Nevada Psychological Association Executive Board Committee Meeting Minutes December 12, 2014 Name Whitney Owens, PsyD, President Melanie Crawford PhD Past President Lindsey Ricciardi PhD, CE Committee Chair Lisa Linning PhD, Legislative Committee Co-Chair Laura Drucker PsyD, Legislative Committee Co-Chair Wendi O Connor, Executive Director Yani Dickens PhD, Northern Region President Sara Ahmad PhD, Southern Region President Robyn Donaldson PhD, Treasurer Susan Ayarbe, PhD Secretary Tiger Devore, PhD PEC Chair Olga Cirlugea, University of Nevada Student Representative Johanah Kang BA, Diversity Representative Leiszle Lapping-Carr, UNLV Student Co-Representative Michelle Pitts, MA, UNLV Student Co-Representative APAGS Bree Mullin PsyD, Southern ECP Chair Ruth Gentry PhD, Northern ECP Chair Travis Loughran, UNLV Student Co Representative Present Absent Approval of Northern Region Board position changes: Dr. Brie Moore has stepped down as president/treasurer. Dr. Yani Dickens is taking over as President. Dr. Dickens has recruited an individual who can potentially be the treasurer and vice-president. This individual must be formally approved by Dr. Owens and then approved by the Board. Dr. Dickens will send the information to both Dr. Owens and Ms O Connor. Treasurer update Dr. Donaldson requested that a decision be made approving the net profit allocation. Dr. Crawford motioned that the Board approve the net profit allocation. All in favor; none opposed. Dr. Donaldson further reported that since Dr. Moore will not be taking over as treasurer, Dr. Donaldson has recruited a potential replacement, Dr. Adriana Wechsler-Zimmering.
The Donation Form created by Dr. Donaldson was approved with one minor edit: changing wording from support to donate. Project Updates Dr. Ayarbe is behind but feels that she can be caught up by the end of January Dr. Ricciardi has completed her project. Dr. Donaldson s project is currently on time Dr. Owens completed her project Dr. Crawford will begin her project in January. Next meeting is January 16, 2015 Executive Director COMMITTEE REPORTS Membership Dues: Total amount of membership dues collected to date for 2014/15 year is $36,245.00, 226 renewals in total. We have exceeded our 2014 budgeted goal of $34,300 by $1,945.00 and 105.7%. Whitney and Mary Vertinski did a great job of recruiting membership renewals at the Ethics workshop. CEs: Thanks to several last minute registrations and walk-ins, we pulled in $10,870 in CE income for Last Chance Ethics. Net profit was $10,004.50, $1,004.50 over our budgeted goal. 2015 DBT: To date, we have 6 registered to attend the 10-Day DBT training, $8,480 collected in CE income We have budgeted $50,000 (with $2,000 in CE sponsorship), so have reached 16.9% of our budgeted goal. Postcard mailers for the 10-Day training should be received this week, hope to generate more registrations this month. Early bird discount deadline is 1/2/15. To date, we have 20 registered to attend Parts I and II of the DBT training, $6,838 collected in
CE income We have budgeted $16,500, so have reached 41.44% of our budgeted goal. State Leadership Conference Update (March 14 th 17 th,2015): I notified APA of the change in our FAC chair, with Melanie replacing Gary, so that she will receive the SLC invitation in January. As FAC chair, she will be covered 100% for airfare and hotel. Travis Loughran, our UNLV APAGS rep, was selected to receive full funding to attend 2015 SLC. ECP and Diversity delegate applications were submitted last month and we should hear shortly whether Bree and Johanah were selected to receive either partial or full funding. 2015 CAPP Grant The rough draft of our CAPP Grant application has been submitted to APA for review. Waiting on feedback from APA prior to submitting final draft on Dec 19 th. Reminder about our Amazon.com link! Just a reminder, if you are shopping on Amazon.com during the holidays, please visit our website first and click on the link at the bottom of the home page under SHOP AMAZON. You will be directed to Amazon.com, but NPA will receive a portion of your purchases for no additional charge. We are $100 short our budgeted goal for 2014, so every little bit helps. Respectfully submitted, Wendi O Connor Executive Director Nevada Psychological Association Treasurer CE Committee Northern Region Southern Region Nevada Psychological Association Southern Regional Board Meeting Meeting Minutes December 5, 2014
