ACHE Western Florida Chapter Board Meeting
Minutes for: February 12, 2009
Meeting Called By
Type of Meeting
Facilitator
Note Taker
Time Keeper
Attendees
5:30pm
Doctor’s Hospital of Sarasota
5731 Bee Ridge Rd.
Carol Ann Jenkins, FACHE
Regular Board Meeting, working dinner meeting (Meeting start time 6:15 pm)
Krystyna Berger, MHA – Secretary for ACHE Western Florida Chapter
Carol Ann Jenkins, FACHE; Valerie Powell-Stafford, FACHE; John Botsko, Jr.,
FACHE; Cami Leech; Linda Lemon-Steiner, FACHE; Colleen Cavanaugh; Michele
Angletti, PhD; Christopher Prentice; Gloria San Miguel; John Harding, FACHE;
Jeff Younger, FACHE; Robert Goldstein, Cheri Trenchetto; Susan Laber, RN;
Krystyna Berger, MT/ASCP.
Agenda Topics:
Welcome
Discussion
Conclusion
Action Items
Approve Minutes
Correction of Minutes
President’s Report
Discussion
Carol Ann Jenkins
1. Carol Ann opened the meeting with a brief introduction as President of the
Board. She then asked the board members in attendance to introduce them.
2. The Immediate Past President, Valerie Powell-Stafford thanked all the board
members who served on the board in 2008 and presented each with a gift of an
embossed wooden pen & pencil set.
3. Linda thanked Valerie for her work on the Board first as program chair, then for
her service as President. She then presented Valerie with a plague for her service.
4. Valerie then passed the gavel to Carol Ann Jenkins.
5. Minutes from Dec. 2, 2008 board meeting were reviewed and the following
correction were noted: The speaker at Florida Gulf Coast Student Association was
James Nathan, CEO of Lee Memorial Healthcare System; Bill Gross was incorrectly
listed as second on the motion to approve the minutes.
1. Minutes from the Dec. 2nd, 2008 were approved
2. Valerie and 2008 Board Members thanked for their dedication to the Western
Florida Chapter
Person Responsible Deadline
Motion by Jeff Younger
Second by Valerie Powell-Stafford
ACHE Western
Florida Chapter
Board
Krys Berger
Feb. 22nd, 2009
Carol Ann Jenkins
1. Carol Ann summarized the Western Chapter’s latest membership report. The
Chapter currently has 558 members, up from 519. This represents a 7.5% growth
rate in 2008. In 2008, the Chapter has achieved 77.9% of its goal for new members.
The goal was set at 77; the chapter has added 60 in 2008. 3 members have passed
the Board of Governor’s Exam. This is 75.0% of the Chapter goal of 4. 11 have
advanced to Fellow exceeding the chapter goal of 10.
2. The 2009 Award thresholds have increased. The indexed Program attendance
hours are 2.79 hrs. per member. Net growth is 13% which means the Western
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Florida chapter will need to increase membership to 631 members. The threshold
for membership satisfaction has increased to 7.69 from 7.64 in 2008. For
advancement to Fellow, the goal for 2009 is 20 members. 22 chapter members have
taken the Board of Governor’s exam. 9 members are eligible to advance.
3. Carol Ann and Valerie met to determine goals for the board for 2009. They
discussed encouraging the Directors-at-Large to participate in the following activities
to help move the Chapter forward. These include:
a. Preparing a Budget
b. Membership
c. Performing an Audit
d. Program Development
e. Newsletter – Currently John is helping by doing the Executive interviews.
4. Colleen is working on improving the website.
5. Carol Ann also announced that John Harding, FACHE will be presenting a
Category II education opportunity at the St. Petersburg Cluster Seminars on Feb.
16th. She is hoping for good support from the Chapter for John’s program. To
date, 50 have signed up.
Conclusion
Action Items
1. The chapter continues to sustain its membership.
2. New goals for Chapter Awards for 2009 have been set.
Person
Responsible
Deadline
None
ACHE Regent’s Report
Linda Lemon-Steiner
Discussion
1. Linda began her report by saying that she enjoyed participating in the Shadowing
Program offered by the Chapter on February 2nd, 2009.
2. Linda announced that St. Pete College has joined the ACHE Health Education
Network. She has contacted them to get more information and would like to
include a faculty member and student representative from the college on our Board.
She is unsure if it is a Bachelor’s or Master Program at this time.
