Board of Directors

2009 Motions

Moved, That the Board of Directors elect ASHA Audiology member, Kenneth Pugh, to fill a vacancy on the ASHA Audiology Advisory Council for the state of Hawaii for a 1-year term beginning January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009.

Approved

Moved, That the Board of Directors elect ASHA Audiology member, Jean-Pierre Gagne, to fill a vacancy on the ASHA Audiology Advisory Council for the International Residency representative for a 2-year term beginning January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2010.

Approved

Moved, That the Board of Directors elect ASHA Audiology member, Beth B. O'Brien, to fill a vacancy on the ASHA Audiology Advisory Council for the state of Colorado for a 1-year term beginning January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009.

Approved

Moved, That the Board of Directors approve the appointment of Dennis L. Burrows to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Board of Trustees for a three-year term (2009–2011).

Approved

Moved, That the ASHA Board of Directors approve a meeting of key ASHA volunteer leaders and staff with key NSSLHA volunteer leaders to explore ways in which ASHA and NSSLHA can better meet the needs of all CSD undergraduate and graduate students. The outcome of this meeting will be the identification of strategies that will enable ASHA, in conjunction with its support of NSSLHA, to be the professional home for all graduates of audiology and speech-language pathology graduate programs; and further

Moved, That the ASHA Board of Directors approve funding for this one-day meeting in an amount not to exceed $5,000. These funds will support, if needed, the expenses of the NSSLHA president, NSSLHA vice president, the NSSLHA Executive Director, the NSSLHA representative to the ASHA Audiology Advisory Council (2009), and an audiology member of NSSLHA from the University of Arizona NSSLHA chapter. The ASHA participants will be the ASHA president, ASHA president-elect, vice presidents for Academic Affairs in Audiology and in Speech-Language Pathology, the ASHA Executive Director, ASHA's Chief Staff Officers for Audiology and for Communications, and ASHA's Director of Academic Affairs. The ASHA volunteers participating in this meeting will use their officers' discretionary travel budget funds.

Approved

Moved, That funds in the amount of $966 be reallocated within the OCB budget for the purpose of the Chair of the Publications Board to travel to the National Office for orientation of chair responsibilities.

Approved

Moved, That the ASHA Board of Directors adopt the Global Principles of Socially Responsible Associations and Nonprofits.

Approved

Moved, That action on BOD 50-2008 be postponed until the 2nd quarter budget and financial status information is available for review and discussion by the ASHA BOD.

Approved

Moved, That the Board of Directors appoint Erika J. Krupkin, a speech-language pathology member in Nevada, to serve on the Speech-Language Pathology Advisory Council for a two-year term beginning January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2010.

Approved

Moved, That pursuant to BOD 44-2008 (approved on November 10, 2008), the Executive Director is authorized to execute an amended Sales Agreement for the sale of the 10801 Rockville Pike property to LandCap Partners (or its assigns) per the specified terms.

Approved

Moved, That ASHA's contribution of $500,000 to the National Association for Hearing and Speech Action (NAHSA) contributed in 2007, may be spent by NAHSA through 2011.

Approved

Moved, That the ASHA Board of Directors authorizes the Task Force on Special Interest Divisions Structure, Programs, and Operations (Task Force) to conduct an additional conference call to finalize the Task Force Plan and conduct the second facilitated meeting to develop a communication plan.

Approved

Moved, That ASHA endorse the International Brain Injusry Association's 8th Biennial World Congress, to be held March 10–14, 2010 in Washington, DC.


Approved

Moved, That the Board of Directors elect ASHA Audiology member, Roger Fagan, to fill a vacancy on the ASHA Audiology Advisory Council for the state of Maine for a 3-year term beginning January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2012.

Approved

Moved, That the Board of Directors elect ASHA Audiology member, Janis Hayes-Strom, to fill a vacancy on the ASHA Audiology Advisory Council for the state of Montana for a 3-year term beginning January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2012.

Approved

Moved, That the Board of Directors elect ASHA Audiology member, Kate McLaughlin, to fill a vacancy on the ASHA Audiology Advisory Council for the state of New Hampshire for a 3-year term beginning January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2012.

Approved

Moved, That the Board of Directors elect ASHA Audiology member, Robert Ivy, to fill a vacancy on the ASHA Audiology Advisory Council for the state of New Mexico for a 3-year term beginning January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2012.

Approved

Moved, That the revised Committee on Nominations and Elections Operational Procedures be approved.

Approved

Moved, That the ASHA Board of Directors approve a second meeting of Audiology organization representatives who are members of the Audiology Quality Consortium. The purpose of this meeting will be to develop strategies for advancing the quality measures created by the Consortium to enable CMS recognition of audiology quality measures. The meeting will enable the Audiology organization representatives to identify advocacy strategies to advance the position articulated by the Consortium on behalf of the profession of audiology and, further

Moved, That the ASHA Board of Directors approve funding for this one day meeting in an amount not to exceed $12,000.00 to support the travel, lodging, and per diem expenses of the Audiology