COASN

CENTRAL OHIO ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL NURSES
An affiliate of Ohio Association of School Nurses
Meeting Minutes for October 4, 2011

 In attendance:  Nancy Click (President), Debra Judy(VP/Programs), Judy Carnevale (President Elect), Carlene Medeiros (President Elect and Library/Historian), Liz Jones (Secretary), Linda Wyman(Treasurer), Mary Lee Rippl (Hospitality), Chris McMahon (Hospitality), Nancy Lynskey(Membership), Katie Conklin(Fundraising), Debra Stoner (Website), Shanna Huber (Research/Awards).

OFFICER & COMMITTEE REPORTS:

President:  Agenda distributed. Nancy Click welcomed everyone and called the meeting to order. The minutes from the June 1, 2011 were approved with the correction to attendance; Linda Wyman was mentioned twice. Nancy mentioned that a diabetic company had contracted her about having a display at one of our meetings. When she contacted Gabi she mentioned that it needs to be outside the meeting area and if there is a donation that there be no strings attached. It was suggested that Carol Lynne O’Neil check and see if other venders might also be interested. The January meeting was suggested for this activity. Nancy suggested adding a third goal; COASN will offer 3 dinner CE opportunities this year. 

The goals for this year are:                        

1. Promote membership through a recruitment campaign.
2. Recognize past committee members/officers.
3. COASN will offer 3 dinner CE opportunities this year.

VP/Programs:  Tonight’s program is at Villa Milano. The speaker is Gabi Karpowicz, R.N., B.S.N., M.A. and the CE program is Documentation:  The OBN Laws and Rules-Standards, Issues and Guidelines. One CE will be awarded at the completion of the program.  Ninety  members are signed up for the program tonight.  The next program will be January 26, 2012. Two topics were suggested, special education and autism.  No venue has been booked.  We will also be recognizing past committee members and officers at this next meeting.

President Elect:  It was suggested that they look at what positions will be open for next year and start to recruit early.  Attached is the current list of the COASN Board and their terms.

Secretary:  No report.

Treasurer:  OASN is owed $20.00.  Before tonight the balance is $6,845.00. Every five years the state has to reinstate the organization. This involves a fee and Linda took care of this for the organization.  Also she opened a new checking account with 5^th/3^rd Bank.  The account needs to be set up as a non-profit.  Nancy suggested that we keep the same budget that we had last year.  Mary Lee proposed this motion be accepted and was seconded by Judy and agreed upon by all present.  The budget will be attached to  the  minutes.

Membership:  There are 132 members; 15 of which had never been members before. This represents 7 counties, 25 districts, 3 are retired and 1 student. 

Fundraising:  Katie is compiling recipes for a school nurse cookbook.  With some old shirts she found with a school nurse theme she made a bear.  She has a few more shirts and will be making additional bears to sell.  Some new items were snuggly socks and holders for making bake potatoes.  She was given the authority to price items older than a year for sale to move them. 

Website:  Debra Stoner asked for nurses to send pictures doing their professional duties to post on the area that is currently a blue box on the website.  She also mention a company called Constant Contact that will send out newsletters, memo’s, etc. for a small fee.  Deb will look into this and report back. 

Newsletter:  Date for submission will be October 31^st and should be a word document.

Research/Awards:  Shanna said there have been no applications so far for the mini grants/special projects.  The updated forms are on the website.  Carol Lynne O’Neil was nominated for Ohio School Nurse of the Year but we haven’t heard back yet.  This was submitted in June 2011. 

Hospitality:  Mary Lee and Chris were put in change for deciding how to recognize past committee members, officers and School Nurse’s of the Year.  The plan is to do this during the January 2012 dinner meeting.  They provided the centerpieces for tonight that will be given away at the end of night.

Library/Historian:  Carlene brought up that she has a whole tubs full of materials and isn’t sure what to do with them.  This lead to a discussion that each member should write a job description related to that position.  This should be included in the notebook or materials that are passed on to their successors.  Mary Lee suggested we all get together to go through the materials Carlene had acquired.

OASN Representative:  No report; not present.

Legislation:  No report; not present.   Kate King mentioned that SB5 has the potential to have school nursing services contracted out.  She mentioned that Susan Craig and Bev Carter are also good resource for information.

Old Business:  None

New Business:  During the general meeting members will be reminded of the resources on the website and how to access the website.

Mary Lee made a motion to end the meeting; this was seconded by Linda and agreed upon by all present.

-After the board meeting the general meeting was called to order by Nancy.  She introduced the board members and they gave reports.  Members were encouraged to read reports, minutes and find forms by visiting the COASN website.  Bev Carter spoke about SB5.  The OASN liaison report was given by Kate King. Deb Judy spoke about programs and membership. Other board reports were given as reported in the Board meeting.  Carol Lynne mentioned that there is a part-time position at CHD for a school nurse.

-Nancy introduced tonight’s speaker Gabi Karpowicz, R.N., B.S.N, M.A. , who is a Supervisor for Columbus City Schools.  She will present the what, why and how of legal charting for school nurses.  This presentation will fulfill our 1.0 legal CE for 2013 license renewal. 

-  Names were chosen from the crockery of those in attendance to receive the fees for the OASN Annual Conference in Cleveland, April 19-22.  The alternate chosen was Sharon Schmitz. The centerpieces were also given away.

Next Board Meeting:  Prior to the January 26, 1012 meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

Elizabeth Jones, R.N, B.S.N., M.S.N.

Winners for the $250 project are:

Julie Fire at Devonshire ES with Columbus City Schools. With the money, she is going to purchase a Wii, extra controllers and 2 programs for the K-4 Multiple Disability Special Education classroom. “This would help the teachers of this classroom and the nurse promote being active and living a healthy lifestyle to these students in a manner that is age appropriate and realistic for them”.

Jennifer Young at Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools. Her project “will promote dental health among first grade students. The money will be used to purchase pediatric dental kits containing: toothbrush, toothpaste, dental floss, toothbrush cover and a two-minute timer. The kits will be distributed to all first graders in coordination with dental health education lessons congruent with the district health curriculum course of study. The remainder of the money will be utilized to purchase health-oriented books to keep in the school clinic. All elementary students will have access to the books while in the clinic”.

Congratulations to Julie and Jennifer. We received four very worthy applicants and it was a tough decision and a close vote by the board. The scholarships will be available again next year. I encourage you to apply!