Page 1 of 5 PRESENT: Susie Harms (President), Camille Snyder (Vice President), Angela Schaefer-Proctor (Secretary), Mark Dwyer (Chief Delegate), Jennifer Celso (Treasurer & Finance), Andi Page (Executive Director), Tommy Van Towle (Membership), Ann Sundgren (Nominating), Candy Bahner (Programming), Justin Henton (Reimbursement), Katie Siengsukon (Research), Angie Hoerner (PTA Caucus), Kurt Stork (Public Relations), Yvonne Colgrove (Ethics), Neena Sharma (Ethics), Julie Newman (Professional Competence). ABSENT: Pam Palmer (Legislative), Staci Freudiger (Standards and Practice). GUEST: Chase Miller Call To Order at 7:05 pm. Agenda Review and Acceptance of Minutes. Motion by Mark, second by Ann. Motion passes. Establish Parliamentarian Mark Dwyer, PT, MHA Consent Agenda President s Report Vice President s Report Treasurer s Report Chief Delegate s Report PTA Caucus Representative s Report Research Committee Report Nominating Committee Report Legislative Committee Report Membership Committee Report Professional Competency Committee Report Programming Committee Report Standards & Practice Committee Report Bylaws Committee Report Discussion to add Nominating Committee Meeting at the end of the meeting General Discussion! Recognition of Carolyn Bloom HPA Section recipient of the Harker Policy Maker Award Award to be given during CSM 2014. Will also place recognition in Trigger Points.! Discussion regarding July Summer Retreat date and Location Discussed format for Summer Retreat. Desire to review of Strategic Plan with addition of leadership development. Date recommendations July 19 & July 26, 2014.! Fall Conference Date Looking at Prairie Band Casino on Saturday, October 18, 2014. If not available looking at Topeka at Capitol Plaza.! Discuss Spring Conference 2015 date and location
Page 2 of 5 Programming Committee is having difficulty with date availability for Spring 2015 with the DoubleTree Feb. 27 Mar 15 or May around graduation. Looking into a different hotel for Spring 2015 due to limited availability.! Legislative Day/Activity Update Scheduled for March 6. Flier in the mail today, 1/30/14. Ordering the food today. Two separate rooms in the Capitol Building. This year is to Thank your Lobbyist for their support of Physical Therapy.! Approval for up to $500.00 allocation (from CLS funds; Program 3/Activity 1 in 2014 budget) for Rachel Hughes to attend membership conference. Recommend support of BOD to allocate money for Rachel to attend this leadership opportunity. Money is to cover her hotel and meal expenses.! Leadership Subcommittee Stacia and Christina current members. Planning Leadership Training for Summer Retreat. Hope to extend assessment of subcommittee to Summer Retreat instead of January 2014. Investigating Board composition and size.! HAPN update Continuing to monitor invoice timing and payment.! PAC Account Update Working to sort out prior accounting and investigate appropriate reporting to the Government Ethics Commission. Discussed Board involvement in thanking 2013 PAC donors for their support.! Discussion regarding Kansas co-sponsorship of proposed AZ HOD motion to change regulatory designator to DPT! Website design/access/interactive capabilities and Winter Trigger Points Deadline Updating KPTA Facebook and have established a Twitter account.! Evaluation of APTA Component Management Services Will perform a general evaluation due to Andi just starting for Component Services.! Ethics in Social Media Ethics committee has created a webinar and is questioning whether to charge for this class. Looking at getting finished product to Board within the next two months.! Jurisprudence Exam Julie will follow up Dave Sanderson regarding exam and if exam has been updated. Will further investigate if KPTA will charge for this exam.
