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UHMS Executive Committee Meeting

August 11, 2005

held via teleconference

Present:                Kaye McClue, Chairperson

                              Mike Crouch, Immediate Past Chairperson

                              Kevin Corson, Chairperson Elect

                              Matthew Schweyer, Secretary/Treasurer

                              Bill Davidson, Board Member @ Large

                              Richard Sample, Program Committee Chairperson

                              Noel Jett, Awards Committee Chairperson

Absent:                 Steve Wood, Past Chairperson

                              Stacy Kruckeberg, Board Member @ Large, Historical Committee Chairperson

                              Paul Baker, President NBDHMT

12:00 CST             Meeting Called to order

                              Executive Committee Meeting Minutes:

                              Matt will attempt to reconstruct minutes from meeting held in Las Vegas as the luggage with the                                   minutes in them was lost.  Approval deferred until next board meeting.

                              New Business    

                              CHT Scope of Practice:

                              Kaye will forward the third and final draft to the UHMS Executive Committee for info only  at the next scheduled                                 meeting.  She will also schedule a meeting with the NBDHMT to determine if levels of certifications will be needed.

                              Associates/ BNA MOA:

                              Discussion ensued as to the best way to structure an agreement with the BNA for the 2006 Pre-                                         Course   meeting.  The general consensus was that the Associates performed a lion share of the                                        work for 2005’s pre-course.   The following action item was identified: Kaye will meet with                                         Claude from the BNA to review expenses from the 2005 Pre-course and to determine the                                                          framework for an agreement for 2006.     

                              Infusion Pump Taskforce:

                              The Associates have formed a taskforce that consist of Terry Beard Praxis Clinical  Services, Dick Sample, Loma Linda  University Medical Center, Bill Davidson, Oxyheal Health Group, Glen Canterbury, ETC.  This group will work with entities to determine the best  direction to procure an infusion pump.

                              Annual Scientific Meeting Update:

                              2006 meeting to be held in Orlando decision needs to be made regarding pre-course.  2007 meeting currently scheduled for Maui we will need to make a decision as to the desire to meet with the members in 07.  Kaye will query the masses in her next Pressure article to  determine the Associates desire. 

                              Presentation Criteria:

                              Conversation ensued as to getting help to evaluate the speakers.  Ideas that were offered up                                              were meal coupons or similar items to the Associates that agree to evaluate the presenter.

                              Sherrill White :  Kaye made the board aware of the issue of Sherrill suffering two losses recently                                              the passing of her husband and daughter and that a trust fund was being set up in there name and                                        the desire of the UHMS Associates to contribute to said trust fund. 

                              A motion was put forward to contribute $500.00 to the trust fund set up for Sherrill                                                            grandchildren the motion was seconded and passed by unanimous voice vote.

                              UHMS Executive Director Search: 

                              The UHMS Executive Committee has asked the Associate Board to help solicit names to them for                                       the upcoming search for Don Chandler’s replacement.  Kaye asked the group to give this some                                   thought and if we knew of someone to provide her with the name or names of individuals.

                              Next Meeting:

                              Kaye will schedule a meeting after the next UHMS Executive Board Meeting sometime in                                            November. 

13:00                     Adjournment

                              There being no other business to conduct a motion was put forward to adjourn; the motion was                                       seconded and passed by voice vote.

UHMS Associates Executive Committee Meeting

August 4, 2004

Dallas Texas

Present:                   Michael Crouch , Chairperson

                              Steve Wood , Immediate Past Chair

                              Kaye McClue , Chairperson Elect

                              Richard Sample, Member @ Large

                              Matthew Schweyer, Secretary/Treasurer

                              Stacy Kruckeberg , Historical Committee Chairperson

                              Paul Baker , President NBDHMT

Absent:                Noel Jett, Board Member @ Large

                              Greg Mann, Past Chairperson

17:37                     Meeting called to Order

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes:

The chairperson put forth a motion to approve the previous minutes from the Executive Committee Meeting held via teleconference on April 7, 2004 – the motion was seconded and passed by voice vote.

Treasurer Report:

The treasurer reported that the Associates have a strong financial position with the following issues discussed:

Committee and Sub-Committee Reports:

A.    Awards Committee:

The Awards Committee has completed the process for nominations and selection for the 2004 “ Paul Baker Award” to be presented at the Dallas UHMS Conference.  The Nominees were: W. T. Workman, Steve Wood , and Kevan Corson. The majority of votes went to Kevan Corson who will be this year’s recipient. The award has been engraved for presentation and is in Noel Jett’s possession. Noel also has the “Associates Award for Excellence in Presentation” (to be decided following the presentations). The award will then have to be engraved to reflect the recipient.   Noel expressed his thanks to the Associates Executive Board for their assistance in the selection process, Sherrill White for her help in getting word out to the membership for nominees, and to the Associates who felt strongly enough to nominate their colleagues.

