NAMI Texas Board Meeting Agenda Tuesday, December 19, 2017 Go To Meeting Conference Call 5 p.m. Board meeting called to order and quorum (minimum 8) noted Approval of the Agenda Conflicts of interest noted Review and approve the November 4, 2017 minutes 5:10 p.m. Nominating Committee Hal Meyer Election of 2018 executive committee o President: John Dornheim o Vice President: Yvonne Broach o Treasurer: Bill Matthews o Secretary: Cindy Swain 5:15 p.m. Executive Director Report Holly Doggett Review of proposed 2018 budget Set meeting dates for 2018 Proposed: January - all day in Austin, 1/27 April - all day in Austin, 4/28 July - all day in Austin, 7/28 November - afternoon following annual conference, 11/3 No meetings in June or August Conference calls in February, March, May, and September on the fourth Tuesday December 12/18 conference call 5:25 p.m. Financial Status (Summary) approve Bill Matthews Financial Reports November and Y-T-D 5:40 p.m. Development/Fundraising Yvonne Broach 5:50 p.m. Education Committee Cindy Swain 6:00 p.m. Annual Conference (2017 wrap up and 2018 planning) John Dornheim 6:10 p.m. Public Policy Committee Sherry Cusumano 6:20 p.m. Marketing and Communications David Stine 1
6:30 p.m. Affiliate Outreach and Standards of Excellence Holly Doggett 6:35 p.m. OLD BUSINESS: Endorse NAMI San Antonio so they may continue to the national level of the Standards of Excellence process. Endorse NAMI Hunt County so they may continue to the national level of the Standards of Excellence process. 6:45 p.m. NEW BUSINESS: Empowerment through Communication and Collaboration Symposium John Dornheim 7:00 p.m. Adjourn 2
NAMI Texas Board Meeting Minutes Tuesday, December 19, 2017 5 p.m. Board meeting called to order at 5a:06 pm and quorum (minimum 8) noted Motion 1: Sherry Cusumano motioned and Hal seconded approval of the agenda. Motion carried. No conflicts of interest were noted. Motion 2: David motioned and Yvonne seconded approval of the November 4, 2017 minutes. Minutes were approved with no corrections. 5:10 p.m. Nominating Committee Hal Meyer Election of 2018 executive committee o President: John Dornheim o Vice President: Yvonne Broach o Treasurer: Bill Matthews o Secretary: Cindy Swain Motion 3: Nominating committee motioned the slate of officers be approved. No discussion. Motion carried. 5:15 p.m. Executive Director Report Holly Doggett Thanked Linda for an amazing job as president of NAMI Texas this year. Motion 4: John Dornheim formed an ad hoc workgroup for major gifts programs and motioned that Linda Cantu be appointed leader of the ad hoc workgroup. Linda Denke seconded. Motion carried. ED referenced highlights from the year 2017 including ED speaking to over 6K people during 2017. John congratulated ED for being a great fundraiser and very visible in the statewide community. Review of proposed 2018 budget Set meeting dates for 2018 Proposed: January - all day in Austin, 1/27 April - all day in Austin, 4/28 July - all day in Austin, 7/28 November - afternoon following annual conference, 11/3 No meetings in June or August Conference calls in February, March, May, and September on the fourth Tuesday December 12/18 conference call No objections were brought forth on proposed meeting dates. 1
5:25 p.m. Financial Status (Summary) approve Bill Matthews Financial Reports November and Y-T-D Two things not ready tonight review of proposed budget and financial reports are not ready. ED in collaboration with auditor will send to treasurer Wednesday and after Bill and officers review we will put together a budget and send out to everyone. 5:40 p.m. Development/Fundraising Yvonne Broach highlighted items from her report, especially Patti s p2pfundraising page. YB reported over 28K in donations in the past two months. Another 1000 for NT and 1000 for Greater CC which will be shown in our financials specifically for NCC and will show up in their model B affiliate Quickbooks, not as a contribution through NT, $910 for Voices of Hope based on an email and Facebook. 5:50 p.m. Education Committee Cindy Swain: Family and Friends and NAMI Homefront Patti highlighted Providence St Joseph project throughout th estate with 112 registered and 86 certified teachers. 18 affiliates have provided teachers and 11 have completed two required presentations. for the $1000 stipend. The pilot has been extended through January. Helping affiliates complete 2017 education projections and supported others in sending trainees from their affiliates. Across Texas we have had 47 trainings almost doubling the number for 2016. Teachers, presenters, facilitators, and affiliates have been doing much better in turning in data from courses. 