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ARCHIVES: MEETING MINUTES
OF Delta Gamma Chapter, STTI
Annual General
Meeting Joint Chapter Program
May 13, 2010, Marquette Alumni
Memorial Union
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- Chapters represented: Delta Gamma (Marquette), Phi
Beta (Concordia), Eta Nu (UWM), Tau Mu (Carroll), Tau
Sigma (Columbia)
- Delta Gamma members present: Mosley, Haag-Heitman,
Strehlow, Dressler, O’Reilly,
Lendosky, Callahan, Porreca, Smith, Polchert, Greene,
Fehring, Varga, Weis,
Hankes and guest Karen Roberts from Marian University.
- The meeting was called to order by President Haag-Heitman
at 5:45 p.m. Introductions
were made around the table.
- Program report: President H-H explained the activities
of the current year and reported on the 30th Anniversary
celebration that was held in conjunction with induction
in April. Members were reminded that the DG website contains specifics
for Delta Gamma activities including the Strategic Plan.
The Transition Meeting to orient
new board members will be held in June, date to be announced.
- Governance: Dressler is nominated as the new Faculty
Counselor. A discussion was held regarding the cost for
students to join STTI. Various ideas were offered that
might offset this deterrent to membership. Scholarships
and member sponsorship
of new inductees will be an agenda item for the next
board.
- Leadership Succession: Greene reported that the slate
is covered and the election will occur electronically
in the near future. Participation as a board member, committee
chair and other active involvement in the chapter was
encouraged. A president-elect nominee
is needed.
- Research: Fehring reported that the SE Wisconsin Research
Day was well attended
with many good quality research reports.
- Announcements: Callahan reported on the planning for
the year long 75th Anniversary
Celebration for the College of Nursing
- The Annual Meeting adjourned at 6:15 to be followed
by:
Joint Chapter Program:
A dinner followed the business meetings. The after dinner
panel speakers discussed varied International Programs
provided by their respective schools. The theme was “Celebrating
the International Year of the Nurse – Close to Home”.
Panel members : Darlene Weis, Delta Gamma chapter, Penninah
Kako, Eta Nu chapter, Kim Whitmore, Phi Beta chapter, Tammy
Kasprovich, Tau Sigma chapter, and Tau Mu chapter. |
MEETING
MINUTES OF: Delta Gamma Chapter STTI
DATE: February 11, 2010 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
PRESENT: Callahan (guest), Fehring, Greene, Haag-Heitman,
Hankes, O’Reilly, Polchert (by phone)
HELD: Room 220, Clark Hall, Marquette University College
of Nursing |
SUBJECT |
DISCUSSION |
ACTION
FOLLOW-UP DATE |
Call to order – H-H |
4:10 p.m. by President H-H |
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Minutes - Hankes |
Approved as distributed |
Treasurer’s report – Darling
not present |
No report. Darling informed H-H that current
invoices had been paid.
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Postcards – O’Reilly, Greene,
Bobay and members present |
“Save-the-Date” postcards have
been sent to active members. The list of inactive members,
(several hundred names) was divided among members present.
ZIP code is not included on the list of inactive member
addresses. The postcard announces the 30 year anniversary
(Sunday, April 25, 2010), provides the DG web site address
and announces the intent of correspondence being electronic
only.
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Members are to address postcards to some
section of the inactive list and place them in the STTI
mailbox at the college. Bobay will see they are mailed. |
30th Anniversary – H-H & O’Reilly |
Induction ceremony will begin at 2:00 p.m.
in MU Ballroom, O’Reilly has the program planned.
There are 25 inductees. Troy, the speaker, will also be
inducted into the DG chapter. The program invitation/announcement
will include a request for children’s books for the
MU Neighborhood Health Clinic. The 30th Anniversary ceremony
will immediately follow the induction. Callahan will arrange
for an MU photographer to be present during the ceremony
and the “High Tea” reception to follow. Gifts
for members present will be distributed during the reception.
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Bobay will provide Hankes with the cart
containing the necessary objects for the induction ceremony. |
Spring Joint Program – H-H |
The April 14th date is not possible. The
event has been tabled for the time being. |
O’Reilly will pursue one more attempt
to arrange the meeting. |
Ballot - Greene |
The nomination process will be electronic.
All members will be solicited via “blast email” for
self or other nomination to the open positions. Consent
to serve will also be done on-line. |
Fehring will solicit a faculty counselor
at the Friday, Feb. 12 faculty meeting. |
Leadership Academy |
The faculty counselor will be funded to
this event. |
O’Reilly scheduled to attend in Atlanta |
Research - Fehring |
The Sigma Theta Tau - Delta Gamma Chapter
research grant announcement was sent out by e-mail to all
Marquette College of Nursing faculty and students in the
doctoral programs. Mary Polchert and four faculty
members at MUCN had their research abstracts accepted for
presentation as posters at the May 13th Southeast Wisconsin
research day. STT-DG is one of the sponsors of the research
day. |
Polchert post to DG web site and email
blast to all members.
