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ISNA Board of Directors Meeting
June 11, 2004
ISNA Headquarters

PRESENT: Joyce Darnell, President and ANA/CAN Delegate; Dorene Albright, Vice-President and Secretary Pro tem; Cindi Moon, Treasurer and ANA Delegate (10:45 am); Ella Harmeyer, Barbara Kelly, Teresa Holland, and Martha Thomas, Directors; and Ernest C. Klein, Jr., CAE, Executive Director.

ABSENT WITH NOTICE: Sue Gaebler, Secretary

OTHERS PRESENT: Esther Acree, Janet Blossom (pm), Sandra Fights (pm), and Beverly Richards (pm), ANA Delegates; Ann Tomey, ANA/CAN Delegate; Peggy Barksdale, Carla Beres, LuAnne Christofaro, Opal Freiburger, Margaret Go, Paulette Humphries, Joan Hunt, Pat Jacobs, Phyllis Lehman, Debbie McKibben, Sandra Piercy, Stephena Sheets, Sheryl Thurston, and Carol Walp.

The minutes of the March 19, 2004, Board of Directors meeting and the minutes of the Executive Committee Conference Call on May 7, 2004, were approved.

The Financial Statement of April 30, 2004, was reviewed and issues with MBNA were discussed.

The summary of the ANA Board of Directors meeting of March 18-19, 2004, regarding the challenges to CMA stability was discussed.

The Board recessed for a membership retention strategies workshop led by Wilford Butler, CAE, President and CEO of Butler Consulting Group, with Region member participation.

The Board met with delegates to the American Nurses Association and directed that the ISNA delegation support the

• Proposed ANA Bylaws Amendments
• Dues escalator

and the following resolutions:
• Peer Review Process
• Patient Safety/Meds
• Rose of Technology Rise?????
• Transforming the Work Environment
• Inappropriate Use of Antimicrobials in Agriculture
• Environmental Health Principles in Nursing Practice
• Principles of a Clinical Privileging Model for Advanced Practice Nurses

Reviewed candidates for ANA and CAN offices.

The Board received the information that Joan Austin, ISNA Southeast Region, will receive the Distinguished Contribution to Nursing Science award presented by the American Nurses Foundation at the ANA Convention.

The 2004 Strategic Plan was reviewed and revised.

The Board appointed the following members to three-year terms on the Committee on Approval effective July 1, 2004:Deanna Reising, Bloomington; Sandra Piercy, Shelbyville; and Sheryl Thurston, Lynn.

The Board appointed the following members to the Membership Task Force: Barbara Kelly, Carol Walp, Margaret Go, Shirley Mohren-Graves, Ella Harmeyer, Dale O’Donnell, Patricia Jacobs, Teresa Holland, Veda Gregory, and Tara Kunkel.

By consensus, the Board endorsed the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians resolution on funding from the Indiana tobacco settlement funds.

The Board agreed that the following Proposed Resolutions be presented for the consideration of the ISNA membership at the September 18, 2004, Meeting of the Members:
1. ISNA’s continued registration as a labor relations organization.
2. Decrease in Region Membership Dues,

recommended other issues to be addressed with resolutions regarding staffing, overtime, etc., and adopted the following proposed agenda:
8:30am – Registration
9:00-9:30am – Introductions/Reports
9:30-11:00am – Membership Discussion, Survey Results
11:00am-1:00pm – Lunch, SIF meetings, Networking
1:00-4:00pm – Action Reports

By consensus, the board agreed to continue the Executive Director’s contract for one year, effective September 30, 2004.

Martha Thomas announced her resignation from the Board of Directors. A replacement member will be appointed by the Executive Committee before the next meeting of the Board.

The President reviewed her written report and the Executive Director answered questions regarding the written staff report and the Member Trends.
 

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