February 2002 Meeting Minutes
February 22, 2002
San Antonio, TX
Present:
Susan Hanrahan
Cheryl Samuels
Clyde Willis
Jim Taylor
Cindy Hughes Harris
Shirley Richmond
Barry Eckert
Greg Frazer
Lydia Wingate
David Gale
Elizabeth King
David Irwin
Randy Lambrecht
Gary Neiman
Janet Pisaneschi
Ruth Keiser
Fred Pairent (guest).
Officer Reports:
The minutes of the October 13, 2001 meeting in Norfolk, VA were approved as distributed.
A treasurer's report was given by Greg Frazier. Our investments lost over $3500 in 2001. We have over $6000 in the checking account with membership dues still arriving. The financial report was approved as submitted.
Old Business:
1) Name Change--There was discussion about changing the name of the College of Health Deans to the American College of Health Deans. Discussion revolved around many facets including the word American being "delimiting" and the new title not aiding in the identification of the group. There was discussion about organizing all dean's groups around regional accrediting territories with some mechanism to link to the ASAHP BOD. It was determined there was no clear cut way to sort out the dean's groups or the representation in COHD. A straw vote suggested this might be a topic to discuss on the list-serve (list serve will be available soon).
Miscellaneous items discussed under this agenda item included having more time available for the dean's meeting. It should be a time for "bring, brag and moan"---more of a "think tank" attitude. ASAHP should notify COHD when there are new institutional members who would qualify for COHD and to note when there is a change of COHD institution l leadership. The VP of COHD may be the individual responsible for that task. There was a suggestion to write a statement about COHD to be included in the on-site registration packets.
2) Fellows--No one volunteered to write a one page draft of what a "fellows" program might constitute in COHD. D. Gale indicated that over half of those eligible for ASAHPs fellows program are already fellows. There may be redundancy with this program. A administrative fellowship was an idea proposed as a fellows possibility. No motions or other discussion followed.
3) Election of Officers--It was clarified that the term of office was for two years. The president and secretary have one more year to serve.
4) By-Laws Committee--J.Taylor, L. Wingate and G. Neiman will review the by-laws and make recommendations to the membership in the following areas: position of president elect, rights and privileges of emeritus status and other items that need updating or clarification. The new members do not have a copy of the bylaws.
There was no other old business.
New Business:
1) Reservations for dinner are at 6:15. Each dean is responsible for $20 of his/her meal. COHD will pick up the rest.
2) Chairs for all retiring deans have been ordered. The wait time seems to getting lengthier.
3) At the Town Meeting, the dean's groups will be asked to give a report on what is happening in their section.
4) A plaque was presented to C. Willis for his service as COHD president.
5) B. Eckert and C. Willis agreed to write a draft on "why I should belong to a dean's group".
The meeting was adjourned at 5:20 pm.
Respectfully submitted, Susan Hanrahan (for Jane Toot, Secretary)