Featured Speaker:
Lucinda Farina MSN, CNM

CEU’s pending

Everyone Welcome! Bring a guest!

Date:  Thursday, November 6, 2008
Time: 

6:30-7:00 p.m. meeting
7:00-8:00 p.m. dinner/speaker presentation

Place:

Presti’s of Oberlin
580 West Lorain
Oberlin, OH 44074

Please RSVP by:            
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Janet Bessas
440-934-2629
Email – j.Bessas@csuohio.edu

Attendance: Janet Bessas, Joanne Hudson (speaker), Cindy Watkins, Donna Slack, Bobbie Broske, Jim Strayer and Pat Schrull

Meeting called to order by Janet Bessas at 6:30 pm at Presti’s of Oberlin.

1. Approval of Meeting minutes from March 6, 2008
Cindy Watkins moved to approve the minutes.  Seconded by Jim Strayer. Motion carried.

2. Treasurer’s report: – Cindy Watkins reported the following account totals:
a. Checking account – $712.80
b. 1 yr CD – $1434.03 – renewed December 17, 2008
c. 7 month CD – $1429.57 – rolled over on April 17, 2008
d. Motion – Bobbie Broske moved to accept treasurer’s report. Seconded by Charlotte Burge. Motion carried.

3. Old Business:
a. 2008 Goals for service to the community at Lorain County Fair August 2008
i. Jim Strayer reported that group will be taking BP’s at Democratic booth.
ii. Jim Strayer will contact Republican office to see about also being present at their booth.
iii. Motion – Jim Strayer moved that LCDNA empower the planning committee to explore and adopt ways to distribute info about LCDNA with cost not to exceed $200. Motion was seconded by Cindy Watkins.  Motion carried.

b. Election:
i. 22 ballots were returned and there were no write ins
ii. Election Results
1. President – Janet Bessas
2. Vice President – Jim Strayer
3. Secretary – Bobbie Broske
4. Treasurer – Cindy Watkins
5. Board of Directors
a. Charlotte Burge
b. Donna Slack
iii. Donna Slack moved acceptance of ballots.  Seconded by Cindy Watkins.  Motion carried.

4. New Business
a. Discussion about yearly meetings and ways to increase attendance.
b. Motion – Cindy Watkins moved that we combine our November meeting with the Erie-Huron District.  Charlotte Burge seconded. Motion carried.
 
5. Next Meeting – November 6, 2008.

Submitted by

Charlotte Burge
Secretary

Presentation/Dinner/Meeting

NATIONAL NURSES’ WEEK CELEBRATION

“Laugh for the Health of It”

Featured Speaker: Joanne Hudson

Hospice of the Western Reserve

1.0 CEU

Everyone Welcome! Bring a guest!

Date: Thursday, May 1, 2008
Time: 6:30-7:00 p.m. meeting
7:00-8:00 p.m. dinner/speaker presentation

Place: Presti’s of Oberlin
580 West Lorain
Oberlin, OH 44074

Please RSVP by:
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Janet Bessas
440-934-2629
Email – j.Bessas@csuohio.edu

Attendance: Janet Bessas, Joanne Hudson (speaker), Cindy Watkins, Donna Slack, Bobbie Broske, Jim Strayer and Pat Schrull Meeting called to order by Janet Bessas at 6:30 pm at Presti’s of Oberlin.

1. Approval of Meeting minutes from December 12, 2007 Donna Slack moved to approve the minutes. Seconded by Cindy Watkins. Motion carried.

2. Treasurer’s report: – Cindy Watkins reported the following account totals:
a. Checking account – $630.73
b. 1 yr CD – $1452.44 – renews in December 2008
c. 7 month CD – $1388.29 – renews in September 2008
d. Motion – Donna Slack moved to accept treasurer’s report. Seconded by Bobbie Broski. Motion carried.

