The minutes of the previous meeting were accepted as submitted. Heather Ramsey, the OFT Treasurer, presented the budget report. Heather says we are where we need to be.
All categories are within the planned budget.
We are attempting to pass along our concerns to those organizations, and establish constructive lines of communications with both the health plans and the provider organizations. Don was guardedly optimistic about the developments. He also distributed a short, but useful article about how to get what you need from managed care, and the site reps will distribute this to teachers. Craig will introduce a resolution to try to get small schools included in the API rewards money when he goes to the convention. A motion was made for the Union to make an effort to see that small school teachers share in the API rewards.