The
Board of Directors (BOD) met via teleconference (hosted by Genesis
Conferencing).
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Len
Daley opened the meeting at 3:05 PM and Sharlie Kinsey took the roll and
annotated anyone leaving or reentering.
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Attendees
(voting members noted with *) were
o
President,
Len Daley*
o
IPP,
Government Relations, SW Regional Rep, Denise Walker (out at 3:55)
o
Secretary,
Sharlie Kinsey*
o
Treasurer,
Karl Crowe*
o
1st
VP, Heather Harris* (out at 4:18)
o
2nd
VP, Central Regional Rep, LaDonna Ward* (out at 3:15 in at 3:24)
o
Education,
Julia Young Hayes
o
Newsletter,
Linda Stolarczyk (out 4:15)
o
MERT,
Robin Shafer (out at 4:13)
Not present
o
3rd
VP, Shannon Federer*
o
Joe
Bright, Historian
o
Public
Relations, Marcia Martin
o
Membership,
SE Regional Rep, Russell Wilson
o
Northern
Regional Rep, Marc Ague
Special Guest
o
Mike
Weeks, Lobbyist (In 3:33, out 3:42)
Meeting adjourned at 4:21
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Minutes of October 31, 2002 meeting included in the Alabama Kneads Newsletter
and available on the website. Accepted
as posted. Action BOD and Sharlie.
ุ Agenda accepted as presented
and distributed with addition of Nominating Committee subject between
Newsletter and Web Site.
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Secretary
repeat item - communication from AMTA Chapter Relations. Personal Information such as Phone Numbers
and Email addresses cannot be corrected by any means other than that member
posting the change to their information.
BOD and Chairs with out of date information were notified and requested
to update their profile with AMTA National. (This is an exerpt from the AMTA national
website. If a volunteer wishes to
change their contact information on the
Roster (such as city, phone or E-mail) the
individual member must contact Member Services at 847-864-0123 or
they can update their contact information on-line.)
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Treasury 1. Report: Checking $3,909.24, MM $14,012. 2. Merchant account arrangements for credit card payments for
Annual Meetings, CEs at quarterly
meetings and merchandise, at events and over the website. Costs associated with
this action are $125 Set up fee, $800 equipment purchase, with $0.25/0.65 and
1.69% transaction fees. During
discussion lower cost programs were noted and the possibility of using the AMTA
national program were raised. It was
moved, seconded, and agreed that this action should be taken by the treasurer
using the most economic option available and in place by the newsletter
deadline to facilitate registration for the annual meeting. Action Karl.
ุ Membership Report Prof 184 (-1), Assc
173 (nc), Sassc 42 (-15), Schools 5, Total 404 (-16) Action Russ Discussion suggested more interaction with
schools by the membership chair and committee to promote student awareness of
AMTA membership benefits. The Chapter
also needs a Council of Schools representative to interact more with the
Alabama Massage Schools. Action Len
and Russ
ุ
Education Report 1. Montgomery, 6 hrs Massage For Special Needs Clients,
Michael Regina-Whiteley, 7 people registered for this class so far. Julia.. 2. NCBTMB renewed provider status for AL
Chapter for 2 years through 2004. 3. Education agenda for May Annual Convention
will be complete for Mar 1 newsletter deadline. Discussion centered on education options and presenters, and
several possibilities were suggested for education committee action. - Action Julia
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MERT
No Report. Robin Schafer has stepped forward to assume MERT coordinator
position for our chapter with support from Gayla. We welcome Robin with deep gratitude
for her past service to the chapter.
Training for MERT leadership and responders is being sought. Action Robin
ุ
Public Relations No Report.. Marc Ague has volunteered to relieve Marcia
at her request. Action Marc
ุ
Government Relations 1. Report: data gathering from Oregon and
Washington Chapters and AMTA National on the Mandate for Payment to Massage
Therapists is in progress. This issue
is the top GR priority for this year.
2. Lobbyist contract with Mike Weeks was renewed for $6,000. Mike called
in and joined this meeting at 3:33 with current updates on the legislature and
fielded questions from the BOD. - Action Denise/Karl/Len.
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Newsletter 1. Report Fall Issue published and posted to website. Deadline next issue Mar 1, 2003. Winter
edition 12 pages. Printing sorting mailing cost $357.93, postage cost $124.08.
Total cost $482.01 compared with $465.03 for the last issue. Mailings with Graphics and Mailing have
resulted in some cost savings but do require careful management of lead-time in
the future. 2. Classified ads are being
accepted for members/readers @$10 for up to inclusion in 4 issues unless
withdrawn as sold. Ad also added to marketplace section on web site. Action
Linda.
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Nominating Committee Joe Bright, Becca Little, Linda Stolarczyk,
and Shirley Bieling have been appointed as our 2003 Nominating Committee
with the following charge: to accept
participation of any other chapter members interested in participating, to
review, consider and propose candidates for 2nd and 3rd
VPs, two At Large BOD Members Place 1, and Place 2, and HOD for 2004 in
Nashville. Nominees will be reviewed by
the BOD via phone/email prior to insertion in the Spring Newsletter. All interested and qualified volunteers are
encouraged to volunteer for nomination.
ุ
Web Site 1. Still need pictures
for BOD and Committee pages (small head shots preferred, but we can crop you
out of any photo submitted). Need
photos from Karl, Marc, Marcia, LaDonna, Shannon, Shirley, Robin and Joe
Bright. Any additional material
welcome. Treasury documentation
requested and Karl will bring files to QM on Saturday. Action Len.
ุ
T Shirts and Pins No Report Action Shannon.
ุ
Regional Representatives No Reports.
President commended fine coordination provided by Regional Reps to
support NMAW in October. Action
Denise, Russ, LaDonna, Marc
ุ
HOD
Julia Young Hayes is the 2003 Richmond, VA Delegate. Election in May for 2004 Nashville, TN Delegate Action
Nominating Committee
ุ
History Robin Shafer related that our historian is interviewing past
leaders for more information to update our History - Action Joe
Bright
ุ
AMTA AL Chapter Standing Rules Two new drafts were presented to the BOD
which approved the simpler version. The
draft standing rules will now be submitted to AMTA National for approval. Given that approval or modification, they
will be submitted to the membership in the spring newsletter and voted on as
the first order of business at the annual meeting. Action Len & Joe
ุ AMTA National Convention 2003 Richmond VA, 2004
Nashville TN, 2005 Albuquerque NM. Action Len
ุ
Agenda for Saturdays Quarterly Chapter Meeting in Montgomery
10 AM Massage for Special
Needs Clients 6 CE Hrs Academy of Healing Arts
NOON MEETING reports of
above communicated to members in attendance,
Lunch served.
1:30 PM CE continues.
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Proposed dates and times for future Quarterly BOD teleconference or web
meetings.
For
Birmingham, May 3-5, 2003 AM BOD May 1, 2003 3 PM
For Huntsville, Aug 2, 2003 QM BOD July 31, 2003
3 PM
For Mobile, November 1, 2003 QM BOD Oct 30, 2003
3 PM
For Montgomery, February 7, 2004 QM BOD Feb 5,
2004 3 PM
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