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ISNA Board of Directors Meeting
December 10, 2004
ISNA Headquarters

Present:  Joyce Darnell, President; Dorene Albright, Vice President; Sue Gaebler, Secretary; Cindi Moon, Treasurer; Judy Barbeau, Jennifer Embree, Ella Harmeyer, Teresa Holland, and Barbara Kelly, Directors; Ernest C. Klein, Jr., CAE, Executive Director.

Others Present:  Opal Freiburger, Chair, Northeast Region; Joan Kern, Northeast Region; Kimberly Hodge and Norma Hall, Central Region.

Board minutes of September 17-18, 2004, were approved, as were the minutes of the Meeting of the Members on September 18, 2004.

Financial documents were reviewed and after the Board met in Executive Session the 2005 ISNA budget was amended and approved.

The Board approved the purchase of a certificate of deposit from MBNA and Wachovia Securities, the 2004 audit proposal and 2005 financial proposal from Ent and Imler CPA Group.

The funds donated to ISNA by the Arthur L. Davis Publishing Agency were approved for purchasing a digital projector. 

The Board also approved a contribution to the ANF Nursing’s Agenda for the Future.

Strategic Plan for 2005 was reviewed, revised, and approved.

Appointments approved by the Board:

A. Indiana Nurses Foundation: Reappointed Elizabeth Jackson, Deborah May, Cindi Moon, Marian Pettengill, Lana Richmond, Linda Shinn, Barbara Schultz, and N. Jean Macdonald, and appointed Paula McAfee and Anna Lisa Walston. 

B. Bylaws Committee:  Sandra Fights, Chair; Cynthia Stum, Linda Zoeller, Michelle Iwanicki, and Barbara Kelly.

C. Task Force on Maintaining Nurses Knowledge and Skills:  Louise Neufelder, Chair; Norma Hall, Kristin Trotter, Dianne Nelson, and Melissa Spanburg. 

D. Task Force on Hours Worked:  Kimberly Hodge, Chair, Rebecca Crane, Teresa Holland, Lesia McBride, Susan Plough, Vicki Johnson, and Kathy Weaver.

E. Task Force on Medication Errors:  Stephanie Whittaker, Chair; Susan McRoberts, Margaret Pike, and Jacqueline Booker.

The Board approved disposal of the 2003 ballots and reviewed responses from the 2004 Annual Meeting survey.

Format for the 2005 ISNA Convention/Meeting of the Members was established as follows:

Friday:  Continuing education sponsored by the Indiana Nurses Foundation

Friday Night:  Special Interest Forums

Saturday morning:  Issues briefing

Saturday afternoon:  Meeting of the Members

The President reported on meetings attended and the Executive Director described staff activities, reviewed member trends, discussed the 2004 Meeting of the Members’ financial recap, and reviewed the meeting evaluations.

INF President Linda Shinn, CAE, reported on the work of the Foundation by telephone.

Glenna Shelby, ISNA Lobbyist, reported on the 2004 election results.

Dates for the 2005 ISNA Legislative Conferences were established as follows:

February 15 and 17, Novice Public Policy Seminars

March 15, PAC breakfast with the legislators followed by the Advanced Public Policy Seminar

Future Meetings: 
April 8, 2005, Board Meeting
June 3, 2005, Board meeting with ANA Delegates
September 29, 2005, Pre-Convention Board meeting
September 30-October 1, Convention/Meeting of the Members

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