SNA Minutes: 9-12-2011
Student Nurses’ Association Meeting Minutes
September 12, 2011
Grand Valley State University
Grand Rapids, MI
I. Call to order at: The SNA meeting was called to order at 12:01 p.m. by Julia Vanderhoef, President.
II. Roll call: Formal roll call for the board was announced by each board member themselves and formal roll call for members was not taken, but a practice round was done and not recorded.
III. Those present:
Board Members
President—Julia Vanderhoef, Vice President—Erin Nicoson, Secretary—Ashley Gaebel, Treasurer—Elizabeth Mikes, Communications Director—Bethany Nies, Community Wellness Director—Kaitlyn Winter, Curriculum Director—Joshua Fik, Evaluations Director – Laura Courtright, Image and BTN Director – Molly Steensma, Membership Director – Kristyn Wheaton, Staff Advisor—Angela Caruso
Those absent:
Excused with notice: Norine Cunningham, Faculty Advisor
Excused without notice:
IV. Approval of previous meeting minutes:
Motion: Bethany Nies, Communications Director
Second: Erin Nicoson, Vice President
V. Approval of flexible agenda:
Motion: Erin Nicoson, Vice President and Bethany Nies, Communications Director
Second: Elizabeth Mikes, Treasurer
VI. Officer reports
- 1. President
a. Announcement of Delegates – folders were handed out.
b. STUEY overview – explanation. Officer and Delegates are required to be a part of STUEY, but please members do this as well. It is helpful for all of us. Please complete by September 16th, 5 p.m. If you have questions email Julia.
c. Discussion and voting on our new initiative.
-Education for Low income families and healthy eating
-Disease Prevention
-A vote from the general membership was taken on which of these initiatives. 43 total for the education of low income families. 24 total for the disease prevention.
-New Initiative is the education for the low income families and healthy eating.
d. Signing up and discussion of the NSNA Mid-Year Career Building Convention in Memphis, TN. October 27th to 30th. Thursday through Saturday. SNA will be taking twelve students. It is a twelve hour drive in a Grand Valley van. The students that go may be asked to drive, so please feel comfortable with that. Leaving at midnight, the drive will be through the night and the students will arrive at lunch time. There will be a few hours of down time. This conference is a career building conference which is geared towards furthering education. People who attend will take information learned from this conference and then presenting it to their class.
-Sign-up sheet will be posted until September 28th 5 p.m on CHS 316’s door which is Angela’s door.
-The selection process goes to board first and then 450 delegates on down because they may not have any other chances to go.
-This does count as an excused absence, but please ask for permission from your professor. They may assign you a different assignment. Please do not be discouraged!
-Each student will pay $29 dollars to go. This is 10% of the total cost of each student.
-SNA will only pay for two conventions, keep that in mind.
2. Vice President
-Erin explained the fundraising committee.
3. Secretary
-Announcement of Delegates.
4. Treasurer
-Liz explained what clinical reimbursement is to the membership. Clinical reimbursement is when SNA will help students pay for something they want to use towards their clinical up to $50 dollars. Four clinical groups are able to receive this reimbursement, two each half of the semester.
-Must be submitted 2 weeks in advance of your event.
-Email Liz the form.
5. Communications Director
a. Bethany introduced the two possible Health Initiatives.
b. Bethany recorded the people who signed up for committees.
6. Community Wellness Director
a. There are still a few slots open for the blood pressure screenings at the Allendale Farmers Market on Wednesdays and the YMCA Farmers Market on Thursdays. Email with a date in mind if you are interested.
b. Please only sign up for an event when you know you are not scheduled to work or have any other obligations. There are limited spots available for volunteers, so it is unfair to others to take a spot and then cancel. If you sign up for an event and fail to show up or fail to find a replacement for yourself you will not be eligible for LIC points this semester (this is stated in the SNA bylaws).
c. If you want to know if an event can be LIC approved, email Katie and she will present it to the board for approval.
d. Katie explained the Community Wellness Committee.
7. Curriculum Director
a. Everyone should have received a test email from the new email system. If you did not receive that email, please email Josh.
b. Josh explained the Nursing in the News Committee and he plans on releasing three newsletters this semester.
8. Evaluations Director
-Laura explained the Community Health Project Committee and how she is working with the Otherway Ministries. The Health Project will be based on the new initiative.
9. Image and BTN Director
a. Girl Scout Event date has been confirmed! Saturday, November 19th, 2011 from 1-4pm. If you are interested in participating, join the BTN Committee or email Molly.
b. Molly explained the Breakthrough to Nursing Committee will be working with the Girl Scout Event and will be working on some other events.
10. Membership Director
a. The Alzheimer’s Walk is this Saturday, September 17th at 9:00 a.m. at Millennium Park.
b. Kristyn thanked everyone who has been helping to fundraise for the walk. They have reached their goal of $1,000! Please keep fundraising and bring checks and cash to the walk this weekend.
c. Kristyn explained that her committee deals with the elderly and if you like to volunteer to please join her committee.
11. Announcements
-Student Ambassador is not a committee anymore. There is not a guarantee of work, so it will be worth LIC points/hours instead.
12. Meeting Adjourned at: 12:53 p.m.
13. Approval of adjourning the meeting:
Motion: Ashley Gaebel, Secretary and Molly Steensma, Image and BTN Director
Second: Kristyn Wheaton, Membership Director
Minutes taken by Ashley Gaebel, Secretary