CSORN General Meeting Minutes 2009
CSORN General Meeting MinutesJune 21, 2009
West Harbour Castle
Toronto OntarioWelcome and call to order by CSORN President, Rosemary BickertonThe other CSORN executive members were presented: Vice-President: Janet Powers
Treasurer: Veronica Mills
Secretary: Pascale RinfretApproval of General Meeting Agenda Approved by Kristine Feaver-Noseworthy, Past President Approval of Minutes from last year’s Executive Meeting, June 14 2008, Whistler BC KUDOS To Marcella Tutay for organizing this Conference Day in Toronto To Maggie Besterfield from Ottawa for having climbed Mount Kilimanjaro twice Business Arising: The French CSORN logo will be corrected. The acronym SCIIEO will be changed to SCIIO to reflect the name of the association: It should read: “Société canadienne des infirmières et infirmiers en ophtalmologie”, hence the acronym SCIIO. The French word “enregistré” is not a word utilized to designate a registered nurse in French. The designations used are “infirmière” and “infirmière auxilliaire” in Québec, while the designations “infirmière autorisée” and “infirmière auxilliaire autorisée” are used in Ontario. New Business: Treasurer Report: Presented by Veronica Mills, Treasurer We are now accepting requests for sponsorship, up to $100, from members in good standing, to attend other conferences/workshops during the year. The requirements are the same as for the CSORN annual meeting. Would all applicants for any funding from CSORN please do so personally by either e-mailing or mailing the request to Veronica. Secretary Report: Presented by Pascale Rinfret, Secretary
There are 190 paid members for 2009 and 3 honorary members.
Some members who registered today. We welcome you!
Please provide email address if you have not done so; it is easier to send the newsletter in a timely fashion.Provincial Reports Maritimes: Halifax will host the first “Atlantic Eye Symposium” on September 18 & 19th, 2009. Quebec by Mary-Ann Browne Ontario by Rosemary Bickerton Saskatchewan: Debbie Boulanger Manitoba: Karen Terlinski British Columbia: Shona Lobo Web site update www.csorn.ca The Ontario Group will pay for the maintenance of the website until June 2010. Conference Planning guidelines/ Month to month event planner Summary of discussions from Executive Meeting Next year is a voting year for the CSORN Executive. Positions open will be Vice President, and Secretary. Registration fees for COS will remain at $170.00. $100 goes to COS, $70 goes to CSORN. Next year’s COS/CSORN Conference will be in beautiful Quebec City from June 26 to 29th 2010. Rosemary asked the group on which day it would be better to have the conference. After discussion, it was decided to continue on the Sunday. If the meeting was on Saturday, the exhibits would not be opened and coffee and lunch would not be offered. Next years Conference Coordinator in Quebec City . We will need a Conference Coordinator or a group of nurses to organize the CSORN Conference in 2010. Anybody who is interested can contact Rosemary Bickerton. The nurses do not need to come from the province of Quebec. One of the advantages of being the Conference Coordinator is that the registration fees are reimbursed.Organisation of the Conference is a good learning experience and is a great asset to add to a resume.Other BusinessWHO Surgical Safety Checklist: A surgical safety checklist was developed by the World Health Organisation to prevent errors in operating rooms. Rosemary asked the group if their hospitals were using the WHO original checklist or if the list had been adapted for their specific OR’s.
About 75% of the responders stated that their Hospital had slightly modified the WHO Safety checklist.Meeting adjourned at 8h50
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