THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF NURSING COMMITTEE: Delta Omega Chapter Chapter of STTI DATE: 3-20-17 TIME: _5:02______TO: _6:50_______ Membership: L. Hart, L. Kidd, B. Brunt, L. Celik, M. Perkowski, L. Shanks, E. Fleming, C. Sutter, M. Huff, D. Lorenzen, A. Eliades, M. A. Ritardo (visitor) Excused: A. Capestrain Minutes: TOPIC DISCUSSION ACTION Minutes – Feb. 2017 Treasurer’s Report – L. Celik Committee Reports Research Grants and Recognition – B. Brunt & M. Huff Membership – L. Kidd Several Corrections Made Event Brite and Summa checks given to L. Celik. Pizza Party receipts given to L. Celik. CD from Citizens Bank is due 4/15/17 and will be cashed. Two grants have been submitted. They will be reviewed by the committee on 3/23/17. An email vote will be requested for an approval vote. Award nominations have been received Outstanding contribution to chapter Recognition by Delta Omega of nurses during Nurse’s Week There were 344 invited to Induction on 4/23/17. Seventeen have paid and will be attending; 11 have paid and will not be attending. Reminders will be sent out by C. Sutter. Awardees and guests also are to be invited. Nurse leaders need to be invited. Currently there are 90 cords available. An error was made in inviting undergraduates to be inducted. Several sophomores were invited. Will relook at list of invites with L. Hart and D. Lorenzen. Volunteers needed to assist at induction. B. Brunt moved to approve minutes, seconded by L. Celik. Passed unanimously. Report Received B. Brunt moved to nominate A. Capestrain to receive Outstanding Contribution Award. L. Shanks Seconded. Passed Unanimously L. Shanks will send out request for names to CNO’s A sign up list was sent around for board members to sign
Program – L. Hart Governance – C. Sutter Finance – L. Celik Leadership Successor E. Fleming Newsletter – A. Capestrain C. Sutter Old Business 2015-2017 Strategic Plan – L. Shanks Chapter Key Award Science Fair Sculpture Update For the winter program on 2/28/17, there were over 50 attendees. The evaluations were positive. Thank you notes have been sent to speaker and to E. Fleming for her assistance at Summa Health. The early bird registration has opened for the Research Conference on 5/16/17. Sixteen posters have been submitted. There will also be a raffle. Proceeds of the raffle are still being discussed. No Report No Report There are still vacancies on the ballot. Electronic voting will be held via Qualtrix. Another newsletter will go out before end of May. The science fair awardees will be featured. It is posted on website. Several highlighted areas need to be addressed. B. Brunt sent some updates on chapter activities reflecting activities for our chapter key award to L. Shanks. Still need some interdisciplinary presentations. Additional people need to sign up for VIP. Certificates and checks were sent to winners. The 7th grade project from Miller south was titled “Will it Dissolve?” The 9th grade project form North was titled “Drinking Water in Refugee Population” A contract is needed with UA Facilities. A base for the sculpture is needed. UA Development will ask alumnae for financial donations. Additional costs are a plaque, foundation work and landscaping. L. Hart moved that Delta Omega will contribute $50 toward this raffle. E. Fleming seconded. Motion passed. A link has been posted on The Circle to direct members to our website. L. Kidd moved to provide $15,000 in a separate account earmarked for the sculpture from communal sculptural concepts. D. Lorenzen seconded. Motion passed. C. Sutter will follow up with development office.