! Public Relations Committee KPTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES Page 3 of 5 Updating Website. Facebook Update. Twitter Account created. Desires to have updated information sent to update all KPTA information. Four committee members have volunteered to assist with committee. Will explore present contract with Website and looking onto new contract and website design.! Nominating Committee Report As of this date, Mike Rogers, PT and Brenda Swanson, PT have confirmed they will run for Nom. Comm. member. Jennifer Celso, PT has confirmed she will run for Treas. Jamie Dehan, PT has confirmed for Secretary. Stephanie Johnson, PT was nominated but has not confirmed. Daryl Menke, PT has expressed interest in Secretary, but the Nom. Comm. is asking him to consider running for Chief Delegate instead. Mark Dwyer, PT is considering running for Chief Delegate. Les Durst has been nominated for the Carolyn Bloom Lifetime Achievement award to be presented at the spring conference April 5, 2014. Ron and Julie Hein will be presented the Friend of PT award at Legislative Day March 6, 2014. Nominations will be accepted through 2/21/14. Once candidates and slate are finalized, a blast email will go to membership announcing the slate and presenting candidates' statements. This will also be posted on the KPTA website with 30 days notice of the meeting. Treasurers Report 2013 End of Year Financials Preliminary results and will not have final results until the beginning of February. End of year revenue $192,404.99 End of year expenses $202,217.08 Unrealized gain $22,427.42 Net Income $12,815.33 Assets Cash in Checking CoreFirst Bank $53,254.53 Money Market CoreFirst Bank $84,443.83 American Century Investments $33,959.77 Edward Jones Investments $15,903.89 Vanguard Investments $162,598.53 Old Business! PNP Edits to be ready for BOD review at Spring Conference BOD meeting.! Review of Policy (to be written) for BOD related up to $500 each for volunteer expenses.! Bylaw Updated/APTA approval Open Motions Continuing Education Tabled until January 2014 per Julie Newman, Professional Competency Committee. CLOSED at this meeting
Page 4 of 5 Restorative Aide Manual Printing due Nov. 2. Camille is investigating Trial Leadership Development Sub-Committee needs to be addressed January 2014. Extended to Summer Retreat 2014 Bylaws Committee update the policy and procedures to fit the new organizational structure of the KPTA. The Vice President will develop specific Impaired Providers Program (IPP) monitoring in the Heart of America Professional Network (HAPN) relationship and specify changes under V.P. section of the Policy and Procedures Manual to address January 2014. Ongoing continuing to specify required procedures. New Motions CE Tracking MOTION: Angela motioned that newly licensed PTs and PTAs in Kansas receive a free subscription of the CE Tracking Service for the first CE cycle of becoming a KS Licensee. JUSTIFICATION: With current late fee date, new licensees are discouraged to use this service. By doing this hopefully the value of this service is brought to their attention and they continue to utilize the CE tracking. Motion passes unanimously. Membership Conference MOTION: Tommy moved with second from Mark to allocate $500.00 to cover travel cost to assist Rachel Hughes in attending the Membership Conference 2014 in Alexandria, Virginia. JUSTIFICATION: Rachel will gain valuable knowledge to help the membership committee. Deadline extension to review Leadership Development Subcommittee MOTION: Tommy moved with second from Angela to extend the deadline for reviewing the Leadership Development Committee to the Summer Retreat 2014 to determine if it should become a permanent subcommittee of the Membership Committee. JUSTIFICATION: This will allow for more time to determine the benefit of the Leadership Development Committee. Motion passes unanimously. Reallocate $2,856.51 from Scholarship Fund into General Fund for National Student Conclave MOTION: Jennifer moved with second from Angela to reallocate the $2,856.51 in the scholarship fund created in 2008 back into the general fund (specifically in the budget under program 3 activity 4) to support students attendance of the National Student Conclave. JUSTIFICATION: This fund was originally designated to support students and this reallocation would allow us to support students through financial assistance in order to attend this meeting. Les Durst, PT recognized with the Carolyn Bloom Lifetime Achievement Award MOTION: Ann moved with second from Angela that Les Durst, PT be recognized with the Carolyn Bloom Lifetime Achievement Award at the KPTA Spring conference, April 5, 2014. JUSTIFICATION: Les has served the Kansas Chapter for over 3 decades in various roles: as Reimbursement Chair and committee member, as a Legislative committee member, and a Board of Directors member. He has been a longstanding advocate for physical therapy issues, and has consulted with many insurance representatives regarding appropriate reimbursement for medically necessary physical therapy services. He is deserving of this award and recognition by his peers. Motion passed unanimously. Important Dates in 2014 KPTA Legislative Day in Topeka (March 6) CSM in Las Vegas, Nevada (Feb 2-7) KPTA Spring Conference at Wichita Airport Hilton (April 3-6) APTA Federal Advocacy Forum in Washington DC (April 6-8)
Page 5 of 5 APTA HOD in Charlotte, NC (June 9-11) KPTA Summer Retreat?July APTA State Payment and Policy Forum in Seattle WA (Sept 13-15) KPTA Fall Conference location and date to be determined APTA National Student Conclave in Milwaukee, WI (Oct 30-Nov 1) Motion by Jennifer to adjourn with second from Angela. Meeting adjourned at 8:39 pm. Respectfully submitted, Angela Schaefer-Proctor, PTA, BHS