October 2007
October 24, 2007
Meeting called to order at 5:57pm by
New Officers Announced:
President: Adriann Mischel
President Elect: Kathy Bell
Secretary: Patti Hill
Treasurer: Teri Baughman
Director at Large: 1. Diane Cassell
2. Tammy Buckles
3. Jean Gomez
4. and 5. There is a three way tie for these positions.
~ Motion by Kathy B. that the general membership be sent the names of the three way tie, and re-vote for the two remaining positions.
~ Second by Adriann
* Motion passed unanimously
Teri will resend the ballots.
Issues and concerns about the election process and officer qualifications discussed. Need to have updated SOP’s has been identified. Topics discussed included:
- Length of membership
- Active verses inactive member
- Qualifications for Officers
- National does not define attendance issues in the current bylaws concerning officers
- A committee shall be formed to define the needs and parameters. The recommendations made included there are more stringent requirements or guidelines for the Officers than for the Directors at large.
- Identification that members out of the
- There needs to be a defined process concerning how to address ties in the future.
- Adriann was appointed / volunteered to be the chairperson for this committee. She will recruit additional members.
Concerns about current practice and responsibilities of the Secretary’s position were identified. Discussion followed:
- Currently, Cathi L. (current Secretary) does not have access to the web site in order to post the minutes.
- ~ Motion by Patti H that the secretary have the responsibility of gaining access to the web site and posting the monthly minutes no later than 2 weeks after the meeting.
- ~ Second by Kathy B.
- * Motion passed unanimously.
- Discussion followed that Teri B. will teach the newly eleceted secretary how to post the minutes.
- The secretary should be responsible for the posting of the ballots. Discussion followed:
- Point was raised that the chair of the election committee is responsible per the current bylaws
- Perhaps the only member that does not have a potential interest or conflict would be the President as this officer is not eligible to run for an elected position as they are or will be serving as the Immediate Past President.
- Adriann will look into other organizations bylaws to gain further information. It was identified that the size of the active membership as well as the total membership should be kept in mind as this could affect the process.
Government Affairs:
- Orientation and training for the local Government Affairs Chairperson will be held in
- National ENA will take care of the cost of the educations, hotels etc. It is up to the local chapters or individuals to arrange / pay for transportation.
- NM ENA Government Chairperson must be identified by December 14th, and the name submitted to National.
- Adriann and Kathy will formulate a letter requesting all interested members to identify themselves and give it to Teri to send out to the membership at large. This letter should ask the interested member to identify their definition of the position / job, their vision or what they envision their responsibilities to be, and how they will report to the President as well as to the NM ENA membership.
- Three members in attendance tonight voiced an interest in the position.
Officer orientation is the weekend of December 9th in
Traditionally the November and December Meetings are combined.
~ Motion by Sue S that the December meeting be canceled and that the next meeting be held on November 28th.
~ Second by Teri B
* Motion passed unanimously
Kathy Bell resigned as the Education Committee Chairperson. She is seeking interested parties for the position. E mail Adriann with your letter of interest.
Brief summary of the September National General and Scientific Assembly given by the attendee’s.
Kevin reported that on November 13th there will be a Trauma Nursing workshop that will offer 8 hours of CEU’s.
CEN Review Information and numbers:
- 42 paid participants
- 1 no show that was pre paid
- 18 were ENA members
- 24 were not members
- Net Profit: $1,983.60
- Med Ed Evaluation comments included:
- Prefer seminars on #1 Thursday, #2 Friday, #3 Saturday
- Additional areas or topics of interest include: Trauma, Triage, Cardiovascular, Toxicology, and RSI, (listed in order of interest.)
- Patti will look into the possibility or potential that we could co-sponsor a class with the Presbyterian Foundation and present a topic such as triage.
- Teri B reported that seminars or classes during the State EMS Conference or pre-conference, in July could be offered through Med Ed. This would be a joint effort between the State EMS and NM ENA. Cost of this was discussed.
Treasurers Report:
See attached from Teri B.
Discussion concerning the Leadership conference was tabled to the November 28th meeting. At that time the stipends will be discussed.
Meeting adjourned at 7:35p