The Board congratulates Marquette faculty - Dr. Abir Behket
on her STTI grant. |
Announcements |
Dean Callahan further explained the proposed
activities of the 75th Anniversary year of the CON. The
kickoff will be in July of 2010 and activities will continue
throughout the year. There will be opportunities for the
DG chapter to participate.
Next Meeting – March 11 at 4:00pm. Haag-Heitman
unable to attend |
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Adjournment
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MEETING
MINUTES OF: Delta Gamma Chapter, STTI
DATE: January 13, 2010, 4:00 – 5:00 pm
PRESENT: Haig-Heitman, Bobay, Greene, Hankes, Fehring,
Lambrecht/Dehart.
Carey by phone.
HELD: Room 220, Clark Hall, Marquette University |
| SUBJECT |
DISCUSSION |
ACTION
FOLLOW-UP DATE
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| Call
to order – H-H |
4:05
p.m by President H-H |
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| Minutes
- Hankes |
Approved
as distributed with the addition of information regarding
the sending of a postcard to “save the date” for
induction/30 year celebration and to request update on
email addresses. There are 482 active members and over
1000 inactive members, so 1000 cards will be purchased
and bulk mailed through Speedy Print. The price for 500
is $500. |
H-H
and OReilly will manage obtaining and sending cards. |
Leadership
Succession
Spring Ballot - Greene |
The
positions of president, president-elect will both be on
the ballot. Current president-elect will be unable to fill
the president position. Current president will run again.
The election will be organized and implemented electronically,
it is not necessary to have the election at a general meeting. |
Greene,
Carey and Lendosky will manage the slate and the election. |
| Facebook – H-H |
All
new inductees will be invited to join Facebook. Ohlendorf
created the site and will provide the necessary information
for further work to be done. |
H-H,
Carey and Dehart will manage the Facebook |
| Spring
(general) Joint meeting
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Date
TBA. Site TBA but assumed to be the same venue as previously,
the UWM downtown campus CE meeting rooms. Ann Cook will
coordinate from the Eta Nu chapter. OReilly will coordinate
from MU. The presentation will be a panel on “International
Year of the Nurse”. |
A.
Cook, H-H and OReilly will follow up |
| Research
- Fehring |
Fehring
reminded the board of the upcoming SE Wisconsin “Bridges” research
conference. He reported that MU has eight abstracts submittes.
Two will be paper presentations, six will be posters.
Proposals for the Research Award are
due April 1, 2010. |
Fehring
will work with Polchert on publicizing this information. |
| Governance
- Bobay |
The
by-laws now come from international, so this is no longer
an action of this committee. Scholarship Awards will be
managed and awarded by this committee. |
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| Treasurer |
No
report – Darling not present |
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| Induction
2010/30th Anniversary
OReilly, H-H |
H-H
and Dean Callahan will begin the program. 15 graduate inductees
(MSN, DNP, PhD), nine undergraduate and two community leaders
will be inducted. Troy, an alum award recipient, will be
inducted as a community leader. She will speak for 10 minutes
or less. The Research Award recipients will be announced
and introduced, Pat Schroeder will speak reflecting on
the 30 years of DG and all DG members will be asked to
renew their commitment to chapter excellence. The proposed
title for the event is “Rich History, Bright Future:
Celebrating 30 Years of Delta Gamma”. This title
will be incorporated into the “save the date” postcard.
Every member and inductee attending will receive a gift
of a lavender I-check flash drive.
A total of one and a half hours for the ceremony, followed
by a reception. The event is scheduled for April 25th at
2:00 o’clock pm in the MU Union.
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O'Reilly
and the program committee will oversee the event.
H-H will “host” the event.
Fehring will introduce the Research Awards.
Dressler will recite the inductees names.
Bobay will be unable to attend; Hankes
will assist in managing the protocol and ritual. |
| Announcement – H-H |
The
Book Drive delivered about 100 books to the MU Neighborhood
Health Clinic. The strategy is to collect books for the
clinic at every DG meeting or event. |
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| Adjournment – H-H
Respectfully submitted,
Diana Hankes
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The
meeting was adjourned at 5:05 o’clock. |
The
next meeting TBA
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TRANSITION
BOARD MEETING
DATE: June 22, 2009 , 1-4 p.m.
