Spring 2010 Council Meeting Minutes
February 25–27, 2010
—Council met with representatives from the ASHFoundation
- Council met with Nancy Minghetti and Beverly Ryan of the ASH Foundation to discuss the status of the NSSLHA Scholarship Fund.
—The Council committees met to finalize outstanding work assignments
—NSSLHA Council participated in Capitol Hill visits
- The RC's met at the ASHA Capitol Hill office to participate in Hill visits. ASHA's Hill office performed a briefing and the students supported their chosen issues in their conversations with their representatives.
—Minutes from fall 2009 meeting approved
NSSLHA Committee Reports
For more information about each the NSSLHA committees, read the NSSLHA Committee Profiles.
Committee A Report
Committee chair, Roger Reeter reported. The Council approved the motion containing the recommendations of the joint committee report provided that the clarifications and additions are accepted by ASHA BOD (Board of Directors).
Committee B Report
Committee chair, Mary Kate Harwood presented the report. Chapter fundraising is down. Only 3 chapters had raised money for the "NSSLHA Loves" recipient, 4 Paws for Ability, at the time of this report (2/25/2010). The committee recommended that the National Office do more to promote the association's grants and giving programs.
The committee also recommended that the National Office begin to track the number of years that the chapter advisor has served on the chapter recertification report. The committee will begin to use that information for the consideration of Chapter Advisor Honors.
The council voted on the following recommendations from Committee B:
Committee C Report
The Committee C report was given by Marissa Wilding. The council approved sending Sara Davis as the NSSLHA representative for the ASHA AAA booth and as the NSSLHA representative to the CFCC.
Committee D Report
The Committee D report was given by Committee chair, Amanda Norris. The Council received a presentation from Kachina Smith on the updates to the NSSLHA Web site. The committee recommended and the Council approved adding social networking sites as a requirement for Gold status under the Chapter Recognition program.
Elections
Selection of the Regional Councilors
Region 2
Regional Councilor: Evita Hernaez
Alternate: Kaci Rogers
Region 5
Regional Councilor: Courtney Durham
Alternate: Dan Hudock
Region 7
Regional Councilor: Roger Reeter
Alternate: Jenna Didier
Region 8
Regional Councilor: Tara Miller
Alternate: Caleb McNiece
Region 10
Regional Councilor: Megan Carey
Alternate: Jennifer Snider
Member-at-Large
Ellen Crowell
NSSLHA Committee Chair Elections
- Carol Hassebroek is Committee A (Executive Committee) Chair
- Rene Utianski is Committee B (Grants and Scholarships) Chair
- Sara Davis is the Committee C (Student Affairs) Chair
- Kristen Simko and Lisa Del Vecchio are Committee D (Public Affairs) Co-Chairs
NSSLHA Representatives for ASHA Boards
- Carol Hassebroek, Council President and Region 6 Councilor, is the NSSLHA Representative for the ASHA Advisory Council-Speech Language Pathology.
- Ellen Crowell, the newly elected Member-at-Large, is NSSLHA Representative for ASHA Advisory Council-Audiology.
- Rene Utianski, Region 9 Councilor, is the NSSLHA Representative for ASHA Council of Academic Programs in CSD (CAPCSD) and Co-Representative for ASHA Council For Clinical Certification (CFCC).
- Sara Davis, Region 3 Councilor, was chosen as NSSLHA Co-Representative for ASHA Council For Clinical Certification (CFCC).
- Kristen Simko, Region 4 Councilor, was chosen as NSSLHA Representative on the ASHA Board of Division Coordinators (BDC).
- Lisa Del Vecchio, Region 1 Councilor, was chosen as NSSLHA Representative to ASHA Multicultural Issues Board (MIB).