NERS 2007 Planning committee conference call

Wednesday March 22, 2006 6p -7p

1-888-872-2038 3113#

Participants: Gina Crocker, Julie Bunn, Phyllis Berg, Eva Bodio, Carlene Kincaid, Kim Munto,

Faye Everson, Robin Walsh

Discussion	Action Item	Plan	Responsible person
Publicity for NERS 2006	Create “Save the Date” flyers to distribute at NERS 2006	Gina created a slide for MENA conference; will have 150 paper copies made to distribute; she will bring them to April 12^th meeting	Gina Crocker
Meeting planning and vendor contact information obtained at Leadership in Austin	Helen Pollard - ENA meeting planner Pam Bloch - ENAF fundraising each gave handouts and good information that will be useful	make copies of information received; plan brief presentation for April 12^th meeting	Robin Walsh
In the past, host state passed along a binder with information on vendors, charges, participant numbers, budget, etc to next state - where is it? Does it still exist?	Research its existence	Contact NH to see if they have this to pass on to us Contact Diane Gurney, Nicki Gilboy re: Mass’ last NERS	Robin to contact Gail from NH and Nicki Faye will contact Diane *Julie has e-mailed Gail from NH re: planning participation *suggested wrap-up meeting information especially important
Plymouth Radisson contract - due March 30^th	Needs to be reviewed, need to consider meeting planning information received from national	contract extension, send copies of contract to Julie, Faye, Robin and Carlene for review and suggestions	Gina will send copies of contract and she will call Plymouth Radisson for extension on signing the contract
Plans for April 12^th meeting	meeting agenda; calendar for subsequent meetings; identify sub-committee chairs and members;	Jay Barrett: treasury Deb Tonelli: vendors Deb Delaney: registration Donna Zimmerman: education need sub chairs for Hospitality and Publicity	Julie and Gina co-chairs
speakers	ideas/topics standard speaker’s fee?	Ongoing Solicitation, review flyers from other conferences for ideas	committee

Next meeting is Wednesday April 12^th at 4pm

Taunton Holiday Inn (see latest MENU and/or web site www.mass-ena.org for directions)