Minutes: Kappa Tau Board Meeting
November 16, 2011
Rowell 201b
Attending: Ann, Ruby, Sally, Lila (via Skype), Rycki, Terry, Jean, Julie
Convention Report, Ruby
 Amazing experience
 Presentations, delegate voting process
 Spectrum of growth in nursing profession
 Book: The Power of Ten; pressing issues for nursing
 Speaker for our annual meeting?
 Kappa Tau received 7 awards
Pizza Party: cancelled as only 1 student rsvp’d.
 Perhaps before induction as a recruitment tool?
 Kappa Tau booth at AHEC recruitment job fair?
Event
Board Meeting
Date
Place: Rowell 107
Jan. 12th
Comments
Nursing Research Night
Jan. 25th, 5pm
Rowell 107
Ann & Terry, EHR research
Heart of Nursing
Leadership dinner
Feb. 15th Windjammer
Jean has it well organized.
Charge: $40/person; 1st
three students will be free
Global Nursing Leadership:
Uganda
Mar. 15th, 5pm Rowell 107
Dr Sarah Abrams and
students
Board Meeting
Nursing Research Night
Apr. 11th, 5-6pm
6-7pm Rowell 107
Rycki and Sarah:
Development and
application of cultural
competencies from nursing
student to nursing
professional
1. Heart of Leadership $40/plate, first 3 students free; call Heart of Nursing Leadership
Dinner; Julie making flyer; Lila to send to Kappa Tau board; Ann to VNSA and NPs;
Rycki to send to nursing students
2. Ideas for Research night 1/25/12 5pm ; use web cast as well and Global
Leadership night Global Nsg Leadership – ask Sarah Abrams to speak about Uganda?
In mid-March 14 or 15th
3. Sarah and Rycki will present research April 11th after board meeting (6-7pm)
4. Speaker for Annual meeting – still need new speaker
Research Symposium: tabled for next meeting
Communication Plan: update, also for next meeting
Submitted by Rycki and Lila.