Executive Board Meeting Minutes
September 10, 2021, at 10:00am
Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND
*Minutes taken in part by Adelle Casavant until Amanda Olauson's arrival mid meeting. Amanda had a work conflict and was late to the meeting. *
Members present: Lindsay Cizek-Cribb-Chairperson, Amanda (Mandy) Chase-President, Adelle Casavant-Vice President, Diane Halvorson-Treasurer; ND BOP Liaison, Amanda Olauson-Secretary, Melissa Krava- NDSCS Liaison, Danika Johnson-NCTC Liaison, Patience Buck & Lillie Lambert-Members at Large.
Members absent: Mike Schwab (NDPhA Liaison) 
1. Lindsay Cizek-Cribb Meeting called to order at 10:04am
2. Lindsay Cizek-Cribb established a quorum.
3. Lindsay Cizek-Cribb presented the agenda. Requests for additions were the following:
	-Mention of the passing of Lorri Giddings to the General Members at the General Membership meeting. Lorri passed away Aug. 2, 2021
	-Addition to executive board meeting being discussion of recording meetings for minutes purposes. 
 Diane Halvorson made a motion to approve the agenda and its additions. Second by Amanda (Mandy) Chase. Roll call vote-all in favor. Motion carried
4. Lindsay Cizek-Cribb introduced Patience Buck, installed as Member-at-large. Patience completed the PTU program with Thrifty White and is a PTCB certified and ND Registered Pharmacy Technician. Welcome Patience!
5. Diane Halvorson presented the Treasurer's reports as of Aug 31, 2021.
	-NDPhA support was from last year, we will pay the $2,500 today
	-Net income of $7,942.81, matching the checkbook of $26,658.41
Adelle Casavant made a motion to approve the Balance Sheet & Profit and Loss reports provided by Diane. Second by Lillie Lambert. Roll call vote-all in favor. Motion carried.
	-Budget for next year discussed at last meeting and was previously approved; quick review provided for upcoming General Business Meeting.
	-Scholarship fund is still at $926/ Diane Halvorson reminded the group that it was voted on by the NAPT General membership that our annual amount to spend on scholarships is determined by the amount raised at the annual NAPT Basket Extraordinaire. Thus, this year’s scholarship budget will be based on the amount raised at the NAPT Annual Fall Conference on September 10 and 11, 2021.
6. ND BOP update provided by Diane Halvorson. Briefly stated more information to be shared during Mark Hardy’s presentation at the NAPT Fall Conference on September 10, 2021. 
7. NDSCS update provided by Melissa Krava. Last year 10 graduates, all certified with vaccine administration training, have found employment. 
	-current enrollment for 2021-2022: #9 second year potential graduates; #3 first year students
	-Harvey Link retired; Lisa Karst replaced
	-President retiring June 2022
	-Lindsay Cizek-Cribb asked how students are handling immunization and Melissa responded, "very nervously but they all pass".
8. NCTC update provided by Danika Johnson. 
	-NCTC has President and other staff changes as well
	-2021-2022 school year has 7 potential grads
	-Danika Johnson will be attending the Northern Valley Career Expo
	-Diane Halvorson questioned if some future funding from NAPT would make a difference?  Melissa Krava with NDSCS responded most benefit is to ND Career Builders. Both Danika Johnson and Melissa Krava stated other funding is not believed to be beneficial at this time.
	-Danika Johnson and Melissa Krava are both asked at times to speak at events, but schedules/timing doesn't always work out. These requests will now be forwarded to NAPT for follow up. Melissa will make the current request introductions of the following Executive Board Members: Lindsay, Mandy, Diane and Adelle
*Amanda Olauson arrived and began taking minutes from here out. *
9. Secretary report provided by Amanda Olauson. Minutes from July 18 and August 8 (executive board meetings) were reviewed. 
Patience Buck made a motion to approve the Executive Board Meeting minutes from July 18, 2021, and the mini-meeting August 8, 2021, minutes. Second by Diane Halvorson. No discussion. Roll call vote-all in favor. Motion carried.
10. At this time the board went through the NAPT Constitution & Bylaws. Thorough review and editing were done. Diane Halvorson drafted a final copy to present to the general membership. Extensive time, diligence, effort and work has gone into the re-formatting/updating of the Constitution & Bylaws and the Guidelines Manual. Be it known, kudos to those involved and tremendous gratitude to them as well!
