Attendance
Van Grotenhuis, Shawna Schueller, Cindy Findorff, Steve Kimmel, Dana Kimmel,Ray Gensinger, Michael Ward, Bill Sonterre, Pam Graves, Clark Averill.
Absent - Stephen Parente, Bobbie Carroll, Jeff Huxley, Tom Loch, Andy Galbus

Reception at Nat'l Conference - Shawna
StoneBridge will be providing appetizers, there will be a cash bar. Board authorized "Thank You" signs for StoneBridge and OK'd StoneBridge brochures at the reception. Van will ask Susan for a member list.

Board Nominations/Election - Mike
Dana Kimmel has been nominated for President Elect and has accepted the nomination. If there are no other nominations by 3/8, the Board can approve her election to the position without a formal membership vote. Mike stated that there were two members interested in the Membership position.

Program Updates - Shawna, Jeff
March 19th Program - Centra Care
All is set for the program. So far there are 20 signed up in Rochester and 1 or 2 from Duluth. Clark expects more to sign up in Duluth. Jeff has done one test of equipment so far, and has one more test yet to do. We will have flyers at National advertising the event.

May All-Day Program - Carlson School
Board agreed that the program should follow the same format as our last Carlson program. Keynote speaker will be from Kaiser Permenente with some representation from HealthPartners regarding their implementation of the Epic system. The Program Group will meet 2/18 for a planning and strategy meeting. There is no set date for the Program, but will probably be the week after graduation.

Treasurers Report - Cindy Cindy
A handout of current financial status was provided. The negative income on the P & L statement is due to the double billing by the hotel for the October Event. The October Event provided an approximate $3,000.00 profit to the Chapter. Net income was -$5,903.48 and total liabilities and equity was $16,029.62.

Scholarship Program - Steve/Scott - absent

Sponsorship Update - Steve - absent

Publishing Update - Tom
Per Mike, the 2/18 newsletter needs articles. Pam agreed to supply an article about National, Shawna agree to supply an article about the reception at National, Bill said he would supply and article about Membership, and Mike will supply an election update. The website is up-to-date.

Membership Update - Bill
A handout was provided of all current members. There were 69 new members in the last 3 months. All new members get a personalized letter and a brochure.

Educational Update - Ray
There will be 2.1 CPHIMS CEU's for the next event. This represents 1 credit hour per 50 minutes of lecture. Requirements are 45 hours per 3 years. Ray will check to be sure that no certificate of attendance need be given for proof of attendance.

Next Board Meeting
March 12th - 5:15 - 6:45pm, Fairview Pharmacy Services