HABA Meeting Minutes

Date:4/15/09

Attendees:Tatekawa’s, Rachel Huckfeldt, Jessie Mitchell, Christin Walton, Caroline De Jesus, Lezlee Powell, Todd Addelson, Don Wachelka, Fred Attard, Yuri Hasegawa, Kelly Stern, Gina Marie Restivo, Johanna Morrow, Justin Kyriannis

 

Topic: List Serv

Discussion: Encourage people to sign up; both HABA members and non-members

Conclusions: everyone try to get two people to sign up

 

Actions items

Responsible Person:

Deadline

Create an instructional worksheet to assist with the use of the listserv

Jessie and/or Justin

 

Poll members regarding the addition of a chat function within the listserv

Justin

 

Post another article with fewer questions

Jessie and Christin

1st week in May

 

 

Topic:HABA conference (September)

Discussion:Disinguishing levels between basic ABA content and more advanced and the possibility of incorporating Morningside content

Conclusions: TBD by the conference committee

Actions items

Responsible Person:

Deadline

Poll members on listserv to determine topics for conference

Justin

 

Discuss with Morningside staff to determine interest in having Summer Institute incorporated

Lawrence

ASAP

Communicate interest in conference with committee

All members

ASAP

 

 

Topic:Non-profit status

Discussion:at a stand still, having difficulty obtaining information or moving things along

Conclusions: Determine cost and conduct a benefit analysis to determine if the use of a legal representative is necessary to move things along

Actions items

Responsible Person:

Deadline

Locate legal assistance and determine cost/benefit

Jessie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Topic:ABA international conference

Discussion: HABA meeting (on chapter development night), poster and volunteers

Conclusions: no volunteers to update and create a new poster so old one will be used?

Actions items

Responsible Person:

Deadline

Update poster

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Topic:Growth of HABA

Discussion: more interest in recent months, 21 BCBA’s, improve brochure, chart shares

Conclusions: spread the word and make meetings more functional in terms of content (chart shares)

Actions items

Responsible Person:

Deadline

Bring new people to meetings

All members

 

Improve/update brochure

Brianna and Lawrence

ASAP

Post brochure on website

Justin

 

Poll listserv on the interest of having chart share meetings

Justin

 

Next meeting (after ABAI conf)-August 12th at 6:30 Liliha Library

All members

 

 

Topic:Newsletter

Discussion:advertising in newsletter adding info learned from ABAI conference

Conclusions:

Actions items

Responsible Person:

Deadline

Write summary of workshop or seminar at ABAI

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