11. Fall Conference update provided by Diane Halvorson. 
	-65 registered attendees
	-Masks are not required but will be provided should attendees wish to wear one. 
	-CE codes are a must! CE codes will be provided at the end of each presentation and are necessary in obtaining credit for continuing education.
	-Diane stated that there is an attendee from Nevada! There is no opportunity for Live CE in her area and wanted to check out what NAPT had to offer! Additionally, we have a guest, Ryan Burke, from PTCB joining as well!
Amanda Olauson made the motion to provide a $25 hotel supplied "Welcome" basket in Ryan Burke's room upon arrival. Second by Lillie Lambert. No discussion. Roll call vote-all in favor. Motion carried. 
	-Diane Halvorson mentioned for Fall Conference 2022: It will be held in Bismarck at the Ramada. The Ramada has capacity any weekend in September. We will poll the audience at the General Membership Meeting if they prefer Sept. or Oct. Fall Conference. 
12. Recruitment to the Profession of Pharmacy Technician Profession Committee update- nothing to update currently.
13. Visit to NCTC/NDSCS. Adelle Casavant provided a presentation of the power point Amanda Olauson and Adelle Casavant made. Danika Johnson (NCTC) and Melissa Karva (NDSCS) liked it. Said it's hard to capture the audience with a lot of text on slides, some updates will be made and sent to the executive board for approval. We are trying to fit as much info as possible yet deliver it in a successful manor. Adelle Casavant presented well and is ready to visit the campuses. 
14. Scholarships. Amanda “Mandy” Chase updated the board as follows:
	-ND Career Builders- Shelly Blome said no newly awarded. Info sent out and will keep NAPT informed.
	-NAPT Annual Scholarship- $916 + basket extraordinaire earnings at Fall Conference. 
15. Facebook update provided by Adelle Casavant.
	-Posts made for Fall Conference, baskets, CE, etc.
16. TCT Project Update-Diane Halvorson reported no updates at this time.
17. January Mailer update provided by Adelle Casavant. Adelle is gathering information to create and will start forming a mailer. 
18. "Thank You" gifts to Technicians, update provided by Diane Halvorson. 
	-Diane Halvorson presented multiple options for a Thank You card along with Sir Speedy pricing breakdown. 
Amanda Olauson made a motion to approve a "Thank You" card to be mailed to Technicians, a post card via Sir Speedy Full color/greyscale inside for $245.17 per 100 with mailing and postage additional cost, with a cap of a total $1,200" Second by Lillie Lambert. Roll Call-all in favor. Motion carried. 
	-Diane agreed to work with Sir Speedy on getting the cards sent out one week prior to Pharmacy Technician Day/Pharmacy Week.
19. NDPHA Quarterly Meeting update provided by Amanda “Mandy” Chase.
	-NDSCS graduates will have immunization training completed. Melissa Krava mentioned immunizations will be a standard for incoming Pharmacy Technicians in the NDSCS program.
	-Mission of Mercy- Bismarck Event Center- Still looking for RPH and Tech volunteers
	-Upcoming meeting dates Dec. 8,2021
20. NoDak Article, Lindsay reported the due date being Sept 27, 2021, and will include a Fall Conference update. Next edition will be due around the end of March or early April.
21. Future NAPT Executive Board Meeting dates
	-Oct. 10 7pm via phone call (mini-meeting)-Mandy tasked with forming agenda
	-Nov. 14 7pm via phone call (mini-meeting)-Adelle tasked with forming agenda
	-Dec. 5 in Fargo @ Thrifty White
	-Feb. 13 in Fargo @ Thrifty White
	-March- NDPhA Convention, to be determined.
22. Recording Meetings-Agenda addition. Discussion was held regarding the recording of the meetings. Security in mind and confidentiality. It was asked how the ND Board of Pharmacy keeps their meetings. They too have recorded meetings. This should not be done on personal devices. Meetings being recorded must be disclosed to attendees that recording is in use. 
Diane Halvorson made a motion to purchase a recording device with a cap of $150 and Amanda will purchase. Second by Patience Buck. Roll Call vote-all in favor. Motion carried. 

Amanda “Mandy” Chase made motion to adjourn. Second by Patience Buck.
Meeting adjourned at 1:53pm

Meeting minutes by Adelle Casavant and Amanda Olauson