ARKANSAS ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS
Board Reports Summary
For BOD Meeting to be held Tuesday, Oct. 13th, 2015 @ 10am
Via Conference Call
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REPORTS REQUIRING BOARD ACTION
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Consent Agenda/Informational Reports
Minutes from BOD Meeting - April 22, 2015
Item of Business
Call to order
Declaration of Quorum
Responsible Party
Taryn Hehl
Brandi Nichols
Action/Recommendation
Call to order @ 6:10 PM
Quorum: Declared
Members Present: Taryn Hehl, Stacey Finch, Brandi Nichols, Stephanie Alsbrook , Polly Carroll,
Carole Garner, Ruth Johnston, Sara Long, Ashley Anderson, Mary Wells, Nina Roofe, Erin
Moore, Andi Ridgway, Amanda Dawson, Monica Stewart, Jennifer Main, Stacee Smith, April
Hobbs, Kathy Murdock, Pam Towery, Margaret Pauly
Members Absent: Michelle Justus, Serena Fuller, Brooklyn Pyburn, Kristen Rowe, Michelle
Morgan, Sarah Money, Lynda Anderson, Brenda Cox, Ashley Meek, Emily Bryson, Peggy Carter,
Joy Works, Amanda Rocket, Chris Henson, Lynda Anderson, Claudia Carberry,
Guests: Will Walker, Katie Gipson, Ray Stowe
Items for Discussion :
Taryn Hehl
Goals and Accomplishments for 2014-2015
1. To increase community awareness of the RD/RDN’s role in nutrition
and health initiatives
a. Arkansas Minority Barber & Beauty Shop Health Initiative :
RD’s and Interns screened 444 participants at locations
across central Arkansas.
b. Stacee Smith: Blog contributor for the Promenade at Chenal.
2. To operate ArAND in an efficient, effective manner
a. Reviewed and adjusted budget to decrease expenditures.
3. To develop a strong, engaged, district involvement in state and
national activities
a. Presented “State Leadership: It takes a village.” at NWADAND fall meeting.
b. Goal to continue to engage Districts becoming more
involved.
Taryn also shared some member events from the past year and
introduced the newly elected officers.
Incoming President-elect:
April Hobbs
Secretary/Treasurer-elect:
Sara Long
Nominating Committee Chair-elect:
Rachel Schichtl
Nominating Committee Member: Will Walker
Nominating Committee Member: Katie Gipson
Polly Carroll
Delegate Report
The spring mega-issue which will be discussed during a web-based
meeting on May 3-4 is how to evolve the sponsorship program in light
of the recent partnership with Kraft and the Kids Eat Right campaign.
There will also be future discussions about scientific integrity principles.
Polly is ending her term as delegate and expressed appreciation for the
support she has received.
Stacey Finch/April Hobbs
AME Planning Report
All meals for the AME taking place Thursday & Friday are fully
sponsored. The majority of speakers are sponsored and several are
grant-funded. There were some rate changes made for this year and an
updated policy and procedure motion will be submitted at the next
BOD meeting.
Stacee Smith
Fundraising Update
Blogs post on The Promenade at Chenal website are continuing. There
have been 3 posts so far and we have received $100 for each post.
Stacee is working to further develop our relationship with this group.
For the AME, there will be the Foundation raffle as in years past and
this year, we have added a silent auction and wine pull. All proceeds
from the silent auction and wine pull will go directly to ArAND.
Items for Board Approval: None
New Business/Announcements
Jennifer Main
Jennifer needs two people to assist in selecting the student liaison for
the affiliate. Taryn Hehl and Stacey Finch volunteered to review the
applicants.
Ashley Anderson
Ashley brought the National Nutrition Month/Registered Dietitian Day
proclamation and picture from the Governor’s office. These will be
displayed during AME.
Erin Moore
Erin reports a discussion with Representative Julie Mayberry regarding
legislation supporting an Alpha-GAL task force. The task force does not
list an RD as a required member but Representative Mayberry has
asked for RD involvement. They are seeking someone in the central AR
area. Anyone interested should speak with Erin.
At this time, as there were no further announcements or motions, the meeting was adjourned
at 6:35 PM.
Respectfully submitted: Brandi Nichols, Secretary/Treasurer
Meeting of the Members -April 23, 2015
President Taryn Hehl called the meeting to order at 12:10. Quorum was declared.
Nina Roofe moved to approve the minutes of the February 10 th meeting. The motion carried.
Brandi Nichols presented the Treasurer’s Report. Current assets as of 3/31/15. The total of both
checking accounts was $11,310.48. The total of all CDs was $51,887.11. The grand total of all
current assets was $63,197.59.
