UTAH CLMA Board Meeting UTAH CLMA Board Meeting

Wednesday, 29 March 2001

Convened: 3:00 pm

Present: Dave Young, JoD Fontenot, Noel Ladle, Hyde Frederickson, Kathy Logan, Paul Keoppel, Annie Tesori, and Paul Lewis

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1. Chapter of the Year The final draft of the Chapter of the Year application was prepared just prior to the Board meeting. Paul Keoppel thanked all those who worked diligently putting together what is felt to be a very strong application. Special thanks go to Paul Lewis and Kathy Logan for all their efforts.  
2. CLMA Spring Meeting The Spring Meeting will be held on 4 May 2001 at the Grand Summit, The Canyons Resort in Park City. The meeting will consist of registration at 7:30am with the meeting beginning at 8:30am. Presenters will be Bob Neri, Executive Vice President, CLMA; Suzie Draper, Compliance Administrator, IHC; and Tammy Bigelow, Human Resources Department, LDS Hospital. Mr. Neri will speak on the future of laboratories and CLMA. Ms. Draper will focus her discussion on understanding the new HIPAA regulations, and Ms. Bigelow will present the topic on managing diverse generations. There will also be presentations by various vendors throughout the day. The registration mailer will be placed in the mail the second week of April. The final registration deadline will be 27 April 2001.
3. Election and Ballot Process Paul had received 30 positive responses concerning electronic balloting. Paul will create random PIN numbers for those CLMA members who chose to do electronic balloting. For those members who chose not to do electronic balloting, ballots will be mailed the first week of April. Voting should be completed by 13 April 2001.
4. Vendor recognition at the Spring Meeting The following Year 2000 Industry Partners will be recognized at the Spring Meeting: Dade Behring, Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Abbott Diagnostics, Allegiance HealthCare Corporation, Bayer, Beckman-Coulter, Diagnostica Stago, Fisher HealthCare/MAS, Ortho, Radiometer, Sigma Diagnostics, and Wampole Laboratories. A small gift will be presented to each of the vendors being recognized at the Spring Meeting.
5. CLMA Foundation Silent Auction Gift A committee will meet to discuss the Utah CLMA contribution to the CLMA Foundation Silent Auction basket. Kathy Logan, JoD Fontenot, Beth Ligenfelter and Annie Tesori will meet to discuss the various items that can be included in the basket. The group will meet 19 Apr to discuss the theme of the basket, items to be included and the amount of money the chapter is willing to spend on the donation.

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6. May Breakfast Meeting There will be no May Breakfast Meeting because the Spring Meeting will be held 4 May 2001. The next Breakfast Meeting is tentatively scheduled for July 2001.
7. Membership Committee The Membership Committee has held meetings three times this year – in Jan, Feb and March. The committee consists of Tish Buroker, Darrell Yamane, Colleen Rumsey, and Noel Ladle. Six individuals have joined the Utah Chapter of CLMA recently. The committee will continue to meet and will focus on calling those individuals whose membership is close to the renew date or has lapsed.
8. Survey Results The results of the chapter survey can be viewed on the Utah CLMA Chapter web site. Some highlights are: 65% and 58% of respondents rated the Fall and Spring meeting locations as excellent, 80% of the members who responded would like to see some sort of web based educational offerings, and 90% of the members who responded rated the web site and chapter newsletters as great or excellent. View the complete results of the survey at the chapter web site, utahclma.org. The survey identified chapter members who would be willing to serve on various committees. Those members will be contacted.
9. Supervisor and New Manager Training Academy A two-day training seminar for new and aspiring managers will be held Summer 2001. This seminar will be designed for new supervisors or managers who need to learn management skills and for existing managers who want to strengthen their management skills. Registration cost for this meeting will be approximately $50.00. Topics that may be discussed are: finance and budget, human resource issues, quality assurance, compliance issues, regulation, certification and accreditation issues, coding, billing and reimbursement issues, business development and marketing, customer service, computers, technology and internet resources, time management, leadership styles, personality traits, communications, and strategic planning
10. Strategic Plan The Strategic Plan was updated on 12 March 2001. The Board approved the new Strategic Plan.
11. Susan Moesch Fund Primary Children’s Foundation has funds earmarked in Susan Moesch’s name. These funds can be used to sponsor laboratory educational opportunities, assisting families of children who need to stay at the hospital long term, and for child advocacy programs in the community. Darrell Yamane, Laboratory Manager at Primary Children’s wanted the Utah CLMA chapter to be aware these funds existed.
12. Financial Report JoD gave the financial report. Total expenses since the last meeting were $1,443.35. The chief expense was due to the National CCP meeting. Total income since the last meeting was $771.68. Income generated was from breakfast meeting fees, CLMA dues, and vendors.