Attendees: Sarah Ahmad, Sheri Bardos, Kelly O'Neill, Cindy Schmidt and Travis Loughan I. Old Business: A. Call for vote to accept minutes from last meeting Minutes accepted by Travis and seconded by Sherri. II. New Business: A. The Winter Mixer co-sponsored with the Psychiatric Association 1.Sarah reported she has been in correspondence with the Nevada Psychiatric Associations President s assistant, Lesley. 2.The following information was provided: our two associations have alternated the lead each year for the Winter Mixer (Mixer); this is our year. a) The Nevada Psychiatric Association has budgeted $1000.00 for the Mixer. b) The drug company that sponsored the Mixer last year will not be assisting this year. Lesley noted she will try to connect with them and see if they may be interested but thought it was unlikely. c) Nevada Psychiatric Association has no other sponsor. d) As this is Nevada Psychiatric Association s year to choose the organization to be the recipient of the raffle donation, they have chosen NAMI. 3.New dates suggested for the Mixer are January 22 nd and January 29 th. a) Lesley noted that they are preparing for their annual conference and preferred a February date for the Winter Mixer. The Southern board will discuss this further in the next T/C Meeting. 4.Locations were discussed. a) Cindy stated the Lake Las Vegas location from two years previous was very nice. Sarah indicated a member of Lake Las Vegas was required to secure the location. Sarah will look into the viability of using this location once again. Whitney Owens will be contacted for more information. Sarah will also discover price points and availability of Gordon Birsch and Springs Preserve. b) Travis agreed to check price points and availability of Bahama Breeze c) Cindy agreed to check price points and availability for PF Chang s as well as The Canary near Boulder Highway. d) Sherri agreed to check price points and availability of Tuscany Gardens Restaurant. 5.Sherri will contact Nicole Williams and ascertain the budget for the 2012 Mixer and as well as if there was a sponsor for the 2012 Mixer.
a) Sarah stated last year the entertainment was provided by a member s son and his band; additionally, decorations were not required due to the location (Cannery Casino). It is likely the $300.00 was for raffle prizes. III. IV. Questions/Suggestions A. It was agreed to have a supplementary board meeting on December 19 th, 12pm 1.Goal of the meeting is to ascertain if sufficient information has been collected to decide a venue and move forward with a January event. If more time is needed, then discussion of changing the event to February will be explored. B. Continue discussion of the Winter Mixer 1.Venue, budget, sponsor, entertainment, etc. Treasurers Report A. Both organizations 1.Sherri reiterated the budget of $300.00 for this year s Mixer 2.Psychiatry will be providing $1000 towards the event. a) Lesley reported this budget will have to include raffle/door prize and entertainment b) The budget for the Winter mixer will be estimated at $1000 for the venue. Lesley inquired if we would be able to charge a small fee for the event V. How does this relate to the Strategic Plan A. Does it help maintain financial stability? 1.The Winter Event will remain within budget and hope to generate community mental health support. 2.The option of charging a fee to save on costs will also be explored. B. Does it help to build our membership? 1.During the event NPA Brochures will be available to distribute about the benefits of NPA membership. Membership forms will be at the event as well. 2.The event promotes new membership by utilizing a range of listserv and networking resources including NPA listserv, UNLV, and mental health organizations. 3.The NPA power point can be playing in the background if the venue can provide a projector. C. Does it help to increase organizational structure? 1.This event may contribute to the understanding and hopes of structuring some events as donation related to community organizations. 2.Provides structure of upcoming events for members to except and look forward to on a consistent basis. D. Does it help to build effective leaders? 1.Planning the event promotes collaboration and assertiveness skills for our current members and builds opportunities for them to participate in multiple roles leading to a positive outcome of the event.
Legislative Committee We are regrouping and reorganizing our activities in preparation for the upcoming Legislative Session. Next meeting Jan. 23, 2015. Diversity Committee Northern Region ECP Southern Region ECP University of Nevada Student Representative Hi everyone, I m sorry for the late email but there are no updates from the UNR student representative. Best, Olga University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Representative