2017 FNA Book of Reports
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<strong>2017</strong> Florida Nurses Association<br />
Bylaws Committee <strong>2017</strong><br />
Janegale Boyd, Chair<br />
Earthy “Willie” Spaulding<br />
Clare Good<br />
Janice Hess<br />
Barbara Russell<br />
In 2016, it was necessary to revise the bylaws to include a necessary dues increase for the <strong>FNA</strong> Bargaining<br />
Units. A Special Membership Assembly was called and the bylaws committee reviewed the proposed by-laws<br />
changes and made further changes. A pass-through for dues from affiliated organizations was also included.<br />
The intent to increase dues was properly noticed as was the Special Called Membership Assembly. The bylaws<br />
revisions were approved.<br />
In <strong>2017</strong>, a review <strong>of</strong> the Bylaws was requested by the chair <strong>of</strong> the bylaws committee and approved by the<br />
Board <strong>of</strong> Directors. Ann Guiberson, <strong>FNA</strong> Parliamentarian reviewed the bylaws and made several suggestions for<br />
revision. Some were grammatical or structural changes, but several require approval by the <strong>FNA</strong> Membership<br />
Assembly. The Bylaws Committee considered these changes which can be found in this <strong>Book</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Reports</strong> on<br />
page 130.<br />
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Membership Committee<br />
The staff continues to work on strategies developed by the Membership Committee over the past four years,<br />
including engaging new graduates, recognizing recruitment, rewarding long term members, multiple contacts for<br />
renewal, engaging volunteers for short term commitments ( micro-volunteering) and personal contact. For the<br />
past two years, regional directors have been contacting members via email, handwritten notes and phone calls<br />
to promote membership and renewals. A post card campaign and text reminders with new graduates have<br />
yielded some results but we would like to see more membership conversion and more engagement from our<br />
new graduates. We are promoting the monthly deduction as it prevents members from being deleted because<br />
they didn’t open their renewals. We continually hear from members who didn’t know they were deleted until<br />
they call Headquarters with a question or respond to an article in The Florida Nurse.<br />
We will continue to recognize recruiters in our Star Campaign and this year we will be recognizing our most<br />
prolific recruiters in our Membership Assembly.<br />
Our membership remains steady but we would love to see significant increases are look forward to hearing any<br />
innovative ideas toward that goal.<br />
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Reference <strong>Reports</strong><br />
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