3. General Rubenstein gave a presentation entitled “Lessons from my Foxhole” for
the North Florida Chapter. The chapter extends an invitation each year to the
incoming ACHE Chair to make a presentation. Linda would like to extend an
invitation to Mr. Charles Evans the incoming chair to speak to the Western Florida
Chapter next year. Mr. Evans is a former HCA president and has started several
not-for-profit health care clinics in other countries such as Kenya, Zimbabwe and
Thailand. Linda connected with him with a student at the University of South
Florida who wants to work in Global Health. After discussion, a motion was made
by John, with a second by Valerie to invite the in-coming ACHE chair to the
Western Florida Chapter.
4. Last year at Congress, Linda became interested in a Trane Conference dealing
with a Patient Centered Environment. She met Rick Neufort, a regional executive
with Trane. Mr. Neufort expressed an interest in working with the Western Florida
Chapter and ACHE. He was able to get Trane to agree to sponsor an education
and networking event. This will be a Category 1 and 2 events which will be an
overview of the presentation given at Congress It will also include a golf
opportunity at the Bellaire Country Club.
The tentative date is April 9th for the Tampa/ St. Pete area and the same event will
take place at a later date in the Fort Meyers area. Linda is hoping the event will
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engage more of the C-Suite Executives in the area.
5. Linda also announced that she will not be attending Congress this year.
Enrollment in Congress is up this year despite the economic down turn. She has
one waiver available for attendance. The Regent’s Waivers are not for students.
Conclusions
Action Items
Approve extending
invitation to Mr. Evans
1. Linda will continue to try to contact the Program Director at St. Pete College to
engage them in the Chapter since they have joined the ACHE Education Network.
2.. Linda will extend an invitation to the in-coming ACHE Chair to speak to the
Western Florida Chapter
3. Trane has been engaged to sponsor an education and networking event.
Person Responsible Deadline
Motion by John Botsko
Linda Lemon-Steiner None given
Second by Valerie Powell-Stafford
Program Report
Discussion
Cheri Trenchetto
1 Cheri has scheduled the first conference call for the week of the St. Pete Cluster
Seminars and will be rescheduling the call.
2. They will present a program on “Sustaining Your Career”. Cheri will be meeting
with Tara. The Chapter will try to present the program in the southern portion of
the chapter area at the end of April. Michelle will check to see if Florida Gulf Coast
University is available. Cheri is trying to engage an executive with Human Resource
experience to speak at the program.
Conclusion
1. Planning for the next category 1 education presentation by the Chapter is under
way.
Action Items
None at this time
Treasurer’s Report
Discussion
Person Responsible
Deadline
Robert Goldstein
1. Rob presented the Treasurer’s Report for the period of November 1, 2008 to
January 31, 2009. The Chapter had a beginning balance of $25,808.38. Several
checks were written to cover board recognition gifts, meeting expense for the
Category 1 program offered in September, and expenses related to the Chapter
Holiday Party and Chapter Leaders Conference Expenses. The total of the expenses
for this period was $5,909.32. By approval of the Board in December, 2008 $15,000
was used to purchase 3 CD’s valued at $5,000 each. The CD’s purchased were for 90
days at 1.7%; 8 months for 3.75%: 16 months for 4.25%. After meeting the above
expenses and purchase of the CD’s the ending balance as of January 31, 2009 was
$4,899.06. A full copy of the report will be filed with the approved minutes.
2. Rob stated that the chapter will be receiving approximately $5,000 in ACHE
Chapter Rebate funds in March.
3. Carol Ann requested that a budget be prepared for the Chapter. Jeff agreed to
help Rob with this task.
4. By general agreement, the 90 Day CD, whose term will end in March, will be
allowed to roll over.
5. Carol Ann stated that she has received request from students for help in getting to
the 2009 Congress in Chicago. By general consensus it was agreed to extend a check
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to the University of South Florida and Florida Gulf Coast University for $1,000.00
each as was done last year.
6. Linda suggested that Rob and Jeff get a budget from the program committee since
the programs generates most of the Chapter’s expenses. Linda also noted that in
extending an invitation to the in-coming ACHE Chair that the national organization
will support his expenses. The Northern Florida Chapter usually provides dinner.
Conclusion
Action Items
1. Approval of
Treasurer’s report.
2. Preparation of
Budget.