PRESENT: K. Bobay, M.A.O’Reilly, B. Haag-Heitman,
J.Ohlendorf, M Greene, J. Nook, M. Polchert, D. Hankes,
R. Fehring, K. Lambrecht
Marquette College of Nursing Room 261 |
- Call to order – at 1:10 p.m. by president
HH. President HH thanked J. Nook for her years for service
to the chapter and acknowledged the contributions of
all outgoing members.
- Minutes of March 25, 2009 approved as distributed
- Treasurer’s report submitted via email
and accepted.
A. The over-run cost of the joint chapter meeting of
March 25 will be shared by the four chapters involved.
B. The Board endorses budgetary support for DG chapter
representation at the Biennial Convention and the Leadership
Academy or its facsimile.
- Annual Report was jointly prepared by those
present and will be submitted by HH to International.
The report will also be posted on the chapter web-site.
- The Strategic Planning document for 2009-2011
was jointly discussed and prepared. The focus areas of
the report include:
- involvement with the MU Neighborhood Health Clinic
- continued Web enhancement
- continued involvement with Project Beyond
- and planning for the 30th Anniversary of the Delta
Gamma Chapter.
- 30th Anniversary celebration
A. Suggestions for the 30 year celebration included
devising some method for inviting nursing students to
shadow and be mentored by DG members, thus broadening
their horizons in terms of the varied nature of nursing
and enhancing sustainability.
B. The celebration will be planned in some conjunction
to the spring induction on April 25, 2010 to showcase
leadership and chapter history.
C. Members who volunteered to assist the program committee
for the 30th Anniversary planning are: Barb HH, D.Hankes,
M. Polchert, and K. Lambrecht
- Web enhancement
A. PayPal will launch on the web site, making registration
payment easier for programs.
B. FaceBook will be linked in some way to the DG web
site.
C. Polchert submitted a written report with several
ideas for web use. The Board thanks and appreciates the
efforts to maintain and enhance the web site.
- Meeting schedule Fall 2009: Thursday September
10, Thursday October 8 and November 12. Kristin
Haglund will be asked to speak as part of the general
Fall meeting. The Board will meet in conjunction with
the general meeting.
- Meeting adjourned at 3:30 p.m. Transition members
met individually and Greene explained the value of reading
the transitional materials available on the STTI web
site
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
March 25, 2009
Joint Chapter Program: Delta Gamma, Eta Nu, Tau Mu, Tau Sigma
UWM School of Continuing Education, Plankinton Building |
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The meeting was called to order by President-Elect Siclovan
at 5:45 p.m. Introductions were made for those present – 12
members of Delta Gamma including the Region 4 coordinator.
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Program Report: Siclovan reminded those present to check
the DG website for information about the Book Drive to benefit
the MU Neighborhood Health Clinic. A brochure announcing
the Project BEYOND World Café was distributed;
members are encouraged to attend. The DG website contains
specifics for Delta Gamma activities including the Strategic
Plan. The Transition Meeting to orient new board
members will be held in June, date to be announced.
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Governance: All are invited and encouraged to attend the Induction
Ceremony scheduled for April 26, 2009 in the MUMU ballroom
at 2:00 p.m. MUCON will host the CCNE accreditation visitors
April 1-3, 2009. STTI-DG members are invited to a reception
to meet and speak with the visitors on April 2 at 5:00
p.m. in the Terrace of the CON.
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Leadership Succession: Ohlendorf distributed the
ballot and biographical information for the slate of officers
and board members for the new term. Ohlendorf determined
the slate was unopposed, all were elected. New board members
are: President-elect Kristi Lambrecht, Vice-president Maureen
O’Reillly, Treasurer Mary Darling, and Leadership Succession
Lynn Carey and Maureen Greene.
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Announcements: Siclovan encouraged all to visit the Delta
Gamma website; it has been enhanced and should be an effective
tool for member information.
a. She reminded that Research Grant awards applications
are due April 1
b. Greene made it known that a new STTI chapter will be inducted
at Concordia University. Members of this chapter have been
invited to join in the joint meeting consortium.
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The Annual Meeting adjourned at 6:15 to be followed by:
Joint Chapter Program: Delta Gamma, Eta Nu, Tau Mu, Tau Sigma
A buffet dinner followed the business meetings. The after dinner
panel speakers discussed Emergency Preparedness. Panel members
were Jennifer Freiheit, Public Health Preparedness Program Coordinator
Milwaukee/Waukesha County Consortium for Emergency Public Health
Preparedness; Lisa Hass-Peters, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator/Injury
Prevention Educator and EMS Liaison Froedtert & the Medical
College of Wisconsin; Christine Keedick, Milwaukee Internal Medicine
Associates; Michelle Fredach, Nurse Clinician Emergency Services
Aurora Sinai Medical Center. |
DATE:
January 6, 2009
PRESENT: Haag-Heitman, Bobay, Hankes, Lendosky, Ohlendorf. Nook
and Polchert on conference call.
