2015 FNA Book of Reports

2015 Florida Nurses Association
Bylaws Committee 2015
Bylaws were reviewed and the proposed bylaws changes were published in the June Issue of The Florida Nurse for review.
Per the Bylaws, proposed changes must be presented to the membership at least 30 days prior to the Assembly. After some
discussion, only one change was proposed this year related to adding a position on the FNA Board of Directors for a New
Graduate Position in order to encourage new grads to engage with the association.
Lisa Fussell, Chair
CJ Birge
Margaret Jerome
Julieta Ducasa
Ernest Klein
Barbara Russell – Chair
Membership Committee
Ryan Silverman
Natasha Khan
Linda Allen
George Byron Smith
Vivienne Treharne
Cynthia Barnes
Note: Ryan Silverman was an FNSA Board member who renewed after the free year. He immediately volunteered to serve on
this committee and was subsequently diagnosed with a brain tumor. Ryan passed away earlier this year. He will be missed.
The Membership Committee met and reviewed past Membership strategies and current practices. The staff shared the
Membership Recruitment practices within the office. The committee made several recommendations as follows:
Return to the “every member get a member” program that was previously named at the Star Campaign. It was suggested to
add some incentives to the program so it was decided that a $25 gift card would be awarded for every 5 members recruited
by a member. The two top members from both the non-collective bargaining and the collective bargaining members would
be awarded complementary registration and one free room night at the Membership Assembly. We would revive the Star
Campaign where members would be awarded their stars at the Membership Assembly. (See results below). It was further
decided to reward faculty with a $25 gift card for every 5 students that renewed after the free year. (See results below),
It was also decided to develop a script that volunteer members could use to call members who were inactive or deleted to
recruit them back into the association. This script has been completed and has been utilized in some recruitment efforts.
It was also proposed that we heavily promote the ADP option (monthly payment from the checking account) as the
preferred way to pay. We did several promotions in The Florida Nurse and moved it to the top of the application on the
website and on the print applications.
Heavily promote the steps in the new grad memberships: Free or pay the reduced dues monthly over two years, second
year reduced monthly payment (slightly higher). Non- FNSA members may also use this option to pay dues ( reduced
monthly). They are billed at the FULL rate in the third year.
There was discussion regarding reviving the FNA member attending Pinning Ceremonies and giving a welcome from FNA
and/or pinning the FNSA grads with the FNA pin. This is still being done to some extent. And we attend or find a local
member to attend when this is requested.
The staff also shared that there are several in-house strategies that are being employed, such as:
• Revised renewals with an insert reminding members of the benefits.
• Personal notes on renewals when feasible.
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