SDSLHA EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING NOTES

 

February 6, 2006         8:00CT/7:00MT

                          

 

Call to Order – Julie Carl calls to order at 7:10 pm.

In Attendance:  Anne Degen, Julie Carl, Angela Daly, Penny Walker, Shirley Albright, Linda Ingerson, Terri Kussart, Candice Lee and April Peterson

Old Business

  1. Review Minutes – Terri K. reviewed the corrections of the minutes from the last meeting.  Penny approve/Anne 2nd.

 

  1. Treasurer’s Report – The bank that handles the SDSLHA account, has suggested that we have 2 people to sign for our account.   Angela, who is our treasurer signs for the account, however, we need one more.    Anne moved that Julie be the 2nd signer.  Shirley 2nd the motion.  It was also motioned that the two who should be able to sign for our account be board members who are geographically close to a Home Federal Bank.   We currently have 161 members as of today.

 

  1. Newsletter/Website Updates – Penny – All articles need to be turned in by February 17, 2006.  We agreed to give a link to a Fluency Resource.

 

  1. Continuing Education Report – Shelly:  Update: We just have our convention to register for this spring.    Shelly has requested for the Call for Papers forms so she can send everything to ASHA.  We decided to keep the same Program evaluation forms from last year and put sheets of paper on the round tables to request ideas for topics and presenters for next year’s convention.    

 

  1. Membership Committee – Penny Walker has recruited someone she works with to take over and also run for the membership committee position.  She is Cristy Schaffan.   It has been decided that we need to bring the Membership Chair by -law to our membership’s attention at the 2006 convention.  We wish it to be an appointed position and not an elected one. 

 

  1. SEALs Report – Linda/April:  Hot topics were reviewed by April.  Such as how frequency and duration of service time is written on an IEP of students in school, how to write services and how experience and years of teaching are reimbursed in salary.

 

  1. STARS/MICS Report – Julianne & Todd Decker:  Nothing new tonight

 

  1. Legislative Council – Ruth Samuelson   Nothing new tonight.

 

New Business

  1. Convention Update – Julie
    1. Brochure to AlphaGraphics – proof by 2/7 mailed out by 2/10.
    2. Going to Ramkota on the 7th with Linda to check out the rooms, equipment, food and all other convention matters.
    3. Roundtables – State SPED Dept. (will provide materials from the training if someone could pass out the materials and spearhead the discussion).   Jennifer will handle this round table. 
    4. Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Recent Clinical Achievement and Frank R. Kleffner Clinical Career Award—NEED CANDIDATES!!  Deadline April 1st.  Anne D. will take care of these awards.

Speaker fees so far total  $3,725. (6 speakers)

5 of 6 of our presenters are flying in.

    1. Candice would like to beef up our auction and asked if anyone

                    had ideas.  

 

  1. USD credit – still pending!  Cheryl M.  will e-mail Julie when she gets the go ahead.

 

  1. SDSLHA mailing list – discussion about current policy and CCHS.  

 

Julie Adjourns at 8:23pm/ Penny 2nds.

Next meeting will be March 13th, 2006