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Minute Approval

February 16, 2007

Call to order @ 0916.  We have a quorum.  Minutes approved as sent.

Old Business:

5 Min

New Business:  

Guest Speaker

Melanie Tidwell

Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation  

30 min.

Melanie talked about the plans of the Tobacco Prevention Foundation.  Discussion included the state Ohio’s financial responsibilities and funding of tobacco prevention.  Check out the website www.OTPF.org. And www.ohioquits.com.   The OTPF have grants that are currently going and have grants available for tobacco treatment and prevention.  Gold standard tobacco treatment centers are medically advised.  Training to become a certified teacher is coming to Dayton in August this is sponsored by the mayo clinic.  This is a 5 day program. The cost is about $500 dollars. 

Washington DC

 PACT Meeting

Doug, Gary, Joe

30 min

They attended the meeting in Washington DC in March.  Initiatives that they wanted to get accomplished were Medicare part D letting the RT’s go in the home to teach tobacco and Respiratory Therapy.  No bill yet for the new initiative.  Cardiac pulmonary rehab bill, trying to get that bill passed.  Try to get pulmonary rehab reimbursed in hospitals so that it is standardized.  The bill to appeal the oxygen cap. Medicare initiative.   Congress men and women want to hear from constituents in their own district.  This is just the beginning. We need to continue to go back every year.  We need to continue to send e-mails to our own politician.  Senator Voinovich has helped us in the past.  We need a senator to help us get a bill in the senate.  We need a sponsor.  Senator blanch Lincoln from Arkansas is interested in helping us. 

AARC President Meeting

Ed

15 min.

Ed attended a leadership meeting for presidents and president elects.  They talked about revenue sharing.  We will receive $20 from every person who takes NBRC exams trough the AARC reviews.  It just came thru the website link.   Program is just like Kettering’s program.  But focuses on weak aspects.  Registrant’s money will go to state with the registrant’s home address.  This is a benefit of one of the contracts we signed with the AARC.  Sheryl West talked about how the PACT meeting was great.  Membership 41,000 members of the AARC.  Tom Lamphere (AARC Membership Chair) used Ohio as an example about how we get members but cannot retain them, We have 1, 800 members.  We and about three other states are in that same dilemma. We need to focus on retaining old members.  Could we provide a service of filling out the application for them?  Student membership is about 20%.  Could we have district meetings with the district reps?  This will help to show RT’s what we do.  Would people come?  Can we get everyone e-mail addresses to send them out?  Should we create a focus group to find out what we can do to make them join?  We need a marketing person to help us with finding out why people don’t join.  Can we use our registration for the state meeting to get our focus group?  These are a lot of questions that we need to address.  Can Chris Logston give us the e-mail addresses of all the people in the state? 

Nominations for 2008 Officers (President Elect, Vice President, Treasurer, District Reps.

Pat Roth

Board

20 min.

Pat Roth is not able to be here.  Jenni Raake will run for treasurer.  Craig might run for president elect. 

Committee Reports:

Treasurer Report 2007

Craig Black

30 min.

Spread sheet is out.  Send in any additional expense forms to Craig.  We have 57 vouchers left.  We sold a total of 92 vouchers.  Revenue sharing check from AARC is in.    Endowment for Heidi Norris scholarship.    Another person has given us money to have another scholarship.  Can we have 2 smaller scholarships?  Make a motion to rename the scholarship and take all steps to rename the OSRC scholarship.  Motion seconded. 

We will need to contact the families and Bob Fisher.  We will table the motion until contact is complete.  Motion passed.

Web Site

Jenni Raake

10 min.

Website looks great.  We want to make the website great for us and visitors.  We can add the district separation.  Jenni will take care of this.

OAMES Report

Mark Kemerer

10 min.

None

Legislative Report

Ed Orlett

10 min.

Handed out copies of all dept managers list.  RC rule changes that are coming.  12 vendors registered for meeting this year and they have paid.

Legislative PAC

John Servick

Laura Evans

20 min.

Working on 4 areas we are looking at. Concerning amending laws and rules.  Protocol language, who we take orders from, expansion of aerosolized meds (insulin), looking at the collection of exhaled gases.  Trying to amend statements.  Need a treasurer for PAC.  Committee needs to go to legislative events to promote them.  We need sponsors to donate money to support them.

OSRC State Meeting

Joe Huff

20 min.

Brochure is put together.  Speakers are set.  Lecture from Dean Hess available on the website to help draw people into signing up for the meeting. 

Membership/Voucher

Angela Reynolds

20 min

Sold 92 have 30 loaned out.  Waiting for check for 35 vouchers that are sold.  Might need to buy more at the state meeting. 

Communication

Jerry Edens

20 min.

Written report.  2 alveolar exchanges sent out.  Save the date cards will be done.  House of delegates.  AARC adapt age appropriate guidelines.  An Award like the magnet award for nurses, but for RT’s.  Bylaws, diversity, statement needs to be looked at.  Hospital based educators that would like to network.

Public Relations

Mary Samoriga

15 min.

None

District Reps:

Central

Holly Judson/ Glen Sidwell

5 min.

Communicated via e-mail with Holly.  Going to give an in-service soon have sent for CEU’s.

Eastern

John Pritt / Christine Fygetakes

5 min.

1 day seminar on pulmonary clearance just finished.  Had 20 people attend.  Golf outing will be coming and they will get some help from director of Camp Wonderland.

Northeast

Rick Rice / Douglas Laher

5 min.

 Meeting at Cleveland clinic.  We will have a table at it.  Fundraising efforts.  Life bank is coming to give a talk.

Northwest

Kate Taylor / Gary Halfhill

5 min.

None

Southern

Angela Reynolds / Sue Brungs

5 min.

Going to Cincinnati state to talk to students about OSRC/AARC.  Want to make basket for booth at state meeting.  Sold seeds packs and Larosa buddy cards.  They are going to get t-shirts to sell.

Western

Betty Rudy / Kay Bucles

5 min.

Working on annual fall seminar.  Next months staff meeting will incorporate bringing things from the OSRC to talk about to their meetings.

Announcements:

Adjourned  12:40

Motion adjourned

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