3. Old Business:

a. 2008 Goals for Service to Community

i. Jim went to the Jobs for Justice event in Cleveland which was strongly supported by the communication workers of America, GCNA, and California Nurses Association. Susan Goodman (or Goldman, he couldn’t remember) spoke about being under appreciated by lawyers and the coming revolution in healthcare when we have universal health care. Shortage of MD & RNs now will increase by 40% more when this happens. He states a lot of networking occurred here.
ii. Jim invited to participate in another event in September.
iii. Jim met Hillary Clinton and asked her to do something for nurses.
iv. Donna manned phones for 3 hours and put up signs for Hillary.

b. Plans for increasing awareness of LCDNA

i. By May meeting we will decide how we will support Hillary. (or whoever the ANA/ONA is supporting after the primaries are over).

1. Motion – Jim Strayer moved that as soon as LCDNA Leadership is made aware of nomination supported by ANA/ONA we will participate by releasing a press release to support this endorsement. Seconded by Pat Schrull. Motion carried.
2. It was decided that Donna Slack will spearhead with Janet Bessas assisting.

ii. Motion – Jim Strayer moved that as soon as LCDNA Leadership is made aware of nomination supported by ANA/ONA we will participate by releasing a press release to support this endorsement. Seconded by Pat Schrull. Motion carried.

1. Donna Slack will spearhead this with Janet Bessas assisting.

iii. Plans for Lorain County Fair will be revisited at the May meeting. Presently

1. Democratic booth will set aside room for LCDNA
2. Jim Strayer will contact Republicans regarding booth. Without one Republicans would never get information about LCDNA that we want to distribute.

iv. LCCC Career Fair

1. Cindy Watkins proposed that LCDNA would be better served to make presentation to graduating classes and provide handouts. All agreed.
2. Pat Schrull and Janet Bessas are willing to make visits.

c. Nominating Committee update for 2008 officers.

i. Bobbie Broske reported that the following people have agreed to run or have been nominated.

1. President – Janet Bessas
2. Vice President – Jim Strayer
3. Treasurer – Cindy Watkins
4. Secretary – Bobbie Broski
5. Board of Directors: Charlotte Burge, Donna Slack, John Kreig, Pam Schmid, Brenda Spring

ii. Donna Slack motioned that the ballot be closed as is and that those who are not aware of their names being present on the ballot be contacted prior to ballots being sent out. Seconded by Pat Schrull. Motion carried.

4. New Business

a. Future meetings

i. Discussed decreasing to 3 meetings a year in February, May and November with one of those being a combined meeting with GCNA. Janet Bessas will contact GCNA about mutual meeting.

b. Future meeting topics – Janet Bessas passed around a Hospice in-service list for perusal for future meeting topics.

5. Next Meeting: May 1, 2008

6. Adjournment: Jim Strayer moved meeting be adjourned. Seconded by Cindy Watkins. Motion carried.

Submitted by Cindy Watkins Secretary Pro-tem

Meeting called to order by Janet Bessas, president, at 6:35 pm at the Presti’s of Oberlin.

1. Approval of meeting minutes from October 18, 2007
a. Cindy Watkins moved minutes be accepted. Seconded by Donna Slack.  Motion carried.

2. Treasurer’s report
a. Checking account – $517.76
b. 7 month CD – $1,388.29
c. 12 month CD – $1,415.65
d. Jim Strayer moved the Treasurer’s report be accepted.  Seconded by Charlotte Burge.  Motion carried.
e. Cindy reported that the 12 month CD matures on December 17th.  She has discovered that the LCDNA names on the CD are Hope Moon and Pat Schrull. She is attempting to have the names changed so some changes can be made.  Several suggestions were given by members.

3. Old Business
a. LCGHD involvement in county wide functions
i. LCCC career fair – March 19, 2008, 12 noon to 3 pm.
1. Cindy Watkins and Janet Bessas will be responsible for arrangements
2. Cindy Watkins will investigate if following items can be handed out: Membership forms, voter registration, ONA/LCDNA info brochure
3. Jim Strayer will produce flyers to handouts
4. Jim Strayer and Ann Cary will work it.
ii. Jim Strayer reported
1. That he was involved with SICO fair where he gave out 200+ flyers about ANA/ONA that he had designed and printed.  He also gave out voter registration forms of which 40 were completed.
2. That he will be involved with Jobs for Justice fair at the Airport Sheraton Hotel on January 17th and will do the same as at SICO.  Sue Morano will also be there and he will ask her if she would be willing to be present at LCCC career fair

b. Nominating Committee Update for 2008 Officers
i. Sarah West and Bobbie Broski will head it
ii. Offices to be included are:
1. President
2. Vice President
3. Secretary
4. Treasurer
5. Board of Directors
6. Nominations Committee
iii. Charlotte reminded everyone that bylaws state that no one can hold same office for more than 2 consecutive terms.

