1. SIGMA THETA TAU
INTERNATIONAL EPSILON
CHAPTER
Annual Business Meeting
February 4, 2014

2. President
Sherry Cooper-Dye
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Serves as Chief Representative of Epsilon
Chapter
Facilitates chapter goals by advocating efforts
to
 Increasing
chapter enrollment
 Engaging in community project
 Supporting scholarship funding
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Coordinates STTI Chapter Meetings
Submits Chapter’s Annual Report
Represented chapter as delegate at the
biennial STTI International Conference

3. Vice President
Kady Martini
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Oriented to role of vice president
Participated in chapter meetings and decisions
Leads the Mid-Ohio Consortium of Chapters
 Scheduled
February
first phone conference for end of

4. Treasurer
Stephanie Justice
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Attended chapter meetings
Oriented to position
Created spreadsheet for accounts
Developing a budget for induction & other
major functions

5. Secretary
Kim Brown
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Attended chapter meetings
Recorded and distributed meeting minutes
Sending electronic minutes to web master to
post on new website

6. Counselors
Mary Alice Momeyer, Carolyn Schubert
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Organized Membership recruitment
autumn 2013
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Increased Chapter visibility during drive
using
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Fliers, poster, digital kiosk notice,
Direct announcements to students and faculty
Recruitment display tables
Updated member roster and chapter
communication methods
Contributed to Chapter website,
development and content
Planned and organized
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Chapter meetings
Annual member meeting
Induction of new Members (April 15th, 2014!)

7. Standing Committees

8. Governance Committee
Melissa Baker, Barb Mays, Jill Volkerding
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Progress:
 Oriented
to committee roles
 Reviewed chapter bylaws
 Attended chapter meetings
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Goals:
 Go
over chapter bylaws
 Discuss any recommendations with the committee
 Decrease new inductee chapter fees to $6

9. Awards Committee
Anita Zehala, chair
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Call for & gather nominations for yearly
awards
2013 Award Winners
Award – LeeAnn Ruess
 Mentor Award – Usha Menon
 Chapter Service Award – Janice Kulisek
 Undergraduate Award – Laura Beth Cook
 Graduate Award – Julie Shina
 Research Award – Will Matcham
 Educator

10. Web Master
Joni Tornwall
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Progress:
 Created chapter
home page
 Videos
 Image
galleries
 Member spotlights
 Announcements
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The Future:
 Add Discussion
topic
 Apply for Chapter
website of the

11. Leadership Succession Committee
Elizabeth Barker, Stefani O’Connor, Oralea Pittman
 Attended
committee meetings
 Oriented to role
 Recruited candidates for board and committee
positions
Next Steps
 Prepare for nominee process and ballot for next
term
 Conduct election by submitting ballot to members
in accordance with chapter by laws
 Announce results and plan succession meeting
for summer 2014

12. Appointed Chapter Leaders

13. Scholarship Award
Tim Landers, Chair
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Expanded number of calls for proposals
Received 2 solicitations in 2013-2014
Reviewed and recommendation made by
scholarship committee
Approved by Board at January meeting

14. Service Project
This year we voted to give $1000 to the Choluteca
Honduras trip that will begin on March 5, 2014
and will provide care for 1500 and 2000 patients.
The funds will be used to purchase glucose
monitors, strips and batteries. The starting
package is about $25 and 60 are needed.

15. Nursing Research Conference
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Thurs. April 10, 2014
Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center
See Epsilon website for more details
http://thecircle.nursingsociety.org/EpsilonChapter/Home/

16. Membership Induction
Ceremony
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Tues. April 15, 2014 at 5pm
Fawcett Center
60 new members—students from all
programs and multiple nurse leaders
Largest induction group for Epsilon!!

17. Social Media
Follow STTI Epsilon Chapter on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/#!/STTIepsilonchapt
er
Follow STTI Epsilon Chapter on Twitter
@STTI_OhioState
Created by Stephanie Justice