Kansas Emergency Nurses Association

State Council Meeting

December 11, 2009

 

 

Attendance:

Members:  Carol Kappelman, Darlene Whitlock, Brian Selig, Michael Hastings, Lynette Kornelson, Susan McDaniel, Jenny McCracken, Stella Riney, Lavon Harmon, Mary VanPetten, Elaine Swisher, Julie Unruh, Janet Smith, Cindy Reazin, Denise Spaeth

 

Guests:

 

Call to Order:  Meeting was called to order by the State President, Carol Kappelman at 10:30am.  Introductions were made.

 

Approval of Agenda:  Motion made to approve the agenda.  Seconded.  Motion carried. 

 

Minutes Review:  Motion made, seconded to approve the minutes with the following corrections:

  • Susan McDaniel should have been listed under ‘attendees’
  • In the President’s Report, the first bullet should read “When making chapter assignments for new ENA members, policy is changing and being corrected according to zip code”
  • In the President’s Report, the third bullet should read “Janie Schumaker will serve for the 3rd district”
  • In the President’s Report, the forth bullet should read “ENAF”
  • Under the committee section, in bylaws, the first sentence should read “Susan handed out copies of the updated Bylaws and Policies & Procedures revisions.”
  • Under the chapter reports, the second bullet should read “Made goodie baskets that will be passed out to all hospital ERs during ER Nurses Week.”

 

President’s Report: 

  • Carol Kappelman provided a ‘year in review’ to the members in attendance.
    • KENA successfully filled all positions for officers and committee chairs
    • KENA developed a new strategic plan and adopted it
    • KENA completely re-wrote new bylaws and adopted them, and successfully separated out the bylaws from the Policies & Procedures
    • KENA sponsored the annual Trauma Summit this summer
    • KENA sent delegates to the annual General Assembly
    • KENA successfully held new elections and elected new officers
    • KENA increased the number of scholarship applications from just a handful to 14 so far this year.
  • Carol discussed the new format of sending out mass emails to members via the new feature of Magnet Mail
    • All members need to make sure that Carol is added to their spam filters so that they are able to receive messages through this feature.  Her address is lkappelman@aol.com
  • Carol described the vision that she sees the KENA moving in the future
    • Implement the new strategic plan that was developed this year
    • Increase the volume of members of the KENA
    • Develop a method for objective qualifications for scholarship recipients
  • Carol held a discussion about the General Assembly and what occurred there
    • Voted to change the bylaws format on the national level
    • Changed the national governance structure to consist of a flat 700 delegates
      • Each state would get 2 members and the president, and then the rest would be divided among states on a percentage basis, based on membership levels
      • No longer based solely on membership levels.

 

President-Elect’s Report: 

  • Darlene passed around a calendar of events to the members with timelines and milestones that needed to be achieved in 2010.  This is to help with planning of meetings and committee work.
  • Darlene and Brian discussed the Leadership training that took place on Dec 4-5 for the new officers.

 

Board Liaison Report: 

  • No report.

 

Treasurer’s Report: 

  • Discussed the current budget. 
  • Motion made to approve the current treasurer’s report.  Seconded.  Motion carried. 
  • Discussion around the proposed budget for 2010.  Changes to the proposed budget were made including:
    • Line 42 – Increase to $7000
    • Line 31 – Change wording on line item to read “ENAF”
    • Line 42 – Change the wording on line item to read “CEU Offerings”
    • Added $1000 to budget for Membership Expenses
  • No vote was held on the approval of this budget.  The proposed budget will be re-written with these changes, and then voted on at the February 2010 meeting.

