Members Present: Mary Hennings, Eric Bersh, Brenda Merriweather, Jay Spitulnik, Danny Sands, Daniel Halpern-Ruder, John Grohol, Melanie Albanese, Amy Price, Sarah Krug

Welcome: Mary H

Approve minutes from last meeting: Vote

• Danny/Jay. Approved

Review of reports

• Finance (little change from November).
  • Membership lags
  • 2025 Budget prepared. Will be shared soon

Index updates

• Fundraising & Marketing
  • Pitch deck ready (in Google Drive folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kPY9rYKhnGycJb4y3P9GJKXsk1eNqryc?usp=sharing)
  • 3 test questions fielded through Beryl Inst.
    • Qualitative research first
    • Regional quantitative research next followed by national
  • Meeting 12/20 with Robert Wood Johnson Fdn
  • Liz reaching out to Danny van Leeuwen re: connecting to PCORI
  • Mary would like help from Board members re: fundraising

Attendance at Brand Strategy Workshop

• Jeff Freedman event (a weekday)
  • Amy Price would like to consult with JMIR after meeting

NEU Event Update

• March 20 at Cabral Center on NEU campus
• Keynote speaker identified
• Kristin Ternullo working on marketing
• CEU’s will be offerred (Pharmacy, Nursing)
• Webinar available

Retreat

• Focus available as a Google doc
• Danny: need everyone’s involvement
• Danny/Amy discuss nature of Index project
• Maybe do a pre-meeting with small group followed with notes for larger Board to cogitate and comment
  • email Mary if you want to be involved with pre-retreat group (Boston)
• Jay suggests pre-retreat happens after branding decided
• Dan suggests we define our mission statement and make sure it aligns with everything we are currently working on

2025 Budget and Goal Setting

• See notes about Retreat

Journal Update: Discussion

• Amy Price introduces herself to the Board as Exec Editor for the JOPM https://jopm.jmir.org/. Wants Journal to be a major journal. Wants to involve student advisors.  Wants to bring in informatics.  Wants to involve patients and clinicians

Annual Conflict of Interest Disclosure

• Board needs to sign conflict of interest statement (form avail in this meeting chat and on Google Drive

Officer Election: January 2025

• Review of Board officers. Election impending.  If anyone wants to run to be an officer, let Mary know

 Adjourned at  7:30 p.m. EDT.  Next meeting: January 28, 2025, 6:00 – 7:30 pm ET

Respectfully submitted,

Eric N Bersh, SPM Board Secretary