Members Present: Brenda Merriweather, Eric Bersh, Danny Sands, John Grohol, Melanie Albanese, Kevin Freiert, Dan Halpren-Ruder, Julianne Bride, Marie Maloney, Amanda Joseph, Mary Hennings

Welcome: Mary Hennings

Approve minutes from last meeting: Vote

• March: Kevin/Marie.  April:  Dan/Amanda.  Both months approved

Review of reports

• Health Union corporate membership $$ coming in

Index major workstreams

• Amanda (Development)
  • Liz met with Beryl to clarify questions
  • Tina Bronkhorst helping with Excel cross tabulations and statistical testing for a small fee. Danny/Brenda. Fee approved
• Kevin (Communications & Marketing)
  • New name: Collaborative Healthcare Action Measurement Platform, (“CHAMP”)
  • Name liked by Board. Vote: Kevin/Danny. Approved
  • Add “Populations” to second slide bullet
• Mary (Funding)
  • Working on use cases and testing them. Followed by Research and targeting funders
  • Looking at funding best practices
  • Will need Communications Group pitch deck aligned to specific funders
• Asking Board for limited pot of funds to keep committees moving forward. Grohol makes motion to assign 10K as initial budget  Kevin seconds.

Copy Writer motto integration

• Two proposals came in to freshen up our website. One was pricey and required a separate designer. Second committed to “light” design work.  Fee was lower for second submission.  Vote: Marie/Amanda.  Board approved second proposal.

Other 2025 priorities

• General information
  • Liz Boehm has asked to temporarilly step away from Board responsibilities for personal reasons
• Define messaging stream with goals. Follow with webinars, speaking at conferences, internships (suggested by Amanda).  Possibly hire a communications expert (Danny).  Possible NEU Xn Project (Marie).
• Danny: Prepare a Resolution in honor of Nancy Finn. Mary notes that certain members would like to contribute to SPM in her memory. Vote: Danny/Eric. Board approved.  Brenda suggests in future doing a spotlight on members to be included in the newsletter.

Matching Gift reminder/Health Union certification

• $500 matching grant available
• Health Union program is free. HU suggests when people complete certification they get a free one-year membership in SPM. This is still under Board consideration.

 Journal Update

• Skipped

Adjourned at  7:41 p.m. EDT.  Next meeting: June 24, 2025, 6:00 – 7:30 pm ET

Respectfully submitted,

Eric N Bersh, SPM Board Secretary