Present: Danny S. Michael M., Sarah K., Alan G., Gonzolo B., David Harlow,  John G., Deb L.

1. Minutes from last meeting

• The ONC is looking for patients panelists and  SPM Board of Directors Panelists for HDI in Washington, DC (Deb to follow up with Damon)
  • Alan, Sarah, Micheal, and Danny would be available to participate in HDI
• Institute for Patient-Centered-Family Care : a group that provides input to hospitals and feds on how to be more patient centered is also looking for SPM involvement (Sarah and Mike to follow up)

2. Seal update (Alan)

• Wire-frame and visual mock-ups passed around for review; platform development is on schedule.

5. Response to MU proposed rule (David Harlow)

• Adrian Gropper and David Harlow to review before May 7th
• Will we have time to run this by our membership?
  • We’re going to use the comments people submitted and enter those on their behalf.
    • Submitting individual comments on behalf of members is something the ONC has encouraged.
  • The formal response incorporates much of the dialog from the listserve and, as David is putting the final touches on the draft, he will encourage people to submit their own comments by posting the comment link to the listserve.
• A technical component of the letter is critical but we’d like to avoid they hyper technicalities O-Off / Daicom Standards (standard image storage) so the document remains focused on the theoretical aspects of patient centered design. This is in an effort to avoid misinterpretation and to prevent the Society from falling into the habit of endorsing specific technologies we don’t have the dedicated resources to research and track.

8. Executive Director Job Position

• Job description and salary to be discussed via email (John G.)
• In addition to fundraising responsibilities, aspects of this position will involve day-to-day Secretary tasks, consistent member management and various Treasurer duties.
  • John G. to stay on to begin training this position.

9. Elections

• Members at Large: Danny to send out note to full membership to nominate a list of members that will then be winnowed down (Deb to help draft and collect member responses)
• President Elect: Can be anyone (on or off board); needs to be voted on by the board; we welcome suggestions
• John G.: John stays on as Treasurer but exec director will take on large aspects of the role (Sarah and John G. to review)
• Alan G.: to reduce involvement but stay on as a Seal Director  and Board Chair; he will be in charge of running quarterly board meetings
• Deb L.: To step down as Secretary before Aug. to start grad-school. Members will be asked to nominate a new Secretary.

10. Member transparency on website

• You can see all the members even if you’re not a member on the website do we want to change that?
  • Yes –  restrict member access to members only (John G.)

We did not get to the following points due to an extended discussion on the upcoming MU Stage 2 deadline:

6. Panels and speakers procedure

7. Consulting engagement

3. Strategic planning (Sarah)

4. HIMSS relationship (Sarah)

11. Update that in lieu of board meeting we will send an update

12. quick follow-up on Mother Knows SPM discount/gift/membership dies