September 16, 2003 at 1700.

Presiding: Bonnie Groessl

Recording: Jane Delveaux

Present: Bonnie Groessl, Carol Morris, Katie Dykes, Brenda Tyczkowski, Judy Friederichs, Sharon McNulty, Pam Page, Tracy Slater, Donna VanRooy.

Treasurer’s Report: Brenda Tyczkowski, Treasurer. A printed financial report covering 06-01-03 to 09-01-03 was distributed and accepted by the membership.

Region #3 Report: No Report

FINANCE: Brenda Tyczkowski,, Chairperson. Bonnie Groessl reported that an audit of the Books had just been completed by Brenda, Bonnie, and Katie Dykes.

PROGRAM: Carol Morris, Chairperson. This 2003-2004 schedule is now available to the membership on the NEWDNA WEB page. There is an update on the October 21, 2003 Dinner/ Program on Cardiovascular Risk Reduction sponsored by Pfizer at Stone Harbor, Sturgeon Bay. The featured speaker will be Dr. Earl Perrigo. On January 20, 2004, Theresa Shuck will present a program on Genetics at the Eagle’s Nest. The March 16, 2004 event of special interest will be a Dinner with a Program on Alzheimer’s Disease. The presenter will be Dr. Tracy Hoffman. Sponsorship is by Janssen Pharmaceutica who will be represented by Mr. Tony Horge. The October and March events will require advance registrations. Few registrations have been received and may be due to e-mails not getting to Carol. She will be following up on this. Terry Van Hooten will accept responsibility for taking reservations. An honorarium will be paid to the speakers for the October and March events. The amount of the honorarium is unknown at this point. It will initially be paid by the district. The district, in turn, will be reimbursed by the pharmaceutical companies.

LEGISLATIVE: Judy Friederichs, Chairperson. The first of two Legislative Breakfasts will be held at 7:30 AM on November 3, 2003 at the Midway Motor Lodge. The menus for these next events are still undecided. More details will be made available as plans are completed.

WINPAC: Sharon McNulty again encouraged attendance at the WNA Convention in Eau Claire. For this event, NEWDNA members are being asked to donate miscellaneous items, which have been purchased. These may be delivered to Sharon or may be dropped off at the front desk at the Bellin School of Nursing to the attention of Carol Morris. Items should be small enough to fit into baskets, which Sharon’s committee will assemble for this year’s Silent Auction. Corporate donations cannot be accepted. Cash donations may be sent to Brenda Tyczkowski. Proceeds from the Auction will go to WINPAC.

The WNA Annual Convention is being held October 23 – 25, 2003 at the:

Plaza Hotel & Suites

1202 W. Clairemont Ave.

Eau Claire, WI 54701

Phone: 1-800-482-7829

MEMBERSHIP: Pam Page, Chairperson. Pam announced that the Membership List is updated every month. It was noted that there were several non-renewals. Follow up phone calls will be placed to remind members to renew. Pam will be using a pre-paid calling card to make the calls. Address changes may be making it difficult to keep the list accurate. There is also a question whether all membership information is being received from the Wisconsin Nurses Association. One NEWDNA Board position remains unfilled. Leaders in the present membership will be polled to determine their interest. Pam has volunteered to represent the NEWDNA for Unity Night.

PUBLICITY: No report.

NOMINATIONS: No report.

BYLAWS: No report

AWARDS: No report.

NURSES DAY: No report

COMMUNICATION: Judy Friederichs, Editor of PRN Newsletter. Brenda Tyczkowski, Webmaster. The target date for sending out the Newsletters will be two weeks prior to the next scheduled meeting. The Newsletters will be used to make announcements. Articles will need to be submitted earlier with this in mind. There have been problems with the software being used to connect to the Web site. This has caused some delay in the site development. Solutions to the problems are being studied.

1. Minutes from the August 21, 2003 WNA District President Conference Call were handed out.
2. The meeting at the Eagle’s Nest would be more comfortable if there were fewer disturbances. It is sometimes difficult to hear speakers when the meetings are in the dining public area. Bonnie has talked to "Perry" and requested that the NEWDNA be given the back room for future meetings.
3. The membership should be reminded to make reservations for meetings that they plan to attend.
4. Bonnie is unable to attend the WNA Convention and may not make the President’s meeting. Arrangements will be made with either Katie Dykes or Carol Morris to sub for Bonnie.
5. Some of the NEWDNA committees could use more help. This will be brought to the attention of the general membership at the meeting.
6. Future meetings will be run on a tighter schedule in order to make attending easier on the membership. In order to be able to limit the meetings to one hour or less:

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