6:00 p.m. Annual Conference (2017 wrap up and 2018 planning) John Dornheim Executive Director noted we met goal for exhibiters, sponsors, but not quite yet for registrations. Great feedback and offers for presenters have been received for next year. Awards ceremony had wonderful acceptance speeches and plan to record next year. Planning for 2018 needs to start soon. Please let John know if you have any ideas for a 2018 theme and if you want to serve on committee. 6:10 p.m. Public Policy Committee Sherry Cusumano is attending the Joint access and forensic services committee and provides a NAMI perspective. Also attended AOT symposium. Sherry and Marsha met with Brian Craig (owns Pillar Clinical Trials) Herb and Marsha Rodgers attended a meeting with Brian in Boca Ratan where a RockStar program was discussed. In this program, people involved in clinical trials get to donate funds given to them to donate to their choice of nonprofits in the community like NAMI. Brian also indicated interest in establishing consistent standards for clinical trial research. Sherry also commented on article in Houston Chronical with a quote from Greg, Policy Director. Greg reinforced the Project Rock Star as an exciting opportunity but NAMI org does not have internal capacity to manage their participation in the project, but Greg will follow up on whether state or local affiliates may participate. Herb mentioned that since all contributions go to the local affiliate there is little financial benefit for NAMI national to participate over and above local and state participation. Linda D. suggested if we should do a needs assessment to determine what possible projects are available and whether they 2
meet our mission or goals. Sherry clarified that if affiliates want to participate there is nothing for NT to do for the donation. Greg agreed that we may need to talk to people as a platform or resource. Linda D appreciated the clarification. No one expects NT to recruit people for the clinical trials but to receive them and offer them NAMI support in the usual ways. Holly added anyone is free to refer anyone to NAMI affiliates or the state organization through education, information, resources, especially those participating in the clinical trials to. NIMH has outreach partnership program to spread the word about what they are working on. Mental Health America was an outreach partner but is no longer in Texas. Looking for additional partnerships disseminating materials and presenting at national conference. Greg wants more direction on these activities. Greg notes the next step is to rank the thirty or so public policy options for the platform and communication any input on the platform. (note: discussion may be deleted for final minutes) 6:20 p.m. Marketing and Communications David Stine no written report but verbal outline to be followed by a written memo to the board. David is retiring on Dec 31 and celebration is scheduled for Jan 5 th at the Terrell hospital 2-4. IS looking forward to enlisting more participation by faith community starting with a conference call mid January with the marketing and communications committee. 6:30 p.m. Affiliate Outreach and Standards of Excellence Holly Doggett Motion 5: Andrew motioned and Yvonne seconded to endorse NAMI San Antonio so they may continue to the national level of the Standards of Excellence process. Motion carried. Motion 6: Andrew motioned and David seconded to endorse NAMI Hunt County so they may continue to the national level of the Standards of Excellence process. Note that NAMI Texas is now eligible for grant funding in 2018 because of numbers 6:35 p.m. OLD BUSINESS: None 6:45 p.m. NEW BUSINESS: Empowerment through Communication and Collaboration Symposium John Dornheim. This is tentatively scheduled for May 25, 2018, in Corpus Christi. One of the topics will be HIPPA and the planning committee is open to suggestions for this and other speakers. Greg mentioned that Ron Homberg at NAMI National hosted a conversation on the topic, but we are looking for a local expert to save expenditures on travel. Symposium budget 3
would probably result in net $3,000 benefit to NAMI Texas and bring awareness to important topics in empowerment. Motion 7: Andrew motioned to move forward with the staff planning of the Empowerment through Communication and Collaboration Symposium and Bill seconded. Motion carried. Holly mentioned email campaigns include a slide show for Voices of Hope What about your NAMI affiliate has given you hope. Take selfie and send to staff for the end of year slide show on Facebook and final 2017 email. 7:00 p.m. Motion 8: Andrew motioned and Hal seconded we adjourn motion carried. Adjourned at 6:22 pm. Next meeting January 27, 2018, 9-4 at ASH. Submitted by Cindy Swain, Secretary, December 19, 2017. 4