Homecare across Illinois Board Meeting Minutes

July 9, 2004

10:00am

Members Present: Ruth Ann Flowers, Therese Macias, Mary Reed, Teresa Smith,

Mark Hillard, Jeff Workman, Maxine Bond, and John Pickering.

Jeff Workman called the meeting to order at 10:00am at the Maverick Steak House in Springfield.

Mary Reed made a motion to accept both the April 23 & May 14 2004 minutes.

Maxine Barth made a second. Motion carried.

Jeff Workman presented the Treasure’s report in Gail Ripka’s behalf. At the beginning of July, the balance is $8045.81. There are still outstanding bills.

Maxine Barth made a motion to accept the report. Therese Macias made a second. Motion carried.

Legislative: Teresa Smith stated that there is not much going on that she is aware of.

Web Site: Jeff Workman stated that there are no changes.

Bylaws: Gail Ripka sent an e-mail in regard to President elect. Discussion followed. John Pickering and Gail Ripka are going to continue to work on the by-laws.

2004 Activities

June 04 Workshop: Discussion of the evaluations.

November 18 & 19 th Annual Conference Planning :

Discussion on coding with Ida Blevins. Also, Rebecca is a good drawing card.

Jeff Workman has a tentative agenda for discussion by the board. John Pickering has talked to IDPH in regard to funding.

Also, a discussion on awards to be given out at noon on Friday. Categories would be Home Health staff nurse of the year, Home Health aide of the year, Therapist of the year, and Social Worker of the year. Also, it was suggested that we give out Home Health Director of the Year, Homecare IT Person of the year. An award will also be given to the outgoing president. We will discuss this more at our September meeting.

Potential Funding: There are no new suggestions.

Maxine Barth made a motion to adjourn, with a second motion by Therese Macias. Motion passed at 11:10am.

Minutes submitted by:

Ruth Ann Flowers RNBS