Taryn Hehl provided a summary of Goals and Accomplishments for 2014-2015.
1) To increase community awareness of the RD/RDN’s role in nutrition
and health initiatives
--Arkansas Minority Barber & Beauty Shop Health Initiative :
RD’s and Interns screened 444 participants at locations across
central Arkansas.
--Stacee Smith: Blog contributor for the Promenade at Chenal.
2) To operate ArAND in an efficient, effective manner
--Reviewed and adjusted budget to decrease expenditures.
3) To develop a strong, engaged, district involvement in state and
national activities
--Presented “State Leadership: It takes a village.” at NWAD-AND
fall meeting.
--Goal to continue to engage Districts becoming more involved.
Taryn also shared some member events from the past year and
introduced
the newly elected officers.
Incoming President-elect:
April Hobbs
Secretary/Treasurer-elect:
Sara Long
Nominating Committee Chair-elect:
Rachel Schichtl
Nominating Committee Member: Will Walker
Nominating Committee Member: Katie Gipson
Polly Carroll
Delegate Report
The spring mega-issue which will be discussed during a web-based
meeting on May 3-4 is how to evolve the sponsorship program in light
of the recent partnership with Kraft and the Kids Eat Right campaign.
There will also be future discussions about scientific integrity principles.
Polly is ending her term as delegate and expressed appreciation for the
support she has received.
Marvin Parks
Lobbyist Report, Bipartisan Strategies
Marvin spoke of his work on behalf of ArAND in the recent legislative
session. He and his partner, Leo represent ArAND to the legislature as
appropriate. He discussed the usefulness of a lobbyist and what they
can provide on our behalf.
Brooklyn Pyburn
Consumer Protection Coordinator
Brooklyn provided a report on reporting harm and what qualifies as
harm. She acts as a liaison between the affiliate and the licensure
board. “Scope creep” was discussed as well as how to report harm.
There is a link on the ArAND website for reporting suspected harm.
Brooklyn is available for any questions.
President Taryn Hehl passed the gavel to Incoming President Stacey Finch.
Meeting adjourned at 12:55 PM.
Respectfully submitted: Brandi Nichols, Secretary/Treasurer
BOARD REPORTS – INFORMATIONAL
President
Stacey Finch
Status Report:
1) ArAND Board of Directors Orientation was held June 12, 2015 at Baptist Health Schools of
Little Rock. During the meeting, the President’s Plan of Work was announced:
Improve overall communication throughout the organization
a) Newsletter improvement—a new assistant e-communique editor has been
appointed (Lindsey Green) who will work closely with Sarah Money-formatting of newsletter could be improved--and encouraging members to
submit information that they feel is relevant to ArAND RD’s
b) Website improvement—a new assistant webmaster has been appointed
(Sarah Eanes) who will work closely with Andi Ridgway--updated information
on website--researching what other affiliates are doing with their websites-possibly having student dietetics members involved with articles and
information.
c) Communication improvement within the BOD—consistent reporting
Improve recruitment of professional and students throughout the state
a) New SPRC (State Professional Recruitment Coordinator) and Assistant
SPRC—Andrea Bell and Hannah Nolan has been appointed.
b) More active participation at career fairs throughout the state
c) Provide recruiting assistance with state and district associations
Participation in the Council on Future Practice—Visioning Process
a) The Council on Future Practice has initiated a visioning process for the
profession of dietetics whose purpose is to initiate recommendations for
general practice roles, specialist practice roles, and advanced practice roles
for the future. Input from all AND affiliates is needed during the 2015-16
program year.
b) Ruth Johnston has been named to the Council and will be ArAND’s point
person on this project
2) Sarah Keathley has been appointed to succeed Stacee Smith as State Fundraising Chair.
They will work together in this position over the next fiscal year.
3) The AND Affiliation Agreement was completed and submitted.
4) Stacey Finch, Mary Wells, and Margaret Pauly met on August 20 th to begin preliminary
plans on obtaining speakers for the 2016 AME.
Immediate Past President, Legislative Liaison Ambassador
Nina Roofe
Status Report:
Status Report: Preparation and training for the fall HOD meeting is in progress. The scheduled
mega issue for fall 2015 is malnutrition. The backgrounder and summary have been provided to
the ArAND membership—to date no comments have been shared with me.
Next Steps: Attend fall 2015 HOD and report to ArAND membership.
Spring 2016 HOD Virtual Meeting
Dates: Saturday and Sunday, April 30 and May 1, 2016
President-Elect
Mary Wells
Status report: The location of AME 2016 will be ACH and dates are April 28 and 29. Board
meeting will be the afternoon of the 27th. The theme will be around celebration.
