Minnesota Chapter of HIMSS

Chapter Board Meeting - Minutes

 

Friday, November 19, 2004 7:00AM

StoneBridge Group Offices

701 Xenia Ave. South, Suite 170

Minneapolis, MN

 

 


Present: Andy, Dana, Jeff, Ken, Pam, Shawna, Susan, Ray, Tom, Mike

Absent: Clark, Stephen, Bobbie, Scott

 

Standing Items

 

Program Updates – Andy

October program (Leading Geeks)

Feedback items:

·          Good program.  Lighter attendance in Twin Cities than anticipated. No link into Duluth due to low attendance.

q       If Pam receives fees from Mayo for LaCrosse link up, pass on to Dairyland for payment

December program (NHII)

·          On track.  20 registered at Mayo, 20 at Guidant

·          Adding Allina as a site on their own cost. Need to communicate to audience that they’re a site but they covered their cost

·          5 CIOs plan to attend special CIO session afterward (J. Sunquist, HCMC; G. Galloway, Children’s; R. Strachan, HealthEast; F. Chueng, Park Nicollet; W. Showalter, Fairview)

q       Shawna / Ray to facilitate Special Session discussion re: where are you at, where are your concerns, heard about Allina, Fairview, HP, what can MN-HIMSS help you with?

q       Registration table will track who actually shows up for program

q       Andy to include scholarship application for site coordinators and add to standard introductory marks

March program (PACS)

·          No date yet booked or speaker confirmed

q       Scott / Dana to confirm Pat Berger as speaker and solidify date

Annual program

·          Location reserved for 5/25/05.

 

Dairyland

·          Interested in participating in March and December programs only due to own programs other times of the year. Interested in co-developing content for the sessions.

q       Shawna to have discussion with Pauline re: strategy going forward

 

Advocacy Update – Mike

·          Next steps in a flux due to elections.

·          Conference call today to discuss further

·          More participation in last meetings

·          Recommendation to put advocacy links on our web site

q       Mike and Scott to add advocacy links to web site

 

Educational Update - Ray

·          CE in review for December program

q       Ray to call HIMSS Monday re: December program CE approval

q       Everyone to send Scott advancement status for next board meeting

q       Shawna to collect CPHIMSS / advancement member list from member director for next meeting

October Program

·          In Progress

q       Andy / Ray to submit request for approval.

 

Outreach Update – Tom

MedCentrus

·          Completed test with Mayo, Guidant and Allina

·          Medcentrus checked out the Guidant location and will bring additional lighting for the event.

·          The cost will be $2300 to shoot the event and up to $1500 one-time charge for the interface creation / cleanup

·          We will be able to track people who view it and require a password / id (member id) for viewing

 

q       Andy to figure out telecom costs for NHII event

q       Scott and Tom to coordinate next steps for getting taped session on the web.  Goal: within a few weeks of session.

q       Tom and Andy to coordinate a second test including La Crosse and determine video quality

FUMC

q       Scott and Tom to setup Fairview University site visit

 

 

Sponsorship Update - Susan

Current sponsors

·          StoneBridge – platinum

·          Caveo – gold

·          HealthPartners – gold

Confirmed no sponsorship this year

·          University / CSOM

·          HealthEast

q       Shawna to send thank you letters / invoices to Caveo and HealthPartners

q       Shawna to send renewal letter and invoice to Fairview

q       Susan to send solicitation letter to Guidant, Allina

q       Andy to talk to Walt Menning re: Mayo sponsorship

 

Scholarship Update - Susan

 

q       Scott to update web site with new scholarship application

q       Susan to create email distribution list for Program Directors so that all future program events are sent to the Directors to raise awareness of the organization, and thus the scholarship

q       Susan to send follow-up letter to Program Directors by mid January

q       Andy to include information in standard introductory remarks for each program

 

Member Relations Update - Scott

Current Numbers

·          317 members, 67% renewal rate

·          Renewal letter was sent to non-renewing members last week

 

q       Scott to breakdown attendance by organization, profession and region

q       Scott to investigate: What are “COMP” memberships?

q       Scott to include in newsletter: National and Local HIMSS members who attend programs are eligible for a conference registration

 

Chapters Task Force – Bobbie                                      

·          No Update

 

 

Treasurer Update - Pam

October Numbers

·          Total net income of $6423.86

·          Total liabilities / equity $29,491.75

A review of program fees shows program expenses growing due mostly to speaker fees – a conscious decision the board made to spend down the account in an effort to grow attendance and membership

 

 

Board Recruitment Update - Dana

Still trying to determine potential new board members

q       Andy to resend attendee list for October event for Dana to review for frequent flyers

q       Andy to send attendee list for December event within 1 week in order for Dana to define winner of free annual conference registration

(the selection of winner will be in the responsibilities of the past-president going forward)

 

CIO Engagement - Shawna

Update above with CIO participation in NHII event

q       Ken to send Mayo CIO list to Shawna

q       Shawna to contact CIOs re: Round Robin

q       Shawna to contact Alden Solovy re: rescheduled dinner w/CIOs

 

Newsletter - Shawna

·          No update.  Newsletter will be distributed in January with articles due 12/27

 

 

New Business

 

Bylaw Revision and Approval – Mike, Tom, Scott

·          Bylaws approved by National in October

 

 

Annual Conference   Shawna

Chapter Leader Seminar / Communities Open House

·          Required to send chapter leader: 2/13 11am-4pm, Communities 4-5pm

·          Waiting for national to define if conference registration is transferable

Chapter Reception

·          Onvoy and StoneBridge interested in chapter reception. Decision to promote joint reception, but inform Onvoy of requirement to be a platinum corporate sponsor

Complimentary Conference Registration

·          Will select winner within 1.5 weeks of December event. Must be a HIMSS member, and get registration complete by 1/17/05 for $640 registration fee

q       Shawna to find out from National if conference registration is transferable

q       Everyone to inform Shawna whether attending Annual Conference

q       Shawna to inform National of attendance for chapter leader session and Communities open house

q       Shawna to inform Onvoy of joint reception options, platinum corporate sponsor requirement

q       Shawna to begin planning chapter reception location, logistics

 

MISRC - Andy

MISRC

·          Tabled

 

 

Awards – Shawna                             

Innovation / Chapter Leader

·          Decision to be made within next few days

q       Shawna to update board on results once hear from National

 

Website Doc Archive Demo - Scott

·          Tabled 

q       Scott will prepare login instructions and demo for next board meeting.

 

Next Board Meeting:

December 10th, 2004 7:00am – 9:00am

StoneBridge Group Offices