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Illinois Chapter - Association of Rehabilitation Nurses Board Members NIARN Board
Members 2010/2011
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Position |
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e-mail |
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Diane LaPorta |
President-2011 |
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h – 708-827-5512
c – 708-299-7871
w- 708-684-5938 |
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Irene Tranowski |
Past President -11 |
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h-708-448-3242
w – 708 – 684 – 3374
c – 708-214-1071 |
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Naomi Seef |
President elect 2011 |
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c- 708-912-0599
w- 773-522-5910 |
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Merry Dreier |
Secretary – 11 |
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h- (630)-851-3481
C – 630-234-5816
w- 630-909-8140 |
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Jo Bestmann |
Treasurer – 2012 |
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H – 224-569-6333
W – 847-827-5512
c- 815-575-2844 |
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Pat Gawrys |
Board member 11 |
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w- 847-695-3200 x5444
h- 630-584-5949
c- 630-430-1548
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W-
patricia.gawrys@provena.org
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Karen Hodroff |
Board member 2012 |
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w- 847-723-6690 |
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Karen.hodroff@advocatehealth.com
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Maria Theresa Arban |
Board member - 2012 |
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H –
W – 708-756-1000 x6740
c- 708-228-6286 |
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Carolyn Walton |
Board member 11 |
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w- 847-723-7075
h – 847-818-9740
c – 847-542-5799 |
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carolyn.walton@advocate health.com
H – carwlt@aol.com
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NIARN Board Meeting
July 30, 2010
1330-1530
Cheesecake Factory, Oakbrook
½
price cheesecake today HAH!
Members present:
Jo Bestmann, treasurer
Diane LaPorta, president
Naomi Seef,
president elect
Merry Dreier, secretary
Members absent:
Tess Arban
Irene Tranowski, past president
Karen Hodroff
Carolyn Walton
Pat Gawrys
Minutes:
1. Treasurer Jo
Bestmann advised that we spent over $900 for the Save our Skin
conference and we only took in $400. She suggested that we try
better to "break even".
Current balance in our account is
$5,525.18.
It is estimated that we will need $1500
to send our chapter president to ARN national convention in October.
And there are other outstanding expenses associated with the skin
conference yet to be paid (ANA fee for contact hours application,
postage).
2. Minutes were approved as written from the last
board meeting.
3. Our next conference is "Falls in the Fall"
hosted by Lutheran General Hospital. Carolyn is not here today to
update us on the status of that conference. The date is set for
9/14/10 from 5-7 p.m. Diane will contact Carolyn on the information
on the program (cost, specific location etc).
4. Merry
Dreier reports that the Nurses Caring for Themselves (title to be
determined) program is set for 11/17/10 at Marianjoy. We can have
the conference center again (where we had the CMS/RACs program last
March). There should be more information at the next board meeting.
The speaker is quite good and energetic and has given a similar
conference to case managers and social workers last spring. We will
also end the program with GONG therapy.
5. We will need to
check with Carolyn on the subject of letterhead production and
design.
6. Discussed posting our seminars/ programs on our
web site plus sending out via e0mail instead of snail mail. We do
get some back as undeliverable, according to Jo from the last
mailing. The addresses need to be updated, Diane will check with ARN
national office re: e-mail addresses. That would be a little
intensive to load the names, but then it could save a fortune in
printing and postage costs for each program we produce. We will
discuss this further at the next board meeting.
7. We need a
web site liaison - possibly one of the board members would be
willing to communicate with the web guy we use. We will ask at the
next board meeting if one of the board members would be willing to
do this.
8. Discussion of charges for each contact hour being
$10 PLUS the unit cost of the food. So most of the conferences would
be $20 for 2 contact hours PLUS the cost of food, let's say $10
making it $30. We could discount it to $25 for NIARN members, and
perhaps the hosting site employees as well. We could also ask our
facilities for food $$ support to keep our costs down. We have been
losing money on our last conferences. We would like to keep the door
prize concept, but maybe less buying soaps and lotions, and using
more of what we have (tee shirts, umbrellas, and nail/sewing kits.)
9. Merry suggested a speaker - Lowine Sarbacker she could speak
on
" Lateral violence
" Generational differences
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Change/stress management
" Communication
We could also
look at a combination of 2 items, and Merry has e-mailed Lowine
about other possible topics. This could be for next year. Jo
Bestmann also has a possible speaker on PAIN from Alexian Brothers
for next year.
10. It was noted that Irene has applied for
excellence awards at ARN for our chapter to be recognized.
11. It was discussed that we should produce a little "to do" booklet
for organizing a program - everything from preparation and ANA
application for contact hours, brochure design, key elements to
include, and even the wrap up elements. Merry has agreed to get this
started for the next board meeting.
12. Our next board
meeting will be held August 27, 2010 at the Cheesecake Factory in
Oakbrook. We should finalize our September conference details, and
have sample brochures for the November conference ready. Please
bring ideas for possible conferences to be held in 2011.
Respectfully submitted,
Merry Dreier
Secretary, NIARN
board

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