MAMFT BOARD MEETING MINUTES June 13, 2014

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1 MAMFT BOARD MEETING MINUTES June 13, 2014 Present: Katherine Routt, Sara Bidler, Lynne Silva-Breen, Kelly Semler, Beth Nelson, Bruce Minor, Gail Yost, Heidi Waldoch, Megan Kunz, JoEllen Lange, Megan Oudekerk, Becky Coulter, Dennis Maurer (via Skype) Absent: Caz Moffat, Corey Yeager, Cory Call, Brian Zirngible, Angie Baker, Casey McGraw Katherine called the meeting to order at 10:10am I. Welcome and Minutes: Katherine Routt Motion: A motion to approve the May 2014 board meeting minutes was made by JoEllen Lange. Bruce Minor seconded the approval of the meeting minutes. All were in favor. II. Executive Committee Meeting Report: Katherine Routt Providing a bus for members to take to the national conference in Milwaukee this fall is being considered. Initial research on cost was shared. It was decided to survey members next and see if there is sufficient interest. Sara will do this in an upcoming blast. The three divisions of WI, MN and IL are talking about putting on a regional conference in As a way to gain momentum, they are thinking about doing a happy hour at the Rock Bottom Brewery one evening during the Milwaukee conference. Bruce asked that we specifically invite the Dakotas if a gathering happens. The executive team discussed a raise for Sara as a part of her annual review and decided to give a 3% raise for cost of living and 3% bonus as of July 1 st, III. Financial Report: Lynne Silva-Breen The budget to actual report through May was shared and committee chairs were encouraged to check their numbers. Five months into the year we have only spent roughly 26% of projected expenses for the year (keep in mind this does not include some Spring Conference costs). Lynne reviewed the finances from the Spring Conference. Roughly $17,000 was made at this year s conference. Lynne believes this to be a sign of having our price points where they need to be and thanked everyone who contributed to this year s conference being such a success. 1

2 IV. Greater MN Report: Becky Coulter MAMFT is sponsoring a free Discernment training on July 21 st at St. Cloud State. Close to 70 people have already signed-up. It is being taught by folks at the U of M. Steve Harris is eager to set up more trainings in outstate MN. Bruce reminded Becky that we have the infrastructure in Mankato to make it happen more easily than in Rochester. Katherine followed-up by saying let s create the buzz in places where we have the infrastructure. Bruce asked that we consider charging a nominal fee when offering it at locations where there is no infrastructure, since it will take a lot more work. Becky is going to follow-up on getting it approved for CEU s. As of June 27 th please use Becky s gmail address to contact her (bgcoulter@gmail.com) because she is retiring!! V. Pre-Clinical Report: Gail Yost May 10 th was the most recent SOS (coordinated by Gail) and 13 people were present. Gail noted that it was very interactive. There is a Lunch and Learn coming up on July 10 th, details are being finalized. There is a Brown Bag lunch coming up in July as well. October 25 th will be the Supervision and Practicum Fair. The Pre-Clinical group is looking at doing a late September backyard BBQ, probably at Gail s place in Bloomington for LAMFT s. VI. Student Committee Report: JoEllen Lange JoEllen let folks know via the blast that we take a break from having SOS events in the summer. The September 10 th SOS speaker is lined up at the U of M. JoEllen is going to start working with Mankato for November s SOS. JoEllen is working on reaching out to neighboring states. JoEllen shared that she will be volunteering at the national conference. JoEllen noted that she has been in contact with students who have shown interest in being involved in the Student Committee. Bruce suggested having Jack videotape JoEllen saying, See you in the fall! VII. Professional Practice Committee Report: Dennis Mauer 2

