Secretary’s Report
by Suzanne Schaller
WISCONSIN PERFUSION SOCIETY BOARD
MEETING
December
2, 2000
Board
Members Present: Kurt Driscoll, Mike Harloff, Terry Barnes, Mike Gough
Non
Board Members Present: Ron
Nichols, Dave Malkow
The
meeting was called to order at 0905.
Minutes
from the previous meeting were presented.
Mike Gough had an issue to clarify regarding the Treasurer’s
Report.
The
discussion then ensued as to whether the minutes should be approved at a
time prior to their inclusion in the newsletter.
The motion was made, seconded and approved that minutes will be
sent via e-mail to all board members for approval with a request for a
reply signaling their approval.
Treasurer’s
Report: None
Education
Committee: Recruitment
of members for this committee is underway.
A job description is currently being worked on by Mike Harloff
and Suzanne Schaller.
Nominations
and Elections Committee:
Call for nominations will go out in January.
Offices to be filled are vice-president, secretary and board
member at large.
Awards
Committee: None
Scholarship
Committee: We
may be receiving a check from AmSECT Region 6 to put towards our
scholarship fund.
Membership
Committee: It was
reported that mailings for renewal of membership was sent out to 93
Class A and Class A Ret. members and 226 Class C members.
Legislative
Committee: Legislative
objectives were shared with Board members.
They were also available in the last issue of the newsletter.
Mike
Gough also shared a document which will be presented to legislators to
educate them on the field of perfusion.
This will accompany a color guide to perfusion which AmSECT has
contributed.
A
summary of the bill was presented.
We can expect some alterations before the final draft is
available. We are waiting
for our preliminary draft of the bill from the Legislative Reference
Bureau.
The
next mailing of information to Class A members will occur in January.
WPS
Meeting: The
meeting dates are, March 30-April 1.
50 rooms have been blocked at the Holiday Inn Select in Appleton.
February 28th is the deadline for rooms. The Board will meet on March 30th at 1400 at the meeting
site.
New
Business: A motion was
made, seconded and approved that a hard copy mailing of the newsletter
will be made to each individual program in the state of Wisconsin.
Additional cost should be minimal.
The
meeting adjourned at 1050.
Respectfully
submitted,
Terry
Barnes
Acting Secretary