The following motions were put forward:

B.    By-Laws Committee:

Of the ballots mailed out 281 were submitted to the By-Laws committee with 7 of the ballots was in dissent of the by-laws revision – the vote was reviewed and ratified by the executive committee.

C.    Facility Design Standards:

Guidelines have been created to give direction to architects and other individuals in designing facilities with Class A & Class B hyperbaric chambers.  These guidelines will be posted on the Associates website and copies sent to the AIA & TDH by the committee Chairperson.

D.    Historical:

The Chairperson of this committee (Stacy Kruckeberg) compiled a review of the history of the Associates and will give a presentation at the business luncheon on Saturday.  She encouraged the Executive board members to continue to provide documents of historical significance in order to continue the growth of the collection.  Stacy will provide an electronic copy of the historical findings to Steve Wood so that they may be posted on the Associates web site.

E.    Nominations:

Kaye conveyed to everyone that the process for call for nominations is due for Chair Elect and the two Board Members @ Large positions.  The call will be published in the September / October issue of Pressure.

F.    Programs:

Dick thanked Paul Baker for making this year’s meeting so painless and easy on the Program committee members.  The most pressing issue for next year’s meeting will be the decision to have a pre-course, and if so what direction & content it will contain.  There will be more to come on this issue at a later date.

G.   Respiratory Care Board:

Dick and Paul gave the board an update on the status of the Respiratory Board and “credentialing” of chamber operators.  Kevan Corson gave a brief history of the desire to create levels of CHTs and/or the importance of developing a CHT “Scope of Practice”.  Paul and Tom Workman will meet with members of  the RCB next week in an effort to maintain an open relationship with the board and make them aware of the intent to create a scope of practice for CHTs.  A sub-committee was created to develop the scope of practice and Kevan Corson was delegated as Chairperson.

H.   Scholarships:

Paul Baker reported that there is money available for scholarships, but that nothing has been done with the money for several years.  A motion was put forward to change the name of the committee from scholarship to education committee as well as explore ways to infuse more money into this fund – the motion was seconded and passed by voice vote.

UHMS 2004 ( Australia ) Update:

Dick and Stacy shared the Australia experience with the Executive committee.  They discussed how well the HTNA is organized and financially sound.  They showed a newsletter that is published quarterly that discusses issues surrounding their organization.

Membership: 

Mike reported that the number of Associates as of August 2004 stands @ 646.  This has been relatively stable over the last couple of years and discussion ensued as to what efforts have been utilized to increase membership.  One noteworthy “stumbling block” is the difficulty encountered by many members in accessing the member-only site of the UHMS website.  In addition, members are not pleased about the current “process” used by the UHMS corporate office for notifying Associate members about past due payments and/or acknowledgement of an active status.  Mike will take these issues forward to the UHMS Executive meeting in September 2004.

Web Site:

Steve provided statistics for use of the Associates’ website for the period of September 2003 thru August 2004.  There has been significant traffic in the last three months that is most likely the result of members looking for information on the annual meeting & facility design standards updates.  The website has been upgraded and the domain name has been renewed for two more years.

HOTA Update:

Mike will be representing the Associates at the HOTA meeting on Thursday evening.

20:00                     There being no further business to conduct, the meeting was adjourned.

UHMS Associates Executive Committee Meeting

April 7, 2004

Held via teleconference

Present:                             Michael Crouch, Associate Chairperson

                              Steve Wood, Immediate Past Chairperson

                              Kaye McClue, Chair Elect

                              Matthew Schweyer, Secretary/Treasurer

                              Noel Jett, Board Member @ Large

                              Dick Sample, Board Member @ Large

                              Stacy Kruckeberg Historical Committee

                              Sherill White Praxis Clinical Systems Invited Guest

Absent:                Greg Mann Past Chairperson

                              Paul Baker, President NBDHMT

                              Suzanne Pack, GCC Secretary/Treasurer

12:05                     Meeting called to order

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes:

The chairman put forth a motion to approve the minutes from the Executive Committee meeting held via teleconference on November 21, 2003 —the motion was seconded and passed by voice vote.

