Information is needed by January 15th. The past issue was mailed on December 1st.
Webpage: Paula is doing a good job keeping the webpage up to date.
New Business: The new Polysomnography Bill (NJ) had not
been reviewed much and Barbara requested
to get as much information as possible and have
Art Cerullo look at it.
The new liability insurance will be taken care of
by Diane. She will fill in the information and
send it in.
Barbara recommended recognizing Neil Duval,
MD with a plaque at the MSRC seminar in
May. Barbara mentioned giving Neil Duval
$100.00 for the hour inservice prior to the
meeting.
The Annual MSRC Scholarship was mentioned
and Shelley motioned to give $500.00 to
KVTC and SMTC. Questions were raised to
see if there should be stipulations with the
scholarships. This will be discussed later next
year.
The election results are in and 69 ballots were
received. The winners were:
President: Barbara Larsson
President Elect: Paula Fortin
Secretary: Kathleen Kiernan
Treasurer: Shelley Wilson
Delegate: Keith Siegel
Boad Member at Large: Diane Haskell and Sean Shortall.
Karen motioned to have Barbara keep the
ballots for 30days.
Shirley was recognized with a plaque by
Barbara for appreciation and years of
commitment.
Meeting Adjourned at 2025.
Next Meeting: January 29, 2004 in Lewiston @ Dr. Duval’s office @ 1630.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathleen Kiernan, RRT.
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