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Business Meeting: DRAFT ASNA 2011 Spring Conference-­‐ Business Meeting Agenda April 10, 2011 / 7:00am to 8:00am Chena Hot Springs Fairbanks, Alaska Begin at 7:00am Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance/Welcome: Luann Fogels Thank conference planners! Rosa Scouten (Conference Chair), Kathy Ellingson (CEU Committee), Kathy Birch, Michelle Powers, Ann Bychkowski, Diana Drath, Lori Schneider, Lois Henderson, Beth Vonnahme, Cindy Bachert, Sharon Baring, Patricia Lyngholm, Carolyn Purdy And of course Maureen Kauleinamoku Introductions: Luann Fogels Director: Patricia Barker (ASD Polaris K12) President: Luann Fogels (ASD South High) Vice President: Becky Hansen (ASD Chester Valley Elementary) Treasurer: Nancy Edtl (ASD Director of Nursing and Health Services) Secretary: Melody Vahl (Kodiak-­‐North Star Elementary) NBCSN State Liaison: Becky Hansen (ASD Chester Valley Elementary) State of Alaska School Nurse Consultant: Mary Bell Roll call of districts and declaration of quorum: Luann Fogels Anchorage#16 Juneau#3 Kodiak#3 Fairbanks#4 Mat-­‐Su#4 Unalaska#0 Glen Allen / Copper River#0 Kenai#1 Denali#0 Barrow#0 Added Mary Bell to roll call “State Of Alaska School Nurse Consultant”#1 total: 32 Moment of Silence: Luann Fogels I would like to acknowledge two Anchorage School District school nurses who we are missing today. Katherine Senungetuk, a well know Alaskan artist and school nurse who lost her hard fought, long battle with cancer this past year. And Heidi Lubke, a vivacious, lively woman who was taken from us in a matter of seconds due to a MVA. They were both long-­‐time, well respected, much loved school nurses and are very much missed.

Review of Minutes: Jennifer Cottle/Melody Vahl Not completed -­‐ tabled for next year conference. Membership Report: Patty Barker/Nancy Edtl We have 93 ASNA members as of April 2011. Last year we had 104. Treasurer’s Report: Nancy Edtl ASNA has $20,000.00 in the bank (Nancy what was the #?) Director’s Report: Patricia Barker NASN-­‐ campaign “Voices of Meningitis”; this year’s conference is in D.C. Voices of Meningitis campaign that NASN is promoting. I encouraged people to go to NASN's website for information and out of all the people who go to the web site 3 will be selected and each will receive all expense paid trips to the 2012 NASN summer conference in San Francisco (up to $2000). Alaska School Nurse Consultant Report: Mary Bell SHNC Report for ASNA 4-­‐10-­‐11 SHNAC – will be meeting together on April 18th; 3 sub-­‐committees · S/G – -­‐ Group working to provide guidelines for standardization of practice -­‐ First guidelines released in Feb – Measuring Height/Weight and Calculating BMI -­‐ Currently working on Infectious Dx Guidelines and Vision Screening Guidelines · A/E – -­‐ Group working on advocating and educating the public, school administrators, staff, parents, and others on the role of the school nurse in impacting student achievement -­‐ School Nurses Make a Difference PowerPoint, CD’s in ASNA conference packet and will be available for downloading off the School Nursing/School Health website soon -­‐ Next project -­‐ a school nursing services brochure to educate the public · N/SR – -­‐ This group is working on addressing school nursing issues; delegation is and has been problematic for school nurses and school districts. We are working specifically on continued education of the BON on school nursing practice and delegation and have assembled informational binders containing our research and recommendations. We plan to give each BON member a binder and have also provided the AaNA practice committee one as well in order to receive their feedback and potential support. -­‐ A collaborative (school nurses, parents, health care providers, DHHS/DEED, ADA) is being assembled on April 19th to work on diabetes specific delegation issues statewide; the binder information is being distributed for this group as well. Besides SHNAC – other committees/boards/meetings I have attended or currently attend where school nursing now has “a presence at the table”: · School Health Collaborative (DEED, DHSS, other state departments and agencies) · School Health & Wellness Institute Planning Committee · All Alaska Pediatric Partnership committees of School Health, Emergency Planning, and Health Services for Homeless Kids · School District BMI Collaboration with the Obesity Program · ASNA Board meetings and conference planning · ANAS Board · Emergency Preparedness Planning · Alaska Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Committee

· Alaska Epilepsy Planning Committee · School Based Health Center Planning · Violence & Injury Prevention · NASSNC · Within my Section: oral health, adolescence health programs Presidents Report: Luann Fogels Voting on one Bylaws change, refer to the Bylaws that were made available to you on the ASNA website and passed out to you this morning. See Article IX -­‐ Executive Board Duties, Section 3, definition of “quorum”: Active members present at a properly noticed meeting shall constitute a quorum. -­‐discussion tabled due to time restrictions. Discuss membership $126 a year-­‐ not discussed. Discuss becoming a BOD, volunteering, serving-­‐requested to all meeting members. Committee volunteers needed 1) Spring Conference 2012 Conference Chair: Nancy Edtl Wendy Parsons, Deb Pintch, Jordis Clark, Ruth Bogart, Lee Stark, Cindy Hendel, Mary bell, Becky Hansen, Melody Vahl, Linda Sinclair 2) School Nurse of the Year Application Review Becky Hansen, Lori Schneider, Krista Grillot, Betty Miller, Wendy Parsons 3) Nominations for ASNA Board Committee Deb Pintch, Melody Vahl, Lori Schneider, Betty Miller, Linda Sinclair, Lee Stark 4) ASNA By laws review committee Kathy Bell, Jordis Clark, Joy Arneson, Nancy Edtl, Mary Bell 5) Legislative Action Committee Becky Hanson, Jordis Clark, Chris VanCleave, Melody Vahl, Sharon Barring, Maureen Hall, Alice Manwelling School Nurse of the Year: Mary Bell & Luann Fogels Awarded to: Elizabeth Miller, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District DOOR PRIZE Becky Hansen Speaking of a good reason to be a member! A crisp one hundred dollar bill goes to one lucky ASNA member! Winner: Cynthia Hendel, Mirror Lake Middle School, ASD Acknowledgements Luann Fogels & Patricia Barker Luann & Patty Acknowledge: Becky, Nancy, Melody, and Mary Nomination of Officers Secretary: Melody Vahl (Kodiak) Treasurer: Nancy Edtl (ASD Director of Nursing and Health Services) Vice President: Becky Hansen (ASD Chester Valley) President: Luann Fogels (ASD South High) Anyone Else: Would anyone else like to add their name to the ballot? None added.

You can vote via electronic ballot on the ASNA website. Voting will open two days after the Conference ends and will stay open for two weeks, from this Wednesday April 12th through April 26th. 2012 Spring Conference Next year’s conference –Anchorage Conference History: 2006 Anchorage 2007 Fairbanks 2008 MatSu 2009 Anchorage 2010 Kenai (Homer) 2011 Fairbanks (Chena Hot Springs) 2012 Anchorage 2013 MatSu New Business: none Old Business: none Adjourn: 8:20am By, Melody Vahl, RN ASNA Secretary ****************************************************************************************