1/19/06

Minutes CONFERENCE CALL

Attendance:

Kelly LoGiudice PRESENT

Deb Luhrs PRESENT

Carl Stearns PRESENT

Jane Allard PRESENT

Paula Kochanek excused

Regina Cobb excused

Jay O'Connor PRESENT

Cate Chapin excused

Frank Rapone excused

Celeste MacPhee PRESENT

Becky Ellsworth

Pat Bacchus excused

Announcements:

Official Changes to the Board:

Louise Humphrey steps down as Sports Co-Chair 1/16/06

Cate Chapin on medical leave of absence 1/9/06 – 2 months, looking for Education Chair to succeed her.

AGENDA

è1. BUDGET

3/1/2005 Thru 2/28/2006

odds and ends pins 264, office etc. 250 = 514

Expense Categories

Board Retreat 3,000.00 450

MERT 600.00 577

Travel/Lodging 6,000.00 4850

Charitable Donations 1,400.00 400

Stipend 1650.00 1575

Video 250.00 249

Room Rental 1,200.00 621

Speaker 9,400.00 6,630

WEB 700.00 520

Newsletter 2500.00 3700

Education, Speakers 100.00 50

NEC Conference 700.00 1054

Bank Charges - 100.00 20

Postage 100.00 76

Sports 500.00 112

Total Expense Categories $28,200 $21,398

Submitted 1-9-2005

Treasurer, Carl Stearns

Income: Dues, Ed income, Hands on ads and

bank interest= App $26,000

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Budget for Rhode Island chapter of the AMTA

3/1/2006 Thru 2/28/2007

Expense Categories

Liability Insurance 900.00 (mandatory: AMTA National takes this directly from States' dues)

Board Retreat 1,500.00 (one time per year)

Travel/Lodging 5,000.00 (National Convention: Delegates, President. NERC Coordinators 2 nights stay

and necessary expenses, * President's registration and two nights stay, NERC mileage, Gov't. Relations mileage, Board mileage)

Charitable Donations 2,000 (400.00 for MT Foundation

600.00 for "Crisis Massage Team" shirts

1,000.00 for Hardship donation)

Stipend 1650.00

Video 250.00 (includes purchases and labeling supplies for each Library item)

Room Rental 700.00

WEB 600.00 (includes Cox connection)

Newsletter 4,000.00 (bulk mailing to be attempted this year)

Education 3,100.00 (General Membership meeting speakers 100. Continuing Ed. 3,000.00)

(less Ed expenses this year due to focus on NERC)

Gov't. Relations 300.00

Membership 400.00 (Welcome packets w/magnet and letter =90. "Massage Therapist" pins**

for new MT graduates @CEI, CCRI, Arthur Angelo=310.)

NERC Conference 1,200.00 (Travel, food, lodging expenses)

Bank Charges 20.00

Postage 100.00

Sports 700.00

Office expenses 250.00 (copies)

Total Expense Categories $22,670.00

Submitted 1/9/06

Treasurer, Carl Stearns

* MOTION/Second NERC: President's registration will be paid by RIAMTA

NERC: President's two-night stay will be paid by RIAMTA

APPROVED.

**MOTION/Second Adding line items Government Relations and Membership to Budget. APPROVED.

THANK YOU to Carl Stearns for this Budget preparation!

è2. GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

No report from Becky. Deb announces a 1/22/06 meeting to finish packets and focus on meeting with Rep. Polisena. NCMTBC exam issue: the State recognizes the exam designed for massage therapists and bodyworkers. Graduated students who are taking the National Cert. exam for RI licensure need to know this! Celeste reports that this info is in the Winter 2006 newsletter. The exam/license as it now stands allows for bodyworkers to be licensed as Massage Therapist. This is a point of a great deal of more discussion, says Deb. It will be discussed further at the 1/22/06 meeting. This is where development of the Advisory Board is critical. Deb reports that RI Gov't. Relations HAS contacted National for support and will continue to do so.

