Any update? None – We should be finding out in the near future since the "winners" present at the national conference

• Update – Suzanne has been talking to a professor at the Carlton School of Business and the U of M, teaching the Healthcare IT program. He is planning on joining HIMSS –MN. He is also interested in having some guest speakers from HIMSS come in and talk on different healthcare related subjects.

Role identification – DUE to Ray by January 20! Please include what you are currently doing, what you aren’t doing, but maybe should be included in you’re role. Also, try and identify the time commitments. This will be used during the nomination process to help people clarify what the role and commitment is going to be.

Chair – Ray

Volunteers:

Andy Galbus, Mayo, 507-225-5075

Pamela Graves, Children’s, 612-813-8519

Suzanne Lee, KPMG, 612-305-5811

Kenneth Stensvold, Mayo, 507-225-6094

Stan Wiebe, Norstan Consulting, 612-351-4000 or stan@wiebe.com

Ray will be contacting these wonderful people and starting the nomination process. Tentatively, election ballots should be mailed by early April, with new Board members attending the June meeting for transition.

Content discussion- make your calls or emails!!

Current standings –

Status of ITEC, HIMSS and AHIMA program financial obligations – received the invoice for postage. Ray will finalize everything this month.

Next calendar tentative schedule

March 2^nd or 9^th – Kris will contact North Memorial first, then Regions to finalize a host site. Topic will initially be solicited from the host site. – Status – Kris has not received a response for the North Memorial contact. Patty will follow up on this to get a confirmed host facility by end of next week, either North or Regions. Watch your emails for more info. The board needs to assist in the program functions to organize the March program. Communication will take place via emails to start the planning with follow up during February’s Board meeting. Please offer to take ownership of certain items if you can once we find out where and the topic.

May – hopefully introduce new Board members

July – Social gathering

September – maybe something in St. Cloud

• November, ITEC 2000 – Discussion regarding the possibility of a vendor show there. Patty and Ray are going to follow up with Bonnie to get some details of what we can and cannot do. – Status – Ray will be contacting Bonnie this month. Also, Ray is pursuing AHIMA to commit to next year and develop a ITEC committee to start planning early on using resources from both organizations.

• Committee members and committee update – Abaton will sponsor our March program – received a check for 500.00
• Update on Oasis retribution – Invoiced them for 1000.00. –status - none

• Committee members and committee update –
• 4^th Qtr newsletter – update - Mailing on the 24th
• Assignments – DUE January 17^th

• Committee members and committee update – see handout
• An FYI – Carl found out that DT has video conferencing available at a cost of 45$ an hour with two locations, or 105$ an hour with three or more locations