Membership
Discussion
Conclusion
Action Items
1. Explore types of
education programs
for advancement
1. The chapter remains financially sound.
2. The 90 Day CD maturing in March will be allowed to rollover.
Person
Deadline
Responsible
1. Motion by Chris
1. Unanimous
2nd by Carols Ann
approval by WFC
Board
2. Rob and Jeff
2. None given.
Cami Leech
1. Cami reported that in December, the Chapter had 550 members. This number
has grown to 557 as of 2/12/09. We have had a total of 26 new members since
December 1st, 2008. 10 of the new members are students. 12 students were
dropped from the roles because they failed to pay their dues. Cami stated that she
sends the link to the Western Florida Chapter website to each new member in her
welcoming email.
2. The first Student Shadow Day was held during the week of 2/2/09 & Students
were paired with 7 members from the Board or the Program Committee.
The feedback from the students was positive and Cami will distribute formal
surveys to the students and members. Valerie asked Cami to write an article for
the newsletter regarding the event. A copy of the Membership report will be filed
with the minutes.
3. The North Florida Chapter is very interested in how the shadowing experience
worked for our chapter and the students.
4. Cami stated that she would like to have a Fellow from the chapter help her on
the membership committee.
5. She would also like to have another group work on education for advancement.
Linda stated that questions regarding advancement could be referred to her. A few
people from our chapter did attend the ACHE Course for advancement in Chicago
and passed the exam. Several chapters are doing currently offering education
programs for advancement. Many different program styles are being used. Several
offer on line courses that meet once a month. Michelle offered to help with an on
line course if it is decided to use this format. It was felt that the ACHE Faculty
could be engaged to help with development of the education program for the Board
of Governor’s Exam. Michelle, Gloria, Valerie and Carol Ann agreed to help.
1. The Chapter’s first Student Shadowing day was a success.
2. Chapter will look into offering an education program to help with advancement.
Person Responsible Deadline
Michelle, Gloria,
Valerie & Carol Ann
None given
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Website Development
Discussion
Conclusion
Action Items
1. Biography Template
2. Submit Bio’s to
Colleen
Student Updates
Discussion
Conclusions
Action Items
Colleen Cavanaugh
1. Gloria helped Colleen get in touch with Denita, the website consultant from for
ACHE.
2. Colleen asked the Board Members to confirm the correct contact information is
posted. Colleen asked to be contacted if changes needed to be made. She would
also like to feature new members on the website along with the Executive Spotlight.
3. Linda suggested that Biographies for the Board Members be placed on the
website. Linda felt that this would attract more varied members from other fields
such as nursing. The bios should have a picture attached and will be listed as a link
on the page listing the board officers. Colleen will send out a template for the
board members to submit.
4. Valerie discussed registering for programs on the website. The topic of
Administrative support for the board was again discussed. FHA charges $5/person
for administrative services. This would help the program chair since this is a very
heavy responsibility.
.1. Colleen is updating the website. This may be helpful in attracting new members.
Person Responsible Deadline
1. Colleen
2. Chapter Board
Members
1 & 2..Before next
meeting
Michelle Angletti, PhD & Christopher Prentice
1. Michelle gave an update on the Florida Gulf Coast Student Chapter. Linda was
to speak on the February 11th. Max Lyons will be graduating and Carol Poist is the
incoming President of the Student Association.
2. Chris Prentice reported that the Healthcare Management Student Association at
the University of South Florida currently has 65 members. Carol Ann presented in
January, Rob Goldstein was presenting in February. 6 or 7 students have
expressed interest in attending Congress. The college can only give $300 for each
student to go. This will pay the registration fee of $290, but will not cover any of
the other expenses associated with the trip.
Both USF & FGCU continue to have strong student interest, continue to use WFC
board members as a resource for speakers.
Person
Deadline
Responsible
None
Other Topics for Discussion
Carol Ann Jenkins
Discussion
1. Carol Ann discussed that the Chapter Newsletter would be published around
March. John Harding will interview Isaac Mahleha from Baycare for the Executive
Highlight. Carol Ann will contact him by phone. Jeff stated he could help. James
Nathan, CEO of Lee-Memorial was suggested for the next interview.
2. The Board will meet 4 times this year. The next meeting is in May. Linda was
asked to host. Carol Ann wanted to do a picture of the Board for the Newsletter
after the meeting.
Conclusions
Action Items
Plans for the quarterly Newsletter are well under way for publication in the spring.
Person
Deadline
Responsible
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1. Interview Isaac
Mahleha
Observers
Resource Persons
Special Notes
Adjournment
Next Board
Meeting
John Harding
March 2009
None
None
Special thanks to Linda & Colleeen for hosting the meeting.
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned by Carol Ann at 7:40 p.m.
The next ACHE Western Florida Chapter Board Meeting, date, time and location to be
determined. Most likely date is May, 09.
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