è3. SPORTS MASSAGE see online update @ RIAMTA.com

è4. NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE

Goal #1 Successful Participation for March 23-26, 2006 in Boxborough, MA

Jay states that 7 applicants have come in for Traveler's Massage.

In the Exhibiters' Hall this year, each state has been asked to promote their state in any way: Literature, travel/tourism, Crisis Massage Team & RIAMTA brochures, Newsletter,

Chapter Activities (on a laptop) Deb Luhrs and Jane volunteer to create ideas for this new idea. Kelly hosts a wine and cheese party open to RI attendees, members. It's in her room on Saturday night, March 25. A Gift Basket will be ordered and presented at the Banquet, a tradition at the Conference.

Goal #2 Successful Conference Hosted by RI in 2007!!!!!

We now need to 1) Decide on a theme, 2) Have Co-Chairs; we are Hospitality in 2007.

We need to find a Keynote Speaker, a person who can unify and relate an important message. PLEASE BRING IDEAS AND CONTACT INFO TO FEBRUARY'S MEETINGS. WE NEED THEM! Jane suggested HOPE during this Conference Call, with a "contest-of-sorts" for the acronym H.O.P.E. We could post an update of the Conference attendees' ideas throughout the weekend. Deb suggested bringing back the WAVE…re-in STATE it, pardon the pun!! Jay has said "We can create it as we want it."

Final decisions can be determined at the cocktail party 3/25!

è5. EDUCATION

GOAL #1 Offer continuing education opportunities in RI
Update from Cate: Tom Meyers successful. She will contact Michael Regina-Whitely about a training before the special Olympics. Kelly passed on ideas for advertising for a pregnancy massage trainer in RI or contacting Gretchen Putnam who presents for MTI and contacting Rick Horton who focuses on Orthopedic Massage (he works on the Patriots). Cate will also contact Christopher Adamo before the Feb meeting to see his interest in taking on the education chair position. Thanks to Paula for finding a presenter for Feb meeting.

è6. MERT/CISMT
Goal #1 Active CISMT team

Tabled discussion til Feb. '06 meting

è7. MEMBERSHIP
Goal #1 Outreach to Members: New member packets for Sept through Dec mailed this week; well organized. VPs are to contact attending members with invitation within three weeks of current meeting.

Goal #2
Kelly organized all membership info and list of duties and wishes to pass on membership duties to VPs. It's easy to pass on. Kelly has spoken with Kenji, and he is running for 2^nd VP. Skilled at networking, he will be a good candidate.

Goal#3 Outreach to Schools
Proposal of MASSAGE THERAPIST pins available to welcome graduates to the profession. VOTE passes, and these are in the '06 Budget, so they will be ordered and purchased.
Presentation Packet for Schools—brochures from National, RIAMTA brochure, CISMT Brochure

è8. SUCCESSION PLANNING
GOAL #1 All positions filled
Reminder: All officers/board members need to keep organized information in order to pass off information to next volunteer. Each officer/board member is involved in succession planning. Job descriptions are requested from all Board Members.

è9. Chapter Meritorious Award 2006 honors John Balletto. He served until this year as Massage Therapy Foundation President, and has been an honorable, dedicated member for 20 years. Kelly will contact National Awards Chair and give his name as our recipient. (Draft of personal/professional info needs to come from John himself.)

è 10. NEWSLETTER EDITOR Celeste Macphee : In gratitude for CCRI School of Massage's Staff and Regina Cobb's coordination of the Tom Meyers weekend, December 3,4,5 2005, their first ad for continuing ed is being published for no fee in the next Newsletter. Jane will send Regina a letter of gratitude for her support during that weekend.

*CCRI's new program of Continuing Education builds good community and helps our members.

è11. DATES: Sunday, February 12, 2006Board 1:00, General Membership/Elections meeting 2-4, Education 4-5.

Retreat April 23 or 30, 2006 : Pat B. and Kelly will be Retreat Leaders

(idea: have an outside speaker who can focus on issues specific to our business and vision and goals.

Motion (Celeste) and second (Kelly) to close conference call, vote unanimous.

Minutes respectfully submitted by Jane F. Allard