Minutes 11-7-2011
Student Nurses’ Association Meeting Minutes
November 7, 2011
Grand Valley State University
Grand Rapids, MI
I. Call to order at: The SNA meeting was called to order at 12:11P by Julia Vanderhoef, President.
II. Roll call: Ashley Gaebel, Secretary, took the roll call.
III. Those present:
Board Members
President—Julia Vanderhoef, Vice President—Erin Nicoson, Secretary—Ashley Gaebel, Treasurer—Elizabeth Mikes, Communication 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, Faculty Advisor – Norine Cunningham,
Delegates
315— Jasmine Gillette, Avana Johnson Rebecca Mast, Brooke Shelton, Kristen Slatinsky, Aleigha VandenBerg.
320— Ally Duxter, Lauren Glovak, Renee Dettloff, Katie New, Jessica Romano, Megen Tanner, Jessica Trierweiler
350—Eric DeJong, Natalie Ervin, Lauren Gilfillan, Dawn Hatchew, Stephanie Moore, Casie Pedley, Lauren Rosasco, Alyssa Tassiello, Meredith Visser.
420— Frank Durante, Nicole Husen, Bianca Orduna, Erika Schilkey, Lauren Vockler, Taryn Zyburt
450—Laura Ambers, Nadine Mushimbele, Jennifer Senita, *Brooke Telep.
Those absent:
Excused with notice: Vice President—Erin Nicoson; Jaime Steger, 315 Delegate; Cheryl Riordan, 420 Delegate; Brook Telep, 450 Delegate.
Excused without notice: Lindsey Krueger, Delegate 315; Linda Lamberts, Delegate 315;
IV. Approval of previous meeting minutes:
Motion: Kristyn Wheaton, Membership Director
Second: Molly Steensma, Image and BTN Director
V. Approval of flexible agenda:
Motion: Bethany Nies, Communications Director
Second: Elizabeth Mikes, Treasurer
VI. Officer reports
- 1. President
- a. Slating and Elections today! Open positions are President, Treasurer, Community Wellness Director, Curriculum Director, and Membership Director.
- i. The final slate is as follows (followed by class number):
- ii. President: Elizabeth Mikes (420).
- iii. Treasurer: Katie New (320).
- iv. Community Wellness Director: Erika Schilkey (420). Renee Dettloff (320),
- v. Curriculum Director: Frank Durante (420)
- vi. : Membership Director: Lauren Vockler (420),
- b. Candidates gave their speeches and answered questions from the membership.
- c. Voting was explained and clickers were handed out. All Board Members and Delegates present were able to vote via clickers and voting took place.
- d. Congratulations to the following new board members: President – Elizabeth Mikes; Treausurer – Katie New; Community Wellness Director – Erika Schilkey; Curriculum Director – Frank Durante; Membership Direcor – Lauren Vockler.
- e. Voting of the by-laws took place.
- i. Results: By-laws passed
- f. The Mid-year convention presentations will be at the last general meeting on November, 21st. This will be pertinent information.
- g. There will be an ice cream social (BYOB – Bring your own bowl) and advice from the grads that will be given at the last general meeting as well. This meeting will be run by the new board. BYOB – Bring your own bowl.
- a. Slating and Elections today! Open positions are President, Treasurer, Community Wellness Director, Curriculum Director, and Membership Director.
- 2. Vice President
- a. The Merchandise order forms are going to be due on Thursday, November 10th at 5 p.m. So if you forgot them today, you are in luck to still get them in for this semester!
- 3. Secretary
- a. Congrats to the 4 people who read the minutes that are not part of the board: Erika Schilkey, Nicole Husen, Katie New, and Frank Durante. They will be getting a prize for reading the minutes.
- b. Please read the minutes. I am not perfect, I spell names wrongs and I miss things. The minutes will not get corrected without your help.
- 4. Treasurer
- a. A brief rundown of the changes. Thank you for the suggestions and we are thankful that you all are getting involved in our bylaws. We are keeping it at 2 weeks prior to an event to get the order form in to the board of directors. We added that the community wellness will be making decisions, that way the general membership does have some say in the events approval. The nine categories have also been added to the bylaws, but does that not necessarily mean it will automatically approved.
5. Communication Director
- 5. Community Wellness Director
- a. LIC point’s deadline is November 22nd. You should receive an email from Kaitlyn. If you do not receive an email, please email her again.
7. Curriculum Director
8. Evaluations
- a. Meet at the Pew Library, to walk over to the other way tomorrow. Going to The Otherway ministries to assess the population that is at this facility. Committee please email Laura with some ideas.
- b. This is open to all members if you would like to go.
9. Image and BTN Director
a. Email sent out from Molly. Committee members have a a deadline which has been extended to next Monday. Molly will be sending out an email to all volunteers with information needed. More information to come.
b. Molly would like to get together with her committee members at 12 p.m. next Monday.
c. If you have any questions please email Molly
10. Membership Director
10. Announcements
Angela – Pre-nursing has appoarched SNA to help connect pre-nursing students with some nursing students. This is not a mentorship, but more of a contact. Someone that the pre-nursing students can email, facebook, etc.
There will be an event on November 28th, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m at Kirkhoff. It will be a connection event and there will be matchups done by the pre-nursing association. Yes, there will be a curriculum change soon, but we can still be there for each other with the competitiveness and the pre-req classes.
Bonnie W. She will be speaking at 7 p.m. tonight at the Ebhart Center, and Angela would love for you to go see her. She is very informative and inspiring.
11. Meeting Adjourned at: 12:50 p.m.
Minutes taken by Ashley Gaebel, Secretary
Approved: