New Hampshire PREVENTION CERTIFICATION - Board of Directors monthly meeting(s)
MEETING/EVENT
Board of Directors
meeting
DATE/TIME
February 18th
8:30 – 10:00 AM
LOCATION
CHI – 501 South
Street, Second
Floor, Bow, NH
CALL-IN INFORMATION
1-866-210-1669
Participant Code:
6375709
CALL TO ORDER: Meeting called to order @ 8:39AM
NAME
POSITION
Tim Lena
Donna Arias
President
Vice
President
Treasurer
Secretary
Elena
Marissa
Carlson
Cyndi
Desrosiers
Mary
Forsythe-Taber
Bob Thompson
CONTACT
NUMBER
603.382.6541
603.228.8671
E-MAIL ADDRESS
Y/N
Timothy.Lena@timberlane.net
darias@nhiaa.org
Y
603.359.3321
603.545.7341
ElenaVanzandt@HALOEducationalSystems.com Y
mcarlson@ti@gmail.com
N
Administrator 603.828.8958
nhpreventcert@gmail.com
N
Board
member
Board
member
603.686.6844
mft@mih4u.org
Y
603.259.3700
x 244
bthompson@nchcnh.org
Y
Need information
mobryant@ccsnh.edu
N
N
Lori McG
Michael B.
Debbie S.
REVIEW OF DECEMBER MINUTES – After a short review of the minutes – with two updates noted: 1.
Remove Mary FT from the attendance list for December meeting, 2. Add in Elena –

Motion to approve made by:

second motion made by: Bob T

all in favor – all; so moved
Tim Lena
TREASURER’S REPORT – Elena

Financial reports provide for review (income/Expense report) –see provided report for details
o
Motion to approve the treasurer’s report made by: Bob Thompson
o
Second motion made by: Donna A
o
All in favor – all; so moved
New Hampshire PREVENTION CERTIFICATION - Board of Directors monthly meeting(s)
ADMINISTRATOR (CONSULTANT’S) REPORT – Cyndi D (provided electronically)

Highlights:
o
Mentoring grant was re-routed and will go out from the state as an open RFP process

o
Discussion around who will write/manage the RFP response resulted in a quick
review of how we have handled in the past, we decided to wait until the release
date is announce to further discuss this issue.
Marketing edits that we agreed on at a previous meeting have been presented to both
the marketing firm (David Deziel, and Ctx). There is a possibility that CTx will not have
the funding or time to make the edits, if not, they will forward an editable file to us
which will allow us to make the edits.
PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE REPORT –

Quiet on the application portion of the committee’s responsibility

Committee is working on some portions of the re-write of the 501c6 status to a 501c3 status
o
The committee will provide an update at the next BOD meeting
EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EC) REPORT – Bob T. with Katy Shea/CHI


EC roles and responsibility guidelines were submitted for review/approval. It was suggested that
the committees will forward
o
Motion made to accept as amended made by Donna A
o
Second by: Elena V
o
All accepted: YES, so moved
Spreadsheet (training options that were reviewed)?
o
Review of available resources shows that there is not much difference in the knowledge
gain when you compare in-person against online
o
BOD is requesting that the EC look at core trainings such as Ethics to determine which
courses (if any) should be taken in-person
o
IC&RC ‘states’ vary in the requirements of types of training that are approved for
certification/re-certification requirements
o
Bob is suggesting that we draft a list of key questions to ask other BODs (both of states
that are IC&RC states and those that are not)regarding distance learning
o
Next step(s) for the listing, 1.review by NHCPB, 2. Governor’s Commission, through the
Prevention taskforce
New Hampshire PREVENTION CERTIFICATION - Board of Directors monthly meeting(s)
o
Katy Shea will update the list with an intro. forward the current of on-line courses ‘list’
to Bob T. to be forwarded to the BOD for review prior to the next Gov. commission’s
meeting

For future consideration: how and who will keep the list updated? It has been
suggested that the BOD administrator would keep the list updated with
guidance from the EC
IC&RC EXAM UPDATE –

Next exam is set for March 05th. Marissa and Mary will proxy

BOD reviewed provided draft of protocol that was submitted
o
Motion made to approve protocols : Bob Thompson
o
Second made by: Donna A
o
All in favor: YES, so moved
OLD BUSINESS:

Prevention Specialist of the Year –we still do not have any recommendations. It was
recommended that we ask Cyndi D to resend to the Certification list, plus we are going to ask
Diane P. to also send out to her list asking for recommendations. Mary FT will also promote at
the February SMP Coordinator’s meeting
Motion made to go into Executive Session: Bob Thompson (10:10am)
Second made by: Elena V
All approved: YES! So moved

Bob T will send last contract (2011) to BOD

BOD commits to comparing Adminstrator’s list against contract and send details/feedback via
email by 02.21. Final discussion will take place at the next BOD meeting
o
Abby Shockley as new board member:
o
Motion made by: donna A
o
Second by Tim Lena
o
All in favor: All, motioned approved
ADJOURN: Tim L. adjourned the Executive meeting at approximately: 10:40: Motion made by Donna A,
Second Elena V, all in favor? YES so moved.
NEXT MONTH’S
MEETING
Board of Directors
meeting
DATE/TIME
LOCATION
CALL-IN INFORMATION
March 24th
8:30 – 10:00 AM
CHI – 501 South
Street, Second Floor,
1-866-210-1669
Participant Code:
New Hampshire PREVENTION CERTIFICATION - Board of Directors monthly meeting(s)
Bow, NH
6375709