 

Committee Reports: 

 

  1. Communication Committee:
    1. Stella Riney reported on communications.  Discussion was held regarding the notification cards being sent out to members.  Decision made to add Carol’s name and email address to the bottom of the cards and a message asking them to add this info to their personal spam filters.
    2. Discussion held regarding increasing participation at state meetings.  Decision made to send out a flyer with info and meeting times to all of the ERs in the state via their nurse managers at the beginning of the year.   
  2. Strategic Planning Committee:
    1. No report.
  3. Bylaws Committee:
    1. The bylaws have been completely re-written and separated out from the Policies and Procedures.  These have been on the website for feedback and review for a few weeks.
    2. Motion made to bypass a detailed review of the bylaws during the meeting.  Seconded.  Approved.
    3. Motion made to accept the new Bylaws as written.  Seconded.  Motion approved.
  4. Education Committee and Trauma Summit:
    1. No report.
  5. Government Affairs Committee
    1. Jenny discussed the current debate on healthcare reform.  Debate is ongoing.
    2. Parody law passed, stating that mental health and addition services will be covered at the same rate as all other conditions.

                                                              i.      Supposed to go into effect on Jan 1, 2010.

    1. New report is available discussing ER falls in the elderly.  Jenny has more details if anyone is interested.
  1. Fundraising Committee:
    1. The purple bag was passed around again.  No current plans for the fund.
  2. Membership Committee:
    1. No report.
  3. Certification Committee:
    1. No new report.
  4. Media Relations Committee:
    1. No report.   
  5. Student Nurse Relations Committee:
    1. No new report.
  6. Volunteer Resources:
    1. No new report. 
  7. Trauma/ENPC Committee:
    1. There are a lot of TNCC and ENPC courses coming up in the next few months.  Please see Darlene for a full listing if you are interested. 
  8. Injury Prevention Committee:
    1. Please see the national and state website for recent activity. 
  9. Scholarship Committee:
    1. Charla reported that there have been 14 applications for the KENA scholarship this year. 

                                                              i.      10 Fall applications

                                                            ii.      4 Spring applications

                                                          iii.      Scholarships are being awarded and will be announced soon.  Each scholarship is worth $500 and 2 will be awarded.

  1. Nursing Practice:
    1. No report.
  2. ACT, EMSC, Safe Kids, EMS:

                                                              i.      Darlene reported that this year, Safe Kids will be again trying to pass the primary seat belt law.

                                                            ii.      Darlene passed around the new agenda and legislative priority list for Safe Kids

                                                          iii.      Discussion about the trauma summit.  Decision made to try to hold the summit in July 2010 at the Topeka Zoo. 

                                                          iv.      Graduated drivers licenses passed in the Kansas Legislature.  It will go into effect on January 1, 2010.

 

Chapter Reports:

EKENA

  • Next meeting will be Jan 14 in Topeka. 
  • Elections have been held
    • Julie Unruh will be the next chapter president
  • Working on getting the chapter website redesigned.  More details to follow.

 

ENACK

  • Next meeting Jan 25 in Hutchinson
  • Elections have been held
    • Charla will be the next chapter president

 

Old Business:

  • CEN review course
    • Discussion held on the previously discussed CEN review course.  Jeff Solheim is not available until July 2010.
    • Looking for a possible date in early 2011. 
    • Cost for Solheim would be $1400 per day plus expenses, but then we could charge whatever we wanted for people to take the course. 
  • Location of the Secretary Notebook
    • Carol held a discussion on the missing Secretary Notebook.  No luck yet in finding it.  Carol has messages out to a few people who might know something.  Brian has started a new notebook in the meantime. 

 

New Business:

  • No new business.

 

  • 2010 Meeting Dates
    • Feb 12, 2010 – Hutchinson, KS
    • Apr 9, 2010 – Salina, KS
    • June 11, 2010 – Coffeyville, KS
    • Aug 13, 2010 – Annual Meeting – Wichita, KS
    • Oct 8, 2010 – Topeka, KS
    • Dec 10, 2010 – The University of Kansas Hospital

 

Other Business:

None.

 

Next Meeting:  Feb 12, 2010, 10:30am at Promise Medical Center in Hutchinson, Kansas. 

 

 

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

Brian Selig, RN, BSN, MHA, CEN