OLD BUSINESS

TOPIC

DISCUSSION

RECOMMENDATION

ACTION

FOLLOW-UP

1.    

TNCC Instructor Update

Diane Cassell is out of town and unable to report.

Defer to the July Meeting

Pending July meeting

Pending July Meeting

2.    

NM ENA State Council Annual Conference

Teri Baughman

17 paid registrants attended. 

Revenue $3399     Expenses $4999.87

Loss $1602.37

Evaluations were good

Vendor budgets have been cut and therefore vendor support was not available.

Future vendor support is dubious.

Hold off on a 2009 Annual Conference until the Treasury Balance increases

No 2009 Conference will be planned unless there is more money in the Treasury

No further action

3.    

ENA 411 Program for Legislative Forum

Adriann Mischel

This is an avenue for members to become active in ENA.  There is no attendance to meetings required.  Volunteers are need to network with Federal Legislators (Senators & Representatives) and communicate ENA positions on policies and communicated policy issues with the ENA NM State Council Board.  Tammy Buckles in the Government Affairs Rep for the Board.  Volunteers would work with Tammy for information sharing.  Tammy would report at the monthly meetings.  Assignments to Legislators will be made after the NM Elections. 

Adriann will draft a letter of invitation to the NM ENA Membership explaining the program and calling for volunteers.

Adriann will contact Candi Miller, who is currently working with Sen. Pete Domenici and see what she is doing.

Adriann will draft a letter for the membership and contact Candi Miller.

Adriann will report back at the next meeting.

Pending Adriann’s report at the July meeting.

4.    

Deterring ED Violence

Kathy Bell

The ENA Managers list serve was queried regarding opinions and actions taken in the different Emergency Departments.  No responses were received.

Kim Discon and Tammy Buckles were going to do a web search for information regarding the use of dogs in the ED.  They were not present at the meeting.

Defer to July Meeting for a report from Kim & Tammy.

Defer to next meeting.

Pending review at the next meeting.

        NEW BUSINESS

TOPIC

DISCUSSION

RECOMMENDATION

ACTION

FOLLOW-UP

5.                    

Financial Report

Teri Baughman

Teri Baughman

Checking Account  $8073.09

Taxes reports are done

The first quarter National ENA Assessments were submitted to NM in May - $2500.

The second quarter Nation ENA Assessments will be deposited in August.

Assessment monies include membership dues, and fees from TNCC and ENPC.

None

None

No further action

6.                    

ENA General Assembly Delegate Selection

Adrian Mischel

The National ENA General Assembly is in September in Minneapolis, MN.  The regulations state that each state can have one delegate per 50 members and any apart thereof.  The NM State Council for ENA has 214 members.  We are allowed to have 5 delegates and 2 alternates for the Business Meeting and voting in September.   All three officers are delegates.  Because of our Treasury issues we need to decrease the number of delegates or decrease the amount of stipend allocated to each delegate. 

Delegate applications need to be submitted soon.

¨        $1000 stipend per delegate as identified in the SOP and to include conference registration fee.

¨        Receipts should support all expenses in the stipend.

¨        No alcoholic beverages will be covered by the stipend.

¨        No special meals (e.g. CEN Breakfast or special lunch offerings) will be covered by the stipend.

¨        No Alternates will be sent this year.

¨        The Officers will review all delegate applications and choose delegates.

¨        Delegate application will be emailed to the Membership with a requested return date of July 5^th.

¨        The NM ENA SOP for expenses and reimbursement will be sent to the delegates when chosen.

¨        The officers will review applications and choose the delegates.

Pending review at the next meeting.

7.                    

SOP – Standard Operating Procedures

Teri Baughman

All SOPs have been updated and need to be posted on the website.

Teri Baughman will review all SOPs for completions and submit for the website.

SOPs will be loaded onto the website.

No further action

8.                    

Political Action Committee

Adriann Mischel

Larraine Yeager will be attending the July 2008 meeting to share her experience as an AACN Political Action Committee Member in Indiana to share her experiences as information for the ENA Group.

None

None

No further action

9.                    

TNCC and ENPC Instructor Course

Kevin McFarlane

Kevin reported that the DOH & EMS Bureau will be holding a TNCC and ENPC Instructor Course July 28 & 29, 2008.

Cost is $25 including the book

Time:  0800-1700

Locations:  ABQ Hotel on Rio Grande Blvd.

All interested parties must be current TNCC and ENPC providers and meet the instructor criteria:  Passing test score of >90% and have been designated as IP or Instructor Potential.

Kevin will draft a notice to be sent out to the membership.

People can email Kevin at the following

¨        Kevin.mcfarlane@state.nm.us

                          Or

¨        www.nmems.org for more information.

Announcement will be sent to the membership.