3 In regards to the newly formed Professional Practice Committee, Dennis is trying to figure out where do we hit the ground? Dennis has concluded that the group will need to do more remote meetings. Dennis asked for feedback on where the committee can start with making an impact. Sara asked about putting together best practices handouts for the website. Heidi talked about making the advice we give sustainable (specifically - encouraging people to ask their supervisor) to best support our members. Lynne encouraged dialogue between Dennis and Katie Harrold (the chair of the new supervision committee) when putting together information that involves the role of one s supervisor. Dennis noted that there really can be room for dialogue about best practices on-line. He would like to put together a list of people by area of competence who are willing to be used as a resource for professional practice questions. Sara will follow-up with Dennis in identifying the common professional practice questions that could be used for creating handouts. Bruce encouraged Dennis to reach out to elders in the community to get help in answering these questions. Dennis would like to create a directory at least at the board level on who he/the committee could go to with questions in certain areas Heidi went to the recent E-Health Summit. Many different types of mental health professionals attended but Heidi seemed to be the only MFT. Her biggest take-away from the training was that we have a good attitude and get on board with the changes coming. An MFT letter was signed by Katherine to support a proposal by Stratus Health, which creates a step by step guide for how to go about having an EHR. The vendor vetting process is being coordinated by Trisha Stark (who will make the best vendors list). Annie Schwain has compiled a list of resources and videos - they are on her website ( and she suggested getting them on our website. She also suggested MAMFT having an E-health committee or subcommittee. Not only is there the EHR mandate, there is the HIE (Health Information Exchange) mandate coming up. Sara will include information on Annie s website in an upcoming blast. Katherine has been talking with Annie about doing a training that MAMFT would sponsor or cosponsor. Heidi feels as a board we have to try to stay positive about the change. A positive that has come out of the mandate is that it is causing the various mental health disciplines to be collaborative with one another versus in competition. 3

4 Heidi talked about the Continuity of Care document is going to be used. There are other places in the country that have tested this out and have had a lot of success with it. Bruce noted that we need to be sure to highlight that there is not enforcement at this point and so people don t need to panic, they just need to be aware. Currently there is no fine or formal penalty for no complying but you do need to be able to demonstrate progress towards making it happen come 1/15/15. Jim Jonas was speaking for people in private practice at the E-Summit. Heidi will ask him if we can share his power point. VIII. Public Relations Committee Report: Heidi Waldoch There are no updates at this time from the PR committee. IX. Washington DC/AAMFT Survey: Katherine Routt and Bruce Minor June 13 th was the last day to take the AAMFT survey regarding potential structural changes. The general feedback from those on the board who took you felt like you were getting forced into answering in a certain way or being tricked. Katherine and Bruce will be going out to DC to discuss the three options in August. Katherine asked Does the MN board want to have a formal response as was done by the Washington division? Lynne asked Beth if she would feel comfortable putting something together, to which Beth agreed. Lynne said she would be willing to send to Beth what she thinks MAMFT does well and what AAMFT does well. Others agreed to help proof the letter. X. Membership Committee: Megan Oudekerk The Membership Committee is planning the new member event for fall and another happy hour or two for the summer (possibly one on a boat). Amy Gebben has suspended the Roseville brown bag lunch for the summer due to low attendance. XI. Honors Committee: Megan Oudekerk September 2 nd is the deadline to nominate someone for an award. Get your nominations in! 4

5 XII. Training Committee: Sara Bidler for Cory Call The deadline to submit a proposal to present at the Fall Conference is coming up on June 30 th! Please encourage your colleagues to present and consider doing so yourself. Proposals can be submitted here: A speaker for next year s Spring Conference is still being determined. Bruce has a contact who is going to lean on Sue Johnson to present. XIII. Legislative: Beth Nelson and Bruce Minor Beth reported that the Task Force is now in the process of compiling the survey results. Katherine asked if board members would be interested in having our lobbyists come to a board meeting and it was decided this would be worthwhile. Katherine would like Corey and Casey to line this up for September s board meeting. XIV. Newsletter: Sara Bidler for Angie Baker The next edition for the newsletter will be hitting mailboxes soon. It was held up a bit in order to include an article on the Spring Conference. XV. Supervision Committee: Katherine Routt for Katie Harrold An invitation has gone out in the blast to participate in the newly forming Supervision Committee. Katie Harrold plans to have a committee meeting before the July board meeting. XVI. Elections Committee: Katherine Routt and Sara Bidler for Brian Zirngible The Elections Committee is working on identifying nominees for the open board positions come The deadline to nominate someone will likely be in the next month. A postcard will go out to let members know about on-line voting this year. Motion: Megan Oudekerk motioned to adjourn the meeting at 12:28. Dennis Maurer seconded the motion. All were in favor. 5