In August I met with Margaret Pauly and Stacey Finch to get briefed on the process for finding
and securing speakers and speaker sponsors.
Kathy, Brandi and I did a call last week to update each other where we were with respective
responsibilities.
I've been in contact with a couple of sponsors and more work on contacting more sponsors will
be done in the coming weeks.
Director of Communications
Ashley Anderson
Status Report: The communications team met in June to develop strategies to increase
community awareness of the RD/RDN’s role in nutrition and health initiatives, to improve
communication efficiency and effectiveness and to encourage more involvement. At this
meeting it was determined that we would develop a survey to obtain member feedback on the
types of social media platforms that would be most utilized, the potential for activating RD/RDN
bloggers, access to CPE’s, interest in a speakers bureau and improvements to the website. The
communications team developed the survey in August and the posted the survey in September.
ArAND Facebook Account Activity Update:
6/2/2014 - 245 likes
8/5/2014 - 262 likes
9/2/2015 - 375 likes
ArAND Twitter Activity Update:
June 2014 - 35 followers
August 2014 - 42 followers
September 2015 - 202 followers
Next Steps:
Recommendations will be compiled and presented to the BOD regarding changes to social
media platforms, website, ecommuniqué and speakers bureau once the survey results have
been compiled and examined.
SPRC
Andrea Bell
Status Report:
1) On 8/26/2015 I contacted all dietetic program directors in the state via email to ask to
participate in upcoming career fairs at their universities. The only university that has responded
so far is UCA. We are scheduled to attend the UCA career fair on Monday October 19 th
(Margaret and Stacey have graciously volunteered to man the booth since both the SPRC and
ASPRC have schedule conflicts with this event)
2) I reached out to our Student Liaison, Sara Ross, to ask for her perspective on what she thinks
undergraduates would want to learn about the dietetics profession at a career fair. Hannah,
Allison and I are currently working together to come up with the content for a
display/information board for our booth based on Sara’s questions.
3) As of 9/13 Hannah is about 95% complete with a handout that details student benefits of and
AND/ArAND membership.
4) Stacey and Margaret decided that we can use some current ArAND gear (T-shirts, mugs, bags
etc) at the booth.
Next Steps:
1) We need an eye-catching and professional display board for the career fair table. The goal is
to have the content for the board done by September 20th and the design complete by
September 27th so that we can have time to get content/design approval and order the board
three weeks before we need it.
2) We would like to be able to come up with a game to play with students at the booth (maybe
a trivia spin wheel about nutrition or something to that effect). Unfortunately, it may not be
realistic for us to try to design this game and the display board before October 19 th. Our focus is
on the display board for now, once that is ordered we will try to complete a game design.
3) Obtain approval of student Member Benefits handout and make copies for event.
Chair, Nominating Committee
Rachel Schichtl
Status Report: It has been difficult (as I understand it always is) to get nominations for the
upcoming election. The committee has obtained an appropriate number of nominees for next
year’s nominating committee. There is one nominee for both the incoming secretary treasurer
and the incoming president elect. We have actually had multiple nominees for incoming
president elect, but only one has agreed to be placed on the ballot. We are in the process of
gathering information for the ballot for those that will be on it. I would like to have all this
information before September 25th, but it has been slow going.
Next Steps:
Continue to solicit nominations until we have at least two nominations for incoming president
elect and the incoming secretary treasurer.
Finalize all information for ballot including CV’s and photos.
Present final ballot to Executive Director for BOD approval.
Goal is September 25th, but more realistically will be early-mid October.
Webmaster
Andi Ridgway
Status Report:
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AME – worked on several issues with online registration, added networking reception
online registration, added handouts to AME page, updated final version of program,
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added Thu photos to website, presented on the website at AME, added AME sponsors
to CE page
Downloaded member files from AND, reconciled mailing lists with membership lists
(recurring), sent alert to those not renewed in June
Sent ArAND Alerts (AND award nominations solicitation, Delegate’s new email address,
NNM photo op with the governor, AME registration deadline, Call your Senator, AME
handouts, Networking Reception, AME Evaluation, AND membership renewal, support
for Strong Dietary Guidelines, Celiac resources, members not renewed encouraging
renewal with AND value graphic, updated ACEND requirements, ArAND officer
nominations, MNT coverage, ACH pediatric nutrition conference, AND proposed by-laws
change)
Updated “News” on website for current issues (AME registration deadline, AME
handouts, Networking Reception, 2015 Healthy Kids grant recipients, AND student dues,
AND officers named, link to Stacey’s blog, Summer Safety (provided by Amanda Hines,
UCA dietetic intern), updated ACEND requirements, FAQs on Future Education, added
video link “Anatomy of a Supermarket Purchase”, Home Food Safety press release, 3
new HOD fact sheets, Back to School event at Promenade, new email for licensing
board, ArAND officer nominations, ACH pediatric nutrition conference, 2016 AND
elections nominations and tool kit, ADLB renewals deadline, 2015 Hunger Summit)
Added Dairy Council logo tool kit and logo; attended Dairy Council tour
Updated delegate’s page (recurring)
Updated president’s message
Updated BOD page photos and contact info with 2015-16 BOD, also added committees
and members, added page for BOD minutes
Added an Assistant Webmaster – Sarah Earnes
Updated CE page – Diabetes Conference, ACH pediatric nutrition conference, 2015
Hunger Summit
Corrected links on Nutrition Links page, added KER tool kit link,
Updated Featured Member and Newsletter archives (recurring)
Updated “Tip of the Week” (text supplied by Holly Brenneman) (recurring)
Updated banner rotator (NNM & RD day, PPW, AME, AND membership renewal, )
Updated and reorganized files on SiteWrench, communicated with other administrators
Attended BOD orientation session
Scheduled and attended Communication team meeting, multiple email
communications, drafted a member survey
Job postings - 4
Processed email to webmaster account (recurring), updated contact and distribution
lists with new BOD
Shared items of interest on ArAND Facebook page and Twitter accounts (recurring)
Invoiced for 25 hrs for Mar, 12 hrs for Apr, 6 hrs for May, 19 hrs for June, 5 hrs for July, 6
hrs for Aug.
Next Steps:
Examine results of Communications Members Survey
Explore mobile options with SiteWrench
Chair, AME Planning Committee
Kathy Murdock
Status Report: Kathy Murdock and April Hobbs met to discuss AME Chair responsibilities. Mary
Wells and Brandi Nichols met with Kathy Murdock on 9/8/15 to being planning for AME 2016.
The dates for AME are April 28-29, 2016, at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Nina Roofe has
confirmed she will take care of the posters for AME 2016. Confirmation for catering has been
sent to Will Walker and Judith Taylor at ACH.
Next Steps: Mary Wells is working on setting up speakers/sponsors and the logo/theme. Kathy
will work with Mary to coordinate sponsors for meals. Kathy is also working on updating the
vendor contact list from last year and will forward this to Brandi to send “save the date” emails.
If anyone has new ideas for vendors or sponsors, please let us know.
Fundraising Chair
Stacee Smith
Status Report: Promenade at Chenal Sponsorship – We completed another blog post in May about
Menchies Frozen Yogurt resulting in $100 for our affiliate. In July we were asked to do a back-to-school
health fair and promotion on KATV. The Promotion ran Saturday July 25th and the Back-to-School Fair
was August 1st where we played nutrition jeopardy and offered healthy snack advice. Thanks to Midwest
Dairy for providing some give-aways and intern Linzie from UCA for providing some help that day!
Last week I attended a Chamber of Commerce after-hours event where I met the GM of the new Del
Fresco’s, the focus of our next blog post. Please like the Promenade and Chenal on FB and Twitter so we
can continue to grow our relationship.
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Sponsorship - Sponsors are continually be sought after. Please forward any leads to Stacee or if you
would like to help procure sponsors, please let me know.
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Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation - FNCE is right around the corner and so is our donation
to the Foundation. We have received a wonderful donation from Ruth Johnston for our silent auction
donation for the Foundation. It is a beautiful Coach Purse and wallet. It will be hand-carried to the
event and will surely go for top dollar.
Next Steps:
Sarah Keathley has graciously agreed to assist me in the fundraising efforts. Training will begin later this
month! I am so excited and grateful for her support.
We will soon begin planning for the fundraising items for AME! All ideas are welcome.
Director of Member Services
Allison Sharp
Status Report:
1. Met with previous Director of Member Services, Sara Long, to prepare for the transition
to Director after Chris Henson’s resignation
2. Beginning to prepare to gather nominations for Outstanding Dietetic Educator.
Next Step: Solicit nominees through e-blasts, Facebook, letters, calls, etc.
Council on Future Practice
Ruth Johnston
June-September 2015
The following report provides an overview of the Council’s work since the start of the program
year.
 Developing the change drivers and trends affecting the profession based on an
extensive review of the literature. The change drivers and trends will be released to
Academy members, non-member CDR credentialed practitioners, think tank
members and external organizations for input via a survey. The survey will be
released in the fall of 2015.
 Hosting the seventh annual Innovations in Nutrition and Dietetics Practice and
Education session in Nashville with 19 presenters on Monday, October 5, 11:45 am1:15 pm in Exhibit Hall A, Music City Center.
 Revised the Dietetics Career Development Guide (DCDG). The revised DCDG will be
promoted to members for use in their career development in late fall 2015.
 Requesting a pilot to implement the Transforming Vision into Action award to
recognize innovative programs or products that transform a vision into nutrition and
dietetics practice and/or education with outcomes relevant to the future.
 Continue to inform think tank members of the Council’s work via regular messages
after each conference call and meeting and provide opportunities for soliciting input
on topics discussed by the Council.
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For more information, visit the Council on Future Practice at:
https://www.eatrightpro.org/resource/leadership/volunteering/committees-andtask-forces/council-on-future-practice
For questions, contact futurepractice@eatright.org
Melissa Pflugh-Prescott, MS, RD, Chair melissa.pflugh@gmail.com
Cecily Byrne, MS, RDN, LDN, Staff Liaison
State Regulatory Specialist
Erin Moore
Status Report: The revisions to the Rules and Regulations for Hospitals and Related Institutions
and the Rules and Regulations for Critical Access Hospitals have made it through the
administrative rules process. This has been an ongoing effort since 2009, and would not be
possible without the continued efforts of the members of the ArAND Public Policy Panel and
board of directors, as well as assistance from our lobbyists, Bipartisan Strategies.
The revised rules become effective Jan 1 2016.
Here is a link to the redline version
http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/aboutADH/RulesRegs/DraftHospitalRules.pdf
Central District President
Shannon Hendrix
Status Report: Our committee met on August 5th to plan our Fall Event.
Treasurer’s Report: Current balance:$309.37
Goals for 2015-2016: 1. Complete Service Project
2. Plan Fall & Spring Event
3. Increase member participation
Fall Event Details
Date: October 27th at Wine By the Glass 5-7pm
Stacey Finch, President – Featured Guest
Fundraisers: 1. Selling T-shirts
2. Raffle: Fit Bit
3. Collecting quarters
Cause: Shack Pack
Our plan is to host an event packing meals and make that donation to a local shelter. See link
below for more information. The Pack Shack
2015-2015 Officers:
Shannon Hendrix, President
Jessica Burgess, President-elect
Whitney Fleming – Secretary
Treasurer – Courtney Bynum
Nominating Committee: Taylor Cole – Chair
Katy Kennedy
Allison Sharp
Next Steps:
Continuing planning Fall Event
Organize spring event & service project
Officer elections for 2016-17
Western District President
Christy Lenzini
Status Report: The Board of Directors met on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 to discuss plans for the
upcoming year and brainstorm potential speakers for meetings. We will continue to meet six
times for a business meeting and CPE program during the months of Sept, Oct, Nov, Feb March,
May. We will generally meet the first Thursday of each month. In December we will meet
socially. Our program fee will continue to $20.00 per member for the year or $5.00 for a single
program.
Next Steps:
Our first meeting of the year will be Thursday, September 17th at Sparks Hospital with Erin
Moore, MS, RD, LD, CNSC as speaker.
Chair, Continuing Education
Amanda Dawson
Status Report:
Total CPE Hours Approved: 63.5 hr (3/28/15-9/14/15; 17 activities)
Complimentary Hours:
0 hr
Total Charges:
$410.00
Outstanding Fees:
$230.00
Executive Director
Margaret Pauly
Status report:
 Organized a successful BOD Orientation held at Baptist Health Schools on June 12th.
 Prepared 2015-2016 calendar with Stacey Finch
 Updated BOD contact list with new BOD members
 Worked on the Principles of Affiliation with Stacey Finch and Taryn Hehl. They were
submitted and accepted by the Academy.
 Finalized end of year taxes with the accountant and sent our form to the IRS
 Worked and met with various committee members for the upcoming AME 2016
 Organized several FNCE trips for ArAND members
 Prepared several surveys for various committees
 General office and accounting duties
Next steps:
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Continue working on AME planning
Current Assets as of 09/29/15
Current Assets:
BOTO regular checking account
$20,637.98
BOTO Credit Card receipt checking account
$1,556.70
Total both checking accounts
$22,194.68
BOTO CDs:
CD#0121 – matures 12/10/15
$10,249.53
CD#0112 – matures 12/10/15
$20,498.98
CD#7545 – matures 12/23/15
$21,174.13
Total all CDs
$51,922.64
Grand Total All Current Assets
$74,117.32
NO OTHER REPORTS SUBMITTED
END OF CONSENT AGENDA