2017 INF/INA Conference & Annual Meeting

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2017 Iowa Nurses Foundation / Iowa Nurses Association Annual Meeting and Conference Southeast Region (IA05) The SE Region held one face-to face meeting in Davenport. There were 22 members and non-members in attendance. The group enjoyed networking, dinner and a presentation by Michelle Robnett. Michelle is a member of our region and her presentation titled “The Opioid Crisis and Guidelines for Managing Chronic Pain generated a lot of discussion on the topic. Thank-you Michelle for sharing your expertise! The group indicated that they would like another meeting in the Davenport area. One will be planned for 2018. SE Region Board members are as follows; Darcy Koehn, President, Mary Tarbox, vice President, Sheila Crook-Lockwood, Secretary, Deann Short, Treasurer. Becky Lewis, SE Region Board representative and Lisa Caffery, Membership Assembly representative. Thank-you to all Region 5 members serving on INA committees. A special thank-you to Darcy Koehn for her leadership and dedication to the SE Region and to INA/INF. Respectfully submitted, Mary P. Tarbox, RN, EdD 56
2017 Iowa Nurses Foundation / Iowa Nurses Association Annual Meeting and Conference Reports of the Committees of the Board FINANCE COMMMITTEE REPORT Members: Diane Anderson, NW Region; Peggy Khan, NE; Brian Cooley, SW; Rhonda Carney, Central; Deann Shortt, SE; and Anne Cook, Chair The Finance Committee has been meeting quarterly via teleconference/Zoom. Committee members and Board have received a financial report monthly to review. For 2018 the committee has set the goals of investigating higher yield investments and reviewing financial policies and procedures, along with budget planning and regular review of organization finances. Committee members have been actively involved in committee meetings and have provided valuable perspective for me in my first year as treasurer. Interim Executive Director Tobi Moore has been instrumental in preparation of budget for the coming year. Also thanks to Maggie Rice who has prepared complete monthly reports comparing income and expenses to budgeted amounts. She has also assisted with all of our committee meetings. Everyone’s assistance is greatly appreciated! Anne Cook, MSN, RN State Treasurer MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE REPORT Members: Lynn Boes (Legal Counsel); Jan Neal (NE Region); Christina Peterson (NW Region); Paula Anderson (NE Region); DeAnn Short (SE Region); Andrea Wilhite (Central Region); Maggie Rice (INA); Tobi Moore (INA Interim ED) This year has been quite exciting with change in membership dues and addition of membership classes, in hopes that we would increase membership recruitment and retention. This has been exciting yet challenging, as there were many processes that needed revision to help make this transition a smooth one. Membership recruitment seems to be positively increasing each month. Currently we are above the budgeted membership dues for the FY 2017. Membership recruitment efforts have been displayed at the IANS (Iowa Association of Nursing Students) convention, INA Lobby Day, 2017 Iowa Immunization Summit, and we are hopeful to have a booth at the 2017 Iowa Hospital Association Conference. We are attempting to gather further opportunities for marketing and membership recruitment across the state. The Membership Committee met monthly through conference calls to discuss current issues regarding the value pricing pilot, current membership, membership recruitment and retention strategies, and lack of communication between regions. Currently each region has access to an INA banner and marketing materials (pamphlets, pens, badge holders, etc.) for any events where these materials would be helpful. The Membership Committee has also been utilizing the INA Facebook page to market INA and the regional opportunities. We hope to continue to encourage regional and state-wide membership events to not only recruit new members and positively market our organization but to thank our existing members for continuing to be a part of our organization. As a committee our communication between all regional representatives and INA members seems to be scarce at times. We have been officially sending out postcards to grace period members and calling cancelled members monthly. Many of the feedback we get are “I just forgot to renew” or “Could you send me another reminder?” 57
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