OSRT Board Meeting Minutes 2007

OSRT Board Meeting
January 20, 2007

CALL TO ORDER:

Called to order at 2:58 p.m. by President Virginia Vanderford

Present:

See attendance sheet

Minutes:

Minutes from the August 5, 2006 and October 28, 2006 board meeting were approved with the following changes:

• August 5, 2006: See attached (in all areas) needs to be replaced with "on file."
• October 28, 2006: See attached (in all areas) needs to be replaced with "on file." Under Annual Meeting: Diamond Lake, Susan needs to be changed to Susan C. And Susan P. Under Annual meeting: Rooms, spelling needs to be changed from woe to owe. Wording needs to be changed under NW Conference from we cannot vote on it today to it was not voted upon.

Executive Report:

• Lee Ann reported that the check that was sent to OIT for the student scholarship had not cleared. She got a call back that they had not received it - so it will be resent to their foundation.

President's Report:

• R.T. in D.C.
  • Randy and Tom are going. Paperwork was given to Randy on how to contact legislatures.
  • Virginia received a letter back from Gordon Smith's office.
  • ASRT is giving $700 to help us with expenses.

Board Chair Report:

• Robbyn will write a letter to document that her president's book was stolen and will send a copy to Amy for permanent records.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Annual Meeting:

• Barb reported:
  • Thursday night dinner will be at McMenamins Edgefield
  • JRC/ARRT representatives are coming and providing talks
  • She reviewed speakers and talks/program
  • NW Conference will have installation of officers Friday night
  • Refer all questions to the website
  • "Save the Date" postcards will go out soon to all RTs in Oregon/SW Washington
  • Full brochure will be sent to OSRT members and to hospitals
  • OSRT Stamps for CE documentation are missing, new ones on order
  • Barb also took room reservations for board members. She will make these reservations. NW conference will make their own reservations.

Education:

• Nothing to report

Registration:

• Nothing to report

Properties/Legislative:

• Properties - Nothing to report.
• Legislative - Tom discussed:
  • All Oregon licenses get a background check, done by the office staff. Handling of complaints is currently adequate, but with added members (if US, MRI, and NM are added) they may need to hire investigation.
  • SB144 proposes name change from OBRT to Oregon Board of Medical Imaging. Consensus was that name needs to include radiation therapy because they do not do medical imaging. Tom requested other board members look at the bill and send him comments via email.

Commercial Reps:

• Mike Saker still wants to be commercial rep. He has not responded to e-mails from Barb, so she will call him. For now, send business contact information for potential vendors to Barb or Mike.

Web Site:

• As discussed in our pre-meeting training, Virginia will submit a fund request to ASRT to help with updating our website.

Annual Meeting Site:

• Nothing to Report

N.W. Conference:

• We will still be budgeting for membership to NW Conference. Board will prepare a letter to NW Conference asking for a change in contract with hosting status.

Districts:

• Nothing to report

OLD BUSINESS:

• Survey Monkey - Susan has a draft of survey. She will send out questions to yahoo group for review.

NEW BUSINESS:

• Budget Meeting will be February 10th, at 9:30 in Salem at NELA.

Adjourned

by President Virginia Vanderford at 4:18 p.m.

Minutes respectfully taken by Susan Castanette
Minutes respectfully written by Secretary Amy Davis

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