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Tennessee Association of Student Nurses
House of Delegates 1
Gatlinburg Convention Center
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
October 5th-6th 2008
Call to Order: 10:42
Lacey Mangum, President: Called the Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Association of Student Nurses will to order. All meetings of the Tennessee Association of Student Nurses are conducted according to Roberts Rules of Order.
Roll Call of Delegates
Lacey Mangum, President: The first business in order was the roll call of Delegates. The Chair recognized Secretary, Caden Austin, for the roll call.
Caden Austin, Secretary: Delegates may not leave or be seated while the roll call is in progress. If a Delegate comes in late, they must write their name and school on a slip of paper and send it to the Secretary before being seated in the voting area.
Caden Austin, Secretary: Delegates have been seated in the Delegate area by school.
We will now start roll call.
Board of Directors-6
The following schools are represented.
Jackson State -4
Middle Tennessee State University-16
Tennessee Wesleyan University-8
Tennessee Technological University-3
Motlow Community College-2
Roane State Community College-2
South College-2
The following schools were not represented at this convention.
Tennesseee Technological University, Tennessee Wesleyan College Excelsior College, University of Pheonix, Aquinas College, Baptist College of Health Sciences, Belmont University, Bethel College, Carson Newman College, Chattanooga State Tech College, Cleveland State Community College, Columbia State Community College, Dyersburg State Community College, East Tennessee State University, Freed-Hardeman University, Jackson State Community College, King College, Lincoln Memorial University, Methodist Hospital, Milligan College, Motlow State Community College, Southern Adventist University, Southwest Tennessee Community College, St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing, Tennessee State University, Union University, University of Memphis, University of Tennessee Knoxville, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, University of Tennessee Memphis, University of Tennessee Martin, Vanderbilt University, Walters State Community College.
Lacey Mangum, President stated, “In accordance with the requirements of the Tennessee Association of Student Nurses, a quorum consists of 51% of the Delegates present and voting. Therefore, the Chair declares that a quorum is present. Please remember that a quorum is necessary at every business meeting in order for the House of Delegates to carry out any business. As you know, meetings of TASN are open to the public. Often, as the House is debating issues that concern the general public, the news media may come to the convention to cover such news. We believe that you will agree that the presence of the media conveys our willingness to the public scrutiny of our debates on issues that affect our profession and the public”.
Introduction
Lacey Mangum, President: At that time the Chair introduced the TASN Board of Directors, Committees and Chairpersons, Consultants and Staff. They were as follows:
Vice President: Rachel Cornett
Secretary: Caden Austin
Treasurer: Eric Howard
Middle Regional Director: Kyndall Parks
West Regional Director: Blake Jeffries
TNA Liaison: Raycene Brewer
TNA Liaison: Ellen Morris
Lacey Mangum, President: At that time, the Chair recognized special guests attending this House of Delegates: The number of guests in attendance were as follows:
Past Presidents-stand ………………………………………………………………………0
Past Board Members- stand ………………………………………………………………1
Faculty Advisors- stand …………………………………………………………………..4
Chapter Presidents- stand………………………………………………………………….5
All New Members- stand…………………………………………………………………..18
Rules for Business Meeting
Lacey Mangum, The Chair again recognized Secretary, Caden Austin, for an overview of parliamentary procedure that will be followed during all meetings of the House of Delegates.
Caden Austin THE BOD WILL NOW ACT OUT PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE. (Board acted out an example…)
Address of President
Lacey Mangum gave the Presidents End of Year report which was included in a hand out given at registration.
Lacey Mangum, President: Introduced TASN’s Eric Howard to give the report.
Eric Howard, Treasurer: The Profit and loss and balance sheet for the fiscal year 2007-2008 is found in the business book on pages 28-31.
Lacey Mangum, President: Do we have a motion to adopt the TASN 2007-2008 Fiscal Report?
Motion (1): I move to accept the 2007-2008 financial report as
written on page 28 through 31.
Submitted by: Shawn Caskey, Roane State and seconded by Kimberly Patrick, South College
Action: Carried
Adoption of Agenda
Lacey Mangum, President: The next order of business is the adoption of the order of events listed in the business book on page 26, HOD OF 1.
Motion (2): I move to accept the order of events on page 26 in the business
book as written.
Submitted by: Kimberly Patrick, South College seconded Laura Lee D, South College
Action: Carried
Slate of Officers and Report of Nominations and Elections Committee
Lacey Mangum, President: The next order of business is nominations for candidacy.
Raycene Brewer, TNA Liaison: The campaign regulations are distributed to all candidates in the business book page 8. Nominations for candidacy may be made at the first and second business session. The House of Delegates will elect the incoming Board. The slate of candidates at this time reads as follows: (Read Slated Candidates)
Raycene Brewer, TNA Liaison: Nominations from the floor are now in order. A candidate nominated from the floor must have had their credentials for eligibility completed and given to myself or TASN BOD, TNA Liaison prior to 1400 on this date. Failure to do so disqualifies the candidate.
The delegate presenting a name for nomination should state whether the member has consented to serve, if elected. All delegates will have an opportunity to listen to candidate presentations at the second House of Delegates Session. All voting delegates will have the opportunity to vote for each office including the 3 Regional Directors.
Nominations are now in order for the office of:
President:
Vice President:
Secretary:
Treasurer: Haily Armstrong, Tennessee Wesleyan nominates Sarah Bumpas, Tennessee Wesleyan
Legislative Director/BTN Director:
East Regional Director:
West Regional Director: Audrey Hodge, Jackson State Community College nominates Joey Vellie, Jackson State Community College
Middle Regional Director: Lacresha Seals, Middle Tennessee State University nominates Patricia Perry, Middle Tennessee State University
Raycene Brewer, TNA Liaison: Are there further nominations to any of the offices?
Raycene Brewer, The Nomination Chair: declares that nominations are closed for all offices until this afternoon’s business meeting, in the same location. The second business meeting will be the last opportunity to present nominations. You may pick up candidate applications from the Registration Table. All those planning to be nominated during the second meeting must have their consent-to-serve forms submitted by 1400 this day.
Lacey Mangum, President: The Chair wishes to remind you that all candidates, those on the preslated list and those who have been nominated from the floor, have an opportunity to present their qualifications and objectives for office tonight. Each Candidate will be asked to deliver a short presentation to the House of Delegates outlining his/her qualifications and goals for office. The House of Delegates, Board of Directors, and all others in attendance will be allowed 2 minutes to question each candidate.
Those persons nominated during this meeting are to come to the front immediately following this meeting to meet with the TNA Liaison.
Announcements:
Lacey Mangum, President: Are there any announcements for the House of Delegates.
Lacey Mangum, President: There are three announcements:
1.Needing volunteer coordinator for NSNA annual convention in Nashville TN April 15 through 19th, 2008.
2. Needing a new T-shirt design. Please turn in sketch/design by the closing of the third HOD.
3. Still taking applications for personal/chapter awards by the closing of the second house of delegates.
Lacey Mangum, President: The meeting is now recessed until 1650 10/4/08
Meeting Recessed at 11:54 10/4/08
