Members Present: Mary Hennings, Jay Spitulnik, Danny Sands, Mary Quilty, Eric Bersh, Matthew Holt, Liz Boehm, Brenda Merriweather, Dan Hapern-Ruder, Sarah Krüg, Vera Rulon (John Grohol (excused)
Guests/Ex Officio: None
Welcome: Mary H
Approve January minutes: Vote
- Danny motions, Vera seconds. Approved
Review monthly reports: All
- Questions?
- Danny asks are there pending payments? Mary: No, just monthly or bundled
Review/Approve financial control policies
- Reserved for next meeting
- Motion to approve addition of $65/hour for CPA hourly work beyond contract. Danny motions. Jay seconds. Approved.
Donation & Conference scholarship program: Danny, Mary
- Danny worked for John D’Amore (https://moreinformatics.com/) years ago. D’Amore set up foundation. Recently gave $15K to SPM. Grant is unrestricted (as noted in letter to SPM). Later, D’Amore requested that Dave deBronkart be given travel expenses of $2K to attend HIMMS.
- Daniel H-R – ask deBronkart to send us a letter. Say we would like to resuscitate scholarship program
- Sarah – problematical, unless program opened to all members
- Mary – can we notify membership that we have five scholarships available?
- Vera says make sure we get a benefit from reinstating scholarship program
- Liz – good benefit while we are strategizing our new direction. Worth considering. Motions that we open scholarship to 5 members, capped at $599 each and results contribute to the SPM knowledge base, via blog, report or other information
- Cindy – struggling with spending until we have a direction. But if we are considering a member benefit, this might be a good one. She will help any member write a blog
- Brenda – sounds weird to name the receipient (as specifically, deBronkart)
- Mary Q – what about scholarship receipient leaving SPM collateral at various booths (manifesto, brochure, etc.)? Need to flesh out the process
- Danny – we should create laundry list of things members could contribute. Seconds the motion.
- Motion passes
Work Stream Updates: Liz, Cindy, Mary
- Liz
- Requests status of interviews from interviewers. Put notes in the Google folder. Can make interviewees anonymous. Would like completion in 2 weeks
- Mary
- Need a date for completion
- Cindy
- Half completed on website review
Board member recruitment
- Danny – never too soon to gather names. Look for people who are good to work with; committed to the cause (make a superset of people)
- Mary – look for gaps in our membership and choose those to fill them in. Go through membership to see possibilities
- Liz – agrees with Danny
- Daniel – cull from current members?
Other business
- Danny is moderating NEHEN (New England Healthcare Executive Network, (https:// https://nehen.co/ ) conference. Sharing a panel on digital health for clinical trials
- Sarah – add board member names to various conferences.
- Danny – we have an online tool for coordinating calendars (on membership page)
- Liz – ABIM Fdn (American Board of Internal Medicine, https://www.abimfoundation.org/) member interested in “Trust” issues. Mary would like to discuss. Sarah know about them, which is about point-of-care work. Speak to Dr. Fish?
Motion to adjourn – Vera motions. Danny seconds.
Adjourned at 7:16 p.m. EDT. Next meeting: March 26, 2024, 6:00 – 7:30 pm ET
Respectfully submitted,
Eric N Bersh, SPM Board Secretary
