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T. Delahoyde
T. Pfenning
N. Wardell
S. Koenigsman
K. Zinn
MEMBERS ABSENT
L. Miles
MINUTES
T. Delahoyde moved that the minutes of May 7, 2008 be accepted as written. L. Himmelberg seconded the motion. The motion carried.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Executive Committee. The report was given by L. Himmelberg (copy attached). The committee has booked
Susan Luparell to discuss “Managing Incivility and Other Student Challenges” for a conference to be held in the
Spring of 2009. The committee discussed ways to increase membership, and to communicate most effectively with
members and potential members. Two $500 scholarships were awarded to NeLN members in May of 2008.
L. Himmelberg had a booth at the Health Educator Conference in Columbus to promote the NeLN.
Strategic Planning Committee. L. Himmelberg gave the report (copy of Strategic Plan 2008-2009 attached). As
noted previously, the conference was postponed from Fall of 2008 to Spring of 2009. Email addresses will be used to
send information to the membership. The NeLN website will be kept current, and the NeLN newsletter will be sent at
least twice per year to all members of the NeLN.
Finance Committee. The report was given by J. Skrabal (copy attached). The speaker for the Spring conference has
been paid. Discussion. There was discussion about how much to charge NeLN members for the conference. It was
suggested that the cost be decreased to $70 for members, as this is the usual rate for 6 CEUs regionally. It was
suggested that we invite booksellers to have tables at the conference, thereby contributing to income for the
conference. ATI is interested in a table.
Action. L. Himmelberg will follow-up with ATI.
There was further discussion on encouraging membership. It was clarified that memberships are based on a calendar year. It was suggested that last year’s members receive an email with membership forms attached. Action. J. Skrabal will send out emails to last year’s members. L. Himmelberg will email the faculty at Clarkson. T. Delahoyde will finish the winter newsletter for distribution. Professor Maize will be asked to share membership information with the Deans and Directors. The consensus was to keep the membership fee at $25.
Nominations. New officers were announced.
Secretary: Jody Scebold
Directors: Tasha Pfenning and Theresa Delahoyde
Treasurer: Julie Skrabal
Nominations Committee: Ellen Piskac, Aubray
Orduna, Mary Dishman, and Nancy Hula
NEWSLETTER
The newsletter will be out by mid-November.
CONFERENCE UPDATE
The Spring Conference will be held on Friday, March 20, at
BryanLGH College of Health Sciences, in Classroom 204.
The brochure will be on the website. There will be no
business meeting associated with the conference.
Committee members will check on the availability of
interested vendors. K. Leighton will supervise the
teleconferencing aspect of the conference. It was clarified
that the charge will be the same for those attending by
teleconference. Estimated costs for the speaker were
discussed. An attendance of 50 members at $70 would
probably result in recovering the cost of the speaker. It was
decided that the charge for the conference will be: $70 for
NeLN members ($80 late fee), $100 for non-members
($110 same day). The need to promote the conference early
was emphasized.
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS
It was suggested that there be a table at the conference with
information about scholarships. Specific scholarship
amounts and numbers won’t be decided on until after the
conference, in order to see what monies would be available
to award in the fall of 2009.
SUMMIT
The NLN Summit will be held in Philadelphia in
September, 2009. It was shared that the summit promotes
the sharing of current, useful information regarding a
variety of topics for Schools of Nursing.
NLN NOMINATIONS
It would be beneficial to have someone from the NeLN
representing us on a national level. Applications should be
submitted by December or January. The NLN pays for
members to travel to NLN functions. Some
teleconferencing is done.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 1205.
NEXT MEETING
The next meeting will be held in January, 2009. It might be
most expedient to conduct this meeting by way of a
conference call.
Submitted by,
Sherry Koenigsman