Treasurer Report:

The treasurer reported that the Associates have a strong financial position with the following issues discussed –

UHMS 2004 meeting

The Associates will be represented by Dick Sample and Stacy Kruckeberg.  The Paul Baker plaque has been ordered and will be shipped to Stacy who will do the presentation @ the awards banquet.  Matt will ensure that a check is sent to Stacy for the Paul Baker recipient and that a second check in the amount of $250.00 is also sent to Stacy to give to Christy Pirone to supplement the presentation award that is being co-sponsored with the HTNA.

Sherrill briefed everyone on the numbers to date for registration and vendors.  It was decided that we would send an e-mail to the entire Associate body with the brochure and call for abstracts in it.  Sherrill will also communicate with Lisa Wasdin to get the call for abstract and brochure in the next edition of Pressure. 

Facility Design

Historical Committee

Stacy thanked the executive committee for creating the position based upon a scope of duties that she provided and which the committee will undertake.  Responsibilities will include the collection and storage of all historical documents from the Associates.  In addition, Stacy will provide a summary of the Associates’ history for inclusion on the website.

Membership

Mike has drafted a letter to send out to the Associates body as to recommendations that would make membership better.

12:35             There being no other general business to discuss all non voting members signed off of the call.

HOTA

Mike briefed the committee on the comments from the UHMS Executive committee held recently.  Discussion ensued as to our level of membership which is Class C representation with voting rights for all of the class C members as was stipulated at the October 12, 2000 executive committee meeting with the current chair of the associates representing C members.  There was general agreement in value associated with HOTA but the Chairperson would like to have better dialogue with the association.  The following action items were put forward:

Action Item #1: Steve Wood will communicate with Pete Ronald to include the current Associate Chair as the point of contact for Class C members and ensure that he/she receives all communiqués from HOTA.

Action Item #2: Matt will pay the first half of the Associates Class C dues.

UHMS Associates Executive Committee Meeting

November 21, 2003

Held via teleconference

Present:          Michael Crouch, Associate Chairperson

                        Steve Wood Immediate Past Chairperson

                                Greg Mann, Past Chairperson

                                Kaye McClue, Chair Elect

                                Matthew Schweyer, Secretary/Treasurer

                                Richard Sample, Board Member @ Large

                                Paul Baker, President NDHMT

                                Harry Vincent, President BNA

Absent:                  Noel Jett

12:10                       Meeting called to Order

UHMS Executive Committee Meeting:

The chairman reported to the board the events of the Executive Committee Meeting that was held on November 09, 2003.  The relevant events reported included the following:

·         Associate Members- There was a proposal to change the name of Associates and incorporate them as full members of the UHMS and raise dues to $50.00 annually.

·         CPT code 99183 Physician Supervision in physician office setting.

Standing Committees:

The chairperson asked committee chairs to resubmit names of members who are on their individual committees.

New Business:   

13:20                     Adjournment – There being no further business to discuss a motion was put forward to adjourn                                       the meeting - - the motion was seconded and passed by voice vote.  

UHMS Associates Executive Committee Meeting

June 19, 2003

Quebec City, Canada

Present:                Steve Wood Associate Chairperson

                                Michael Crouch, Chairperson Elect

                                Kaye McClue, Incoming Chair Elect

                                Matthew Schweyer, Secretary/Treasurer

                                Richard Sample, Board Member @ Large

                                Paul Baker, President NDHMT

Absent:                  Greg Mann, Immediate Past Chairperson

                                Noel Jett, Board Member @ Large

0900                       Meeting called to Order

Outgoing Chair Address:

Steve concluded his reign as Chairperson and passed the gavel to Mike Crouch (Steve’s outgoing address can be viewed on the Associates web site)  

Incoming Chair Address:

Mike will post his address online (both Pressure and Associate web site)

Old Business:

Minutes approved by Steve Wood (with minor grammatical error Memorandum of Understanding hand written on previous minutes) and passed by voice vote.

Treasurer Report:

The treasurer reported that the Associates have a strong financial position with the following issues discussed –

Committee Reports:

New Business:

1.       The Associates hold a conjoint meeting with the BNA at a site to be selected by the committee in the summer of 2004.

2.       To determine which state has the largest percentage of Associates member and see if the GCC would consider meeting with the Associates.

The motions were seconded and passed by voice vote.

1055      Adjournment – There being no further business to discuss a motion was put forward to adjourn the meeting - - the motion was seconded and passed by voice vote.

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