BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
MARCH 7, 2007
6:00 – 7:15 P.M.
SCHOOL OF NURSING & HEALTH STUDIES

CALL TO ORDER
D. Ugarriza called the meeting to order at 6:15 p.m.

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT
Mary Asher, Faculty Counselor
Doris Ugarriza, President

CHAPTER MEMBERS PRESENT
Georgie Labadie, Patricia Messmer

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Rose McCullagh

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Due to lack of a quorum, approval of February 7, 2007 minutes deferred until April 4, 2007 meeting.

REPORTS
President
- Elizabeth McWilliams Miller Lecture (March 2, 2007) – evaluation
D. Ugarriza reported that Mary Miller called her to express her appreciation.  D. Ugarriza will send information about the event to Reflections as well as heartbeat.  As suggested previously by M. Asher, the Chapter is sending a fruit basket to Sr. Donley.

D. Ugarriza reported on the publicity for the event:
- the invitation was posted three times on the list serve. 
- over 450 invitations were mailed
- she spoke with Sue Foley and emailed her several times about the event. 
- invitations and/or flyers were sent to:

• Iota Xi, FAU, FIU Lamda Chi, Barry University.
  (representatives from FAU and FIU attended)
• South Florida Nursing Research Service
• UM administrators
• Agencies
• PhD students
• Senior class students

There were 42 attendees.  To budget for the next lecture she feels it should be planned on a smaller scale (maximum of 50 guests) concerning the space and refreshments. 
D. Ugarriza stated that 2008 is the twentieth anniversary of the Lectureship.  It was suggested to invite Dr. Melanie Dreher as the speaker for the event which will be held some time next year. 

REPORTS
President (continued)
- Chapter Policy Book – D. Ugarriza reported that the Chapter currently does not have a policy book but one is needed to cover awards, travel etc.  She will meet with
R. McCullagh to review past minutes that might contain information on policies. She asked those present to bring policies for their respective committees to the April 4 meeting.

Faculty Counsel
- M. Asher reported that to date there are 104 candidates for induction; this number does
not include community leaders.  She presented a list of these candidates to the members present for their review and approval.  Discussion was held on the practice of the Chapter paying for the honor cords for the new inductees.  It was agreed that the Chapter will continue this practice.  M. Asher announced that members will no longer receive renewal notices through U.S. mail and that renewals have to be submitted on line.  D. Ugarriza announced that she will be sending a letter to all inactive members (887) inviting them to renew their membership and providing information how to do this on line.  Also in this mailing will be the induction brunch invitation.

Secretary – no report

Treasurer
- Budget – P. Seabrooks sent a draft budget to D. Ugarriza via FedEx.  Discussion was held and suggestions were made which D. Ugarriza will forward to P. Seabrooks.. 

Vice President – Program
- Induction – M. Asher reported for J. Siegel that they both will be inputting the candidates information electronically.  The deadline for the students to respond is April 21.  Due to the large number of inductees and the size of the room at The Biltmore a decision has to be made on the number of guests each inductee can invite. 

Committee Reports
Awards Committee – no report

Governance – no report

Heritage – G. Labadie reported that Julie Shaw has joined the Committee.  The Committee has established its calendar for the balance of the calendar year. 

Leadership Succession – no report

Research – no report

Miscellaneous – D. Ugarriza reported that she will order a small supply of the STTI door signs and will sell them for $10 to raise funds for the Chapter.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:15. p.m.
Minutes respectfully submitted by R. McCullagh