February 2010 Board Meeting Summary

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NCCNA Board Meeting Summary for February 3, 2010, which was held at 950 Glenn Dr., Suite 150, Folsom, CA.

SUMMARY OF MOTIONS
DETAILS

The meeting was called to order at 5:45 PM.

Present were Bev Anderson, Penni Smith, and Karen Polastri.  Amy Considine was available by phone.  A quorum existed.  Wayne Hewlett was not in attendance. 

M/S/C to approve the January 5 report with a minor correction.  M/S/C to approve the January 19 report .

We received a resignation letter from Cas.  He is willing to be an emeritus member.  M/S/C to accept his resignation. 

Bev had not sent out a president’s report.  She said it will be sent out later.

Penni gave the account balances.  On the last day of January, the bank balance was $31,083.47.  There were seven checks outstanding, totaling $447.97, so the actual balance was $30,635.50.  The support group sub-accounts totaled $9,929.77, so the NCCNA general fund had $20,705.73.  

Our end-of-year membership had us with 922 total members.  Of those, 464, just over 50%, have renewed for 2010.  This is less than the 55% that had renewed at the end-of-year 2008, but we did have the dues sale that probably prompted more people to send in their dues early.  The real measure will come when we have to purge the unpaid members in February.

We briefly reviewed the budget that had been sent out prior to the meeting.  Most questions had already been addressed via e-mail.  M/S/C to approve the budget.

We discussed the annual meeting.  Many items are still up in the air.  We cannot afford the Woodland Community Center unless we get the fee waiver.  We are still waiting to hear on that, so the location is still pending.

We still don’t have a keynote speaker.  Sandra had suggested to Bev a doctor she’d heard who did a presentation on the aging process which she found humorous and informative.  Amy suggested that she might be able to convince Dr. Gorin, who is a researcher in neurology at UC Davis.  According to Amy, he works on neuropathy beyond the usual.  Penni still likes the idea of Dr. Reinking.  Bev will try to get a speaker set in the next week so we can get it into the newsletter.

Penni asked about the Neuropathy Action Awareness Day put on by the Neuropathy Action Foundation.  She thought that any speakers we didn’t get might be mentioned to Dominick as candidates for the NAAD.  Bev said it is going to be in Sacramento again, but no date has yet been set.

Karen had sent out an e-mail blast to see if anyone knew someone who could do the Tai Chi.  She did not receive a response.  She will do a more specific outreach.

Bev mentioned that on February 16, she and Penni will be going to Woodland to set things up with the caterer and review the setup at the community center.  They will then go to West Sacramento for a private session with Mae Denman and Sandra Vinson giving their gentle yoga demonstration for video.

We discussed the future of NCCNA and the nature of our relationship with TNA.  We are working with TNA on some changes, and spent some time discussing a letter will we send them that will specify what we would like to see happen with our organizations.  When we know the direction of these changes, we will inform our groups and members, so we also discussed how we would do that. 

The meeting was adjourned a little after 8:10.