4. New Business
a. Outstanding Graduate Award – Cindy Watkins introduced Nichole Thorn, a senior in LCCC’s ADN program.  After explaining Nichole’s activities and accomplishments, Cindy presented Nichole with the Outstanding Graduate Award.

5. Future Meetings
a. March 6, 2008 – topic to be announced
b. May 1, 2008 – topic to be announced

6. Adjournment
Charlotte Burge moved that the meeting be adjourned.  Seconded by Jim Strayer.  Meeting adjourned at 7:20 pm.

7. CE Presentation
Mary O’Brian Lambert presented a 1 clock hour Alzheimer’s Association program on Improving Communication with persons with Alzheimer’s Disease.

Submitted by
Charlotte Burge, Secretary

Meeting called to order by Janet Bessas at 6:30pm at the Presti’s of Oberlin.

1. Approval of meeting minutes from August 2, 2007
a. Donna Slack moved minutes be accepted. Seconded by Cindy Watkins.  Motion carried.

2. Treasurer’s report
a. Checking account – $476.84 (major expense – $750 paid to delegates to cover some of convention expense)
b. 7 month CD – $1,358.93
c. 12 month CD – $1,415.68
d. Jim Strayer moved the Treasurer’s report be accepted.  Seconded by Cindy Watkins.  Motion carried.
e. Cindy reported that when she received message re CD renewal it was too late to compare the new CD interest rate vs. the renewal CD interest rate.  However, she will do so when next CD is up for renewal

3. Old Business
a. Outstanding Graduate Award – Cindy Watkins reported that applications have been handed out to the current LCCC graduating class.  She also indicated that the award was open to any person graduating from an RN program in December.
b. LCGHD involvement in county wide functions
i. Jim Strayer reported that he had attended a meeting today related to legislative activities that were scheduled for this fall and that he wondered if we should consider having a table at each. 
ii. Motion: Cindy Watkins moved that the committee be allowed to plan for tables at the 2 functions, at the County Fair and at things like the LCCC career fairs.  Motion seconded by Charlotte Burge.  Motion carried.

4. New Business
a. Nominating Committee for Spring Elections – 2 members has not rejoined the district.  Sarah West still remains and new members are needed.  Bobbie Broske volunteered and was accepted by the members present.
b. Legislative Liaison for 2008 elections – Cindy Watkins moved that Jim Strayer be appointed as LCGHD’s Legislative Liaison.  Charlotte Burge seconded the motion. Motion carried.  Jim accepted the appointment.
c. ONA convention report – Charlotte Burge passed out a report of the Convention activities that she had prepared (download a PDF of this report) The 4 delegates (Charlotte Burge, Jim Strayer, Cindy Watkins and Janet Bessas) discussed the CE programs and the activities and motions that occurred during the convention. It was reported that the Small District Caucus, of which LCGHD is a member, met and discussed several issues and also discussed the need to meet at times other than the actual convention.  It was decided that it would be helpful if the Small District Caucus would convene at least once if not 2 times a year prior to conventions so that we could possibly have a meaningful voice in the things presented and acted upon at the convention.

5. Future Meetings
a. December 6, 2007 – Holiday Mixer and CE event, Location: Prestis at Oberlin
b. March 6, 2008 – topic to be announced
c. May 1, 2008 – topic to be announced

6. Adjournment:  Donna Slack moved that the meeting be adjourned.  Seconded by Jim Strayer.  Meeting adjourned at 8:20 pm.

Submitted by

Charlotte J. Burge