OSRC BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
JUNE 14, 2002

Present: Pat Pangburn, John Mayberry, Marie Keyes, Joe Dwan, Chris Sorenson, Norm Kerr, Nick Echols, Cindy Harris, Tim Hutchinson, Nancy Lapka, Steve Mitchem, Trish Stanley, Marilyn Barclay, Dan Coons

Correction to March minutes: Heart rather than Hearth on the last page.

Delegate’s Report
N. Kerr and C. Sorenson will take the following questions to the summer forum next week:
Is the AARC credit card profitable?
What can be done to correct the membership tally problem?
Is there a budget template for state societies?

PACT report
The Washington DC trip was a success. Our representatives visited with the staffs from Darlene Hooley’s, Peter DeFazio’s and Ron Wyden’s offices. OSRC tee shirts were given to the legislature members. It is likely that the bill to provide reimbursement for home respiratory care will be tacked onto another bill. Patience will be needed as this isn’t a rapid process. J. Dwan was pleased to inform the board that Oregon RCPs wrote more letters to their representatives than any other state.

Regional Directors
Eastern J. Mayberry emailed or wrote to all the hospitals in his region. Concerns included license fees and CEUs. There was also interest in mandating 24-hour in house respiratory care.

Membership
N. Echols plans to target members up for renewal and non-members with letters reminding them of the benefits of AARC/OSRC membership.

Treasurer’s Report
Discussion took place about standardizing the format for the treasurer’s report. It was decided that the president’s or treasurer’s signature is all that is necessary for checks.
A motion was made and seconded “ that the OSRC provide $300 for the 2002 sputum bowl team.” Passed

Conference Report Titles for the conference are being discussed within the committee.
George Hicks has joined the committee.
Discussion is taking place within the committee to change the format of the lectures to 4 lectures in the morning, then 2 sessions in the afternoon. The afternoon sessions would be special topics-one day on pediatrics and one day on preventing lung injury in the adult.
Ideas for an open forum and a panel discussion about the future of respiratory education featuring local educators were discussed.

Publications
BreathSounds articles: S. Mitchem will place a call for nominations, N. Kerr will submit the Delegate’s report, M. Keyes will provide a sputum bowl report, J. Dwan a PACT report, L. Popplewell will write an article on conference plans and P. Pangburn will contact L. Popplewell regarding a Treasure’s report.

Public Awareness
The Sputum bowl award and several other awards are at a new vendor for repair. They should be done soon.
N. Kerr will present the check for disaster relief at the summer forum.
C. Harris will write an article for the BreathSounds asking for nominations for practitioner of the year and tee shirt designs.
M. Barclay said that she would contact KATU in regard to having a segment on AM Northwest for Respiratory Care Week.

Licensure
L. Popplewell and J. Holloway are serving on the licensing board.
There are three bills pending. One bill changes the language in the other 6 board’s licensure to meet legal requirements. The second is a public protection bill which would provide methods of investigating fraud, inspection and allow boards to take legal action against people who don’t have licenses. The last bill would change the name of the respiratory therapy board to a name similar in structure to the other 6 board names.
M. Keyes is exploring the idea of a “guest” license. This might solve problems of inter-state transport, temporary employees and travelers.

Audit Committee
Audit Committee is unable to act until they have a budget. N. Kerr has attempted to get the budget but has been unable to do so.

By-Laws
The proposed by-law changes have gone for review by the AARC and have been returned with suggestions. The next review is in October. It was decided that a special mailing should take place for ratification of the changes by the membership.

A motion was made and seconded “that delegates be voting members on the board of directors effective at the time of the by-laws change”. Passed

A motion was made and seconded “that a quorum is defined as 50% of voting members”. Passed

Nominations
S. Mitchem will place a call for nominations in the upcoming BreathSounds. There was discussion of possible candidates for various positions.
P. Pangburn has spoken with a second year student from Mt Hood Community College. She has agreed to become the student liaison.

Next meeting August 16, 2002

Respectfully submitted,

Marilyn Woodard Barclay