GUESTS: Dr. Margaret Callahan, Dean of MUCN, Terry Garcia, Director
of Project Beyond
HELD: MUCN; Room 261 |
Call
to order and approval of agenda. |
After some problems with the phone
system the meeting was called to order at 4:10 p.m. by president
Haag-Heitman. Dean Callahan was welcomed to the agenda. |
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Minutes
of the October 8, 2008 |
Approved as distributed. |
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New
Business
Dean Callahan |
Dean Callahan expressed pleasure to be connected to Delta
Gamma and pledges to support the chapter; she considers STTI
a very significant part of nursing both nationally and locally
and has observed and participated in the organization in many
settings. Her goal is to identify methods to support students,
faculty and alumni and would like to see Delta Gamma as an
award winning chapter.
She synopsized the work of MUCN, including revisiting the
mission and vision in spring 2009 and beginning to refocus
on the strategic planning process by May 2009. She has invited
STTI-DG to be involved in the strategic planning process; president
H-H will participate as the DG representative. Three key areas
of concentration for the college are 1) marketing and communication
2) development/advancement , and 3)heightened awareness of
MUCN on campus and in the community.
The college has many more nursing undergraduate applicants
than can be admitted, so can be very selective in enrollment.
The downside is being unable to accommodate all deserving students.
Another area needing resources is the Marquette Neighborhood
Health Clinic. She sees the clinic as a real service to the
community. Dean Callahan is addressing these areas and is requesting
resources for the college that will be in addition to the usual
budget funding.
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The Board appreciates Dean
Callahan’s efforts and thanks her for attending. |
Committee
Reports:
Finance – Darling not present
Governance – Bobay
Leadership Succession – J.
O.
Program - Nook |
Finance report was submitted electronically and accepted.
Christina Keedrick was welcomed in absentia as a new board
member.
Ohlendorf will be aggressive in finding a slate of nominees,
and will work with Polchert to post to the website. A call
to all members to be active in the chapter, to self-select
to board positions and to nominate others will be posted. The “Facebook” will
be instituted for social networking. The positions to be filled
in this year’s election are: 1) President-elect 2) Vice
president 3) Treasurer and 4) two Leadership Succession positions,
one being the chair.
The Program committee is going forward with H-H’s idea
of “Emergency Preparedness” as the topic for the
Joint Chapter meeting in spring. Eta Nu (UWM) and Tau Nu (Columbia
Mt. Mary) and DG are on board with the idea. The venue will
remain the UWM CE site in Grand Avenue.
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Members are asked to solicit nominations for the required slate
of offices.
The date is not final but will probably be the week of March
23rd. |
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Induction will occur
on April 26, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. in the MU union ballroom.
H-H and Polchert and the webmaster have been working to upgrade
the website and the site is much improved. The board appreciates
the efforts. The website is intended to be the major DG communication
tool. Updating of the data base of members is ongoing.
Polchert intends to have some issue or item that reflects the
accomplishment of the strategic plan “showcased” each
month on the site. January – Project Beyond, February – slate
of nominees for election to the DG Board, March- joint spring
program and Induction, April/May- updates on Induction and the
MUNHC book drive.
Website will link the DG chapter to Project Beyond and to the
MUCN site. |
Update member data
base. |
Strategic Plan updates
Project Beyond – Garcia
MUNHC book drive – Haag- Heitman and Gloria McGrath CRNP |
The following are elements of
DG strategic planning –leadership and service to the community.
Garcia reported on the very successful first year of Project
Beyond. Diverse underrepresented students have increased from
12% to 18% at this point. There are a total of 21 students enrolled
in Project Beyond not including the incoming fall freshmen. Project
Beyond wishes to have mentors for the PB students, at this time
there are four mentors. DG members were encouraged to become
mentors. The PB need for mentors will be posted to the web site.
The Board thanks Garcia for her efforts.
McGrath accepted the box of children’s books collected
as part of DG’s effort to support the clinic. She thanked
the members and assured that the books would be well received. |
Mentors needed for Project
Beyond.
A reception is planned for April 3rd after the CCNE visitors
leave.
The book collection will continue. |
Adjournment at 5:00
p.m. |
The next meeting is February 12,
2009 at 4:00 p.m. The March/April meeting will take place at the
Joint Meeting in late March. |
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Respectfully submitted, Diana Hankes |
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