2006 House of Delegates - September 15, 2006 ~~~ Following the afternoon CE's.

 

WVDHA 2005 HOD MEETING

(pending approval at the 2006 Annual session)

Lisa Lisauckis called the 2005 House of Delegates meeting of the WVDHA to order on Friday, September 16, 2005 at the Days Inn Flatwoods, WV.  In attendance were:  Lisa Lisauckis (Speaker of the House), Deidra Pennington (President Elect), Cynthia Maret (Immediate Past President), Lynne Muth (Secretary), Jennifer Blaskovich, Cheryl Brown (KVDHA Delegate), Robyn Allen (Vice President), Michelle Sweeney (TSDHA Trustee), Jeanette Gryskevich (TSDHA Delegate), Cathy Frere (Treasurer), Dawn M. Yost (MVDHA Delegate), Dawn Ann Dean, Karen Guills, Tara Olczak, Dina Vaughan, and Jason Webb. 

Jennifer Blaskovich reported the 2005 award recipients from WLSC.  Monica Calvert received the WVDHA Leadership & Professionalism Award, and Danielle Olczewski was awarded the WVDHA Patient Education Award. Colleen Webberly was chosen as an alternate student delegate to ADHA from District III.  Students from WVU receiving awards were Elizabeth Hubbard, who received the 2005 WVDHA Leadership & Professionalism Award, and Kristin Roy, who received the 2005 WVDHA Patient Education Award.  WVU Tech award recipients were not listed. 

The appointment of Tellers was not needed, as there was a ballot by acclamation.

 Lynne Muth certified that a quorum was present, and the business meeting began.

 A motion to approve the agenda was passed.

 The minutes from the 2004 HOD meeting were amended to include the following PBY changes:

• In Article V, Section 2, add – The President will serve as the liaison to the West Virginia Board of Dental Examiners and will report information to the Board of Trustees at the following board meeting or if necessary, immediately.  If the President is unable to attend the WVBoDE meetings, the President may appoint someone in his/her place.  The appointee must report back to the President all information within five days after the WVBoDE meeting.
• In Article XII, Sections E & F – change the word qualified to qualifying.

 The minutes were approved as amended.

 All Annual Reports were approved and will be kept on file.  No report on the 2005 Strategic Plan was available.

 All ADHA 2005 PR’s and PBY’s were approved for adoption by WVDHA.

Lynne Muth on behalf of Tri-State DHA submitted a PBY change of Article IV, Sec.4.  Discussion followed with Dawn Yost, Cynthia Maret, Deidra Pennington and Lynne Muth speaking in favor of the change.  It was recommended that the PBY be amended to include the schedule of election of officers.  The PBY then read as follows:

• All WVDHA Executive Board Officers shall hold their elected offices for a term of two years.  The President, President-Elect, Secretary, and Speaker of the House will be elected in an even year.  The Vice President and Treasurer will be elected in an odd year.

  The PBY change to Article IV, Sec. 4 was adopted.

 Nominations from the floor were as follows:

• Trustee at large-
• Delegate at large-Tara Olczak
• President Elect -Dawn Ann Dean
• Speaker of the House- Michele Sweeney

 A motion passed to accept the ballot by acclamation.

 New Business:

• Spring Symposium will be held on March 4, 2006 in Summersville, WV at the Comfort Inn.
• Annual Session is scheduled for September 15 & 16, 2006 in Flatwoods, WV at the Days Inn
• Executive Board meetings will be held on Jan 7, 2006 (location TBA), March 3, 2006 (in Summersville, WV) and May 20, 2006 (location TBA).
• ADHA Annual Session 2006 will be held in Orlando, FL in June.

  Cynthia Maret presented a plaque to Jen Grilli to honor her year as WVDHA President.

 Motion to adjourn was followed by the installation of officers, which was conducted by Cynthia Maret.

 Respectfully submitted by Lynne Muth