Preemie-L Committee Annual General Meeting
30-31 July 1999
Chicago
Present: Allison Martin, Catherine Hewitt, Mara Stein, Tammy Bangs, Anne Casey
1. Preemie-L committee
- Accept resignation of Anne Turner
- moved Allison Martin
- seconded Tammy Bangs
- Invite Julie Honeyman to be new member
- moved Tammy Bangs
- seconded Catherine H.
- Invite Sheila to be our new Secretary
- moved Anne Casey
- seconded Mara Stein
2. Process for adding new committee members
There was general discussion concluding with the following resolutions
- Nominations will come from committee members,
- Unanimous agreement is required,
- When a decision has been made by the group, the new member
will be invited, and if she/he accepts, it will be
official.
3. Discussion about increasing the size of the committee
There was general discussion about the present size of the
committee and whether it would be a good idea to increase the number of
members. The following resolutions were made:
- We should keep the committee at its present size of 9
members since this seems to work well enough,
- We decided to form two sub-committees, separate from the
Preemie-L committee. We will need to ensure that liaison and involvement
is optimal for everyone concerned. The two sub-committees are:
Sponsorship and fundraising
- Anne Casey
- Laura Williams
- Christi Hayes
Chatting
- Bill Buckwalter
- Catherine Hewitt
- Tammy Bangs
4. The present and future conferences
Everyone agreed that the present conference seemed to be going very
well. There were some small problems and philosophical differences between
the two organising bodies but overall the conference has been a great success.
There was general agreement that The Alexis Foundation and
Preemie-L seem to be heading in different directions. Anne proposed that,
in future, Preemie-L and The Alexis Foundation hold alternate
conferences. This would enable our organisations to continue to work
together supportively while developing the individual focus of each.
We decided, tentatively, to hold the next Preemie-L conference in 2001, probably in Colorado.
5. Mentoring program
Everyone agress that a mentoring program is a good idea and it
would be nice if we
could do it. There was discussion about whether this should be run as a
public web site, or be an in-house reference for committee members which
would require more time from committee members. No decision was made.
6. FAQs
There was a general discussion of FAQ projects, and agreement that
this is a good way to provide information in a more permanent form than the
list and archives.
Anne would like to do an FAQ on developmental care
Allison would like to do an FAQ on family centred care
Since encouraging developmental and family-centred care is part of
Preemie-L's mission, and we haven't done much so far to promote these,
there was general agreement that these FAQs would be a great project.
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