Executive Committee Meeting, February 17th, 2004

3768 Ocana Ave.

Long Beach

 

I.                    Roll Call:

 

Karen Frederick, chair

Lisa Smith, secretary

Kelley Kubota, treasurer

Stephanie Kaplan, PR liaison & assembly rep

Marc Broberg, nominating committee

Chris Powers,  CPTA liaison

Mei Lee Chapple, Assembly rep

Covey Lazouras, Nominating committee chair

Oliver de la Paz, Affiliate rep.

 

II.                 Approval of Minutes:  January 27, 2004, no corrections were made.

III.               Reports:

A.     Chair Report – Karen Frederick

                                                               i.      Discussion – 2004 District Goals were discussed as below:

1.      Job descriptions posted on website.

2.      Backpack safety-MOVE California to up to 10 groups.*

3.      Sponser a con-ed course (to raise money for operating fund and to give added value to our members).*

4.      Define duties for assembly reps and nominating reps to get them more active in the district.*

5.      Co-host a district meeting with another district (GLAD, Inland county, and/or OC).

6.      Happy hour with O.T.’s.

7.      Implement bylaw changes.

8.      Student outreach- to promote APTA at a student level and to continue to keep student members after they graduate.*

9.      Offering job postings on district website.

                                                             ii.      The starred choices were chosen as our 4 district goals for 2004.  In addition, posting district job descriptions and implementing our bylaw changes are tasks that the district would like to complete in 2004.

B.     Secretary – Lisa Smith

i.  Leadership Roster-was distributed and reviewed for changes. ACTION:  Lisa will finalize and distribute the list to all executive committee members

ii. Meeting Minutes Approval Procedure Reviewed and all were in agreement that Lisa will forward meeting minutes to the state office unless she receives response via e-mail by the stated date.

C.     Treasurer/Finance Committee: - Kelley Kubota

                                       i.      Advertising Fees- Kelley shared proposed costs based on Calif. Chapter advertising fees.  ACTION:  Kelley to further explore the value of this with her committee.

                                     ii.      Meeting Fees (non APTA members)- Recommendation from Chris Powers to target 1 meeting a year at which to charge fees to non-members.   The fee amount should be reflective of who the speaker is for the evening.     ACTION:  Exec. Committee will identify 1 meeting a year to charge a fee for non-members which will be waived if they join that night.  ACTION:  Finance committee will investigate the logistics of charging non-member fees at a general membership meeting and how the collecting would take place.

                                    iii.      Discussion about pairing  up a member from the assembly or nominating committee with a non-member on the night of the meeting.  Discussion included using nominating committee members and assembly reps for this job.

D.     Chief Representative – Azmina Haji not present.      ACTION:  Karen will contact Azmina to pull reps together via e-mail or phone call (within 30 days).

E.      Nominating Committee – Covey Lazouras was welcomed to the position of chair of the nominating committee. The nominating committee met and decided that at least 2 members of the nominating committee will be present at all exec. Committee meetings.  ACTION:  the nominating committee will be on each district agenda for a report.

F.      Membership Committee – Cuong Pho, Jennifer Whitney  not present and no report was given.

G.     Public Relations –  Stephanie Kaplan reported.

i. MOVE California- presentation to the Parent Teacher Association in Encino.  The presentation was well received by the parents present and the power point presentation was user friendly.  ACTION:  Stephanie will give abbreviated version of the MOVE presentation to the general membership meeting in March 2004.

ii. Flyers- Stephanie presented the printable business cards for future meetings, clarified dates/meeting rooms.

iii.  Legislative liaison- Stephanie will work with Stephanie Pho who is the leg. Liaison.

                         H.    Newsletters/Website Updates – Jennifer Whitney, Julie Hershberg- not present and no report was given

I.                   Student Affairs – Mindi Adam was not present but will report at the next meeting.

IV.              Old Business:

i.  Bylaws update- Stephanie Kaplan will follow-up with Patti Evans & Patsy Sinnot.

ii.  Con Ed update- 15 responses were received from the e-mail surveys.  Most requested topic was “Janda” approach to Musculo-skeletal pain syndromes.  Claire Frank was identified as the speaker and dates were given to Coung Pho and Stephanie Kaplan to coordinate.  ACTION: Cuong is the contact person for organizing the con-ed.  Lisa will check availability of LBMMC ortho clinic for Sept. 11-12^th and get back to Stephanie and Coung.  Mei Lee Chapple offered to assist with planning.

 

V.                 New Business

A.    Meeting speaker ideas confirmed for May 2004-

Mike Odonnell-spine   *2^nd choice

Carrie Sussman-wounds

Steve Reischl for foot/ankle   *1st choice

Joe Godges-ortho/Kaiser residency

Jody Cormack- Clinical instructor tips/neuro.

Beth Fisher- neuro/NDT

B.     Fund Raising Ideas-tabled until next exec. Meeting.

C.    Next meeting is March 10^th-general membership at LBMMC @ 6:30.

D.    Next executive committee meeting will be Tuesday April 13^{th  @}  6:30 at Karen’s home, 3768 Ocana Ave, Long Beach.

E.     May 18^th is the next general membership meeting.  ACTION: Karen will find a host location for the May meeting.  ACTION:  Stephanie will contact Steve to speak at the May meeting.

F.     Adjournment at 8:40 pm.

 

VI.       Future Meeting:

                         March 10, 2004

                         Long Beach Memorial Medical Center Van Dyke Center

                              2701 Atlantic Avenue

                         Long Beach, CA 

                

                              Happy Hour

                              June 9, 2004     Yardhouse Restaurant – Shoreline Village in Long Beach @ 6pm  

     

Respectively Submitted,

 

 Lisa Smith

Long Beach/South Bay District Secretary