Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors

of South Dakota RehabAction

by Teleconference, September 26, 2005

Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by President, Alan Vandenburg.

Roll Call of Members Present: President, Alan Vandenburg; President Elect, Margie Helgeson; Past President, Rich Gardiner; Treasurer, Bernie Grimme; Secretary, Linda Lockner; Board Member, Lisa Pierce. Nikki Moir was absent.

Linda conducted the roll call. Alan reviewed the meeting agenda.

Review of the Minutes: Minutes were reviewed of the 6/9/04 meeting with a correction in the treasurer’s report noted. Margie moved to approve the minutes; Bernie seconded the motion. All in favor.

Treasurer’s Report: Bernie presented the treasurer’s report and said that a detailed report is on the home page. Payments for the ADA event and the peer support training were processed. We still owe SBVI a $569.18 balance. Bernie said that there are still checks out to ARAN that haven’t been cashed. He will check on this with Audrey Butterworth in Massachusetts, as she is handling the finances for the national organization. Rich moved, and Linda seconded the motion to accept the treasurer’s report. All in favor.

Fall Conference in Watertown: Bernie gave an update on the fall conference, in the absence of Nikki Moir. He said that 110 people have registered already. We may stall get our goal of 125. We will be direct billing a number of agencies. Gayann Brandenberg from CTAT may give us a free presentation, if we pay for travel, around $800. Nikki is putting the finishing touches on the agenda. Catriona McDonald is coming. Rich is bringing her from Sioux Falls. Bernie will take her back to the airport.

National ARAN Meeting in Texas: Rich talked about the upcoming national ARAN Meeting in The Woodlands, Texas. It was proposed that Alan, Margie, and Rich, attend depending on funding. Bernie made a motion for SD RehabAction to pay for Rich’s attendance if SSA doesn’t pay and for SD RehabAction to pay for Margie to attend. Linda seconded the motion. All in favor.

Region 8 Meeting in Cheyenne, Wyoming: It was discussed that SD RehabAction would sponsor for a break at the meeting. Rich moved, and Margie seconded the motion to sponsor a break up to $150. All in favor.

Provider Award Recognition: There was a discussion of the provider awards to be given at the fall conference. Four outstanding nominations were presented to the board. Bernie moved and Rich seconded that we give awards to all four of the nominees. All in favor.

Membership Promotion: Bernie said that he had ordered 250 promotional calendars, and he expects them to be ready by the fall conference.

Other: Our next meeting will be a general membership meeting at the fall conference at 5:30 p.m. Alan asked about staffing for conference registration. Bernie said that he will recruit some people from the Brookings office. Bernie and Alan will put an agenda together. Margie asked if the social is the same place as the meeting. Bernie will check with Nikki. Rich suggested that we give the provider recognition awards at the SD RehabAction meeting.

Adjournment: There being no other business, Rich moved to adjourn the meeting, and Bernie seconded the motion to adjourn. All in favor.

Respectfully Submitted, Linda J. Lockner, Secretary