WASHINGTON STATE SOCIETY
FOR HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING

PUGET SOUND CHAPTER
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
CAMPBELL’S RESORT
CHELAN, WA
February 2, 2007

MINUTES

Present:
Mike Dodson (President), Don Rainey (Past President), Russ Kent (Pres. Elect), Jim Mead (Secretary/Treasurer), Robert Blakey (Educational Committee), Myra Gudge  (WAM coord), Tim Mason (Educational Committee), Chad Johnson (Educational Committee)

Absent:
Bruce Holliday (Financial consultant)

Call to Order:
Mike Dodson called the meeting to order at 8:00 am at the 9th St Grille. 

Approval of Minutes:
Minutes from January not available this meeting. Robert Blakey took the minutes in January and Jim has yet to convert from e-mail. He will bring them to the March meeting.

Treasurer’s Report:
Attached is the updated financials as reported by Bruce Holliday as of 3/1/07.
Current assets; $10, 514.23
2007 total income $4, 872.26
Final profit for the golf tournament last year was $2,455. All monies due have been paid.

Secretary’s Report:
70 members have paid dues so far. We need to encourage payment as we had over 200 paid members in 2006. Jim will send out a message to encourage early registration. The state board will discuss timing of payment at the two state conferences.

Old Business:
1) Education committee:  A program and calendar for the year has been developed.
We need to post this to the website as soon as possible. The first meeting will be February 21 at the Snohomish PUD. Topic for discussion will be UPS systems. SnoPUD will be available at 2-5pm for around $200. They mentioned a need for insurance. This needs to be checked on. Virginia Mason will be a backup if SnoPUD falls through.

July 13: considering an all day educational event

Education committee has decided to meet separately from the board meeting and the education chair (Tim Mason) will report the education meeting minutes to the chapter board. The use of the “webinar” format is one that is being considered based on the success of the January board meeting. This way the tape of the meeting can be distributed to the members. Tim and Robert will work on this.

New Business:
1) Board decision to include the Education Committee Chair as a voting member. Since Tim Mason is a Full Member, the board voted unanimously to make it so. MOTION PASSED This results in five voting members on the board.
2) Discussion of the Scholarship fund will be put on hold until the state board has come up with a decision for the issues on the table,
3) NEEA is developing new materials and tools to help healthcare set standard specifications and good practices. There will be some members of this board that will meet NEEA members prior to the State board meeting in Ellensburg on the 9th of Feb.

Next Meeting:
The March 2, 2007. The meeting will be held at 9th Street Grille on the corner of 9th and Madison. We can park in the VM garage. Make sure to get a receipt. 8am.

Adjournment:
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10 a.m.