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Alzinfo.org Chat Room, Monday 29 March 2004
6 pm
PST, 9 pm EST, Tuesday 30 March 12 pm AEST
Attendees:
Peter Ashley, PWiD, UK
Paul Bryden, TAB, Australia Christine Bryden, PWiD, Australia
Sandy Cramer, , US
Morris Friedell, PWiD, US
Shirley Garnett, PWiD, Australia
Alan Gibb, PWiD, NZ
Ruth Harris, PWiD, US
Candy Harrison, PWiD, US
Lynn Jackson, PWiD, Canada
Jeanne Lee, PWiD, US
Mary Lockhart, PWiD, US
Brian MacNaughton, PWiD, NZ
Tracey Mobley, PWiD, US
Carole Mulliken, PWiD, US
Carolyn Puggins, , Canada
Pat Rickert, , US
Garnett Russell, , US
Elaine Silverio, TAB, Canada
Ray Smith, PWiD, NZ
Ben Stevens, PWiD, US
Elaine Wright, , Canada
Alice Young, PWiD, US
Note Taker: Paul Bryden |
Apologies:
Christine Jonas-Simpson |
Item 1 Reports of President and Directors
The reports were accepted as submitted on the motion
of Jeanne Lee, seconded Mary Lockhart.
Item 2 Election of Directors
Members considered a list of Members put forward for election
to the Board. An amendment to the list was proposed by
Peter Ashley, that the titles be more clearly defined. Lynn
Jackson noted that the Directors will determine their titles
when they meet on line as an elected Board. The amendment
was withdrawn.
The proposed list of Directors was accepted on the motion
of Jeanne Lee, seconded Carole Mulliken.
Elaine Silverio agreed to act as Liaison Officer between
DASNI and Alzheimer's US (subject to the agreement of Alzheimer's
US).
Item 3 Treasurer's Report
Candy Harrison advised that the DASNI account stood
at $388.86. The report was accepted on the motion of Carole Mulliken,
seconded Elaine Silverio.
Item 5 Fundraising
Participants recalled that work had been done on fund raising
but that the Task Force needed to be re-established. Participants
felt there was a need for funding for travel to Conferences,
local, national and international, and for literature and brochures
about DASNI. It was noted that DASNI incurred annual running
costs of $900, and that DASNI enjoyed Section 501C status in
the US.
On the motion of Jeanne Lee, seconded Carole Mulliken, a Fund
Raising Group was established, comprising:
Shirley Garnett
Jeanne Lee
Tracey Mobley
Carole Mulliken
Elaine Wright
Paul Bryden agreed to act as rapporteur, and to forward
to the Group previous working papers and to propose a date for
the first meeting.
ACTION:
First meeting of the Fund Raising Group
to be arranged by the Group, which will elect its Chair. Paul
Bryden to circulate previous working papers to the Group
Item 6 Publicity
Participants noted the need for publicity. Again it was
noted that work had been done on publicity over the year, but
the need remained for work on brochures, increasing awareness
of DASNI (and dementia) at national and local levels, and improving
links to the DASNI site.
Participants noted that DASNI was not seeking to compete with
Alzheimer's Associations in the provision of support and
information about dementia. DASNI should work with and
through Associations as colleagues in the community. It
would be useful to develop a clear statement of what DASNI is
about and what it seeks to achieve.
It was observed that DASNI had achieved much since 2000.It
had changed ADI's approach and attitude to PWiDs, and through
ADI attitudes were changing at national and local levels around
the world.
On the motion of Jeanne Lee, seconded Elaine Silverio, it was agreed to
reestablish the Publicity Working Group Force, with the following
Members:
Sandy Cramer
Ruth Harris
Shirley Garnett
Mary Lockhart
Tracey Mobley
Paul Bryden agreed to act as rapporteur, and to forward
to the Group previous working papers and to propose a date for
the first meeting.
ACTION:
First meeting of the Publicity Group to be arranged by the Group,
which will define its role and elect its Chair. Paul Bryden
to circulate previous working papers to the Group.
The meeting was adjourned at 7 pm PST, 10 pm EST, Tuesday 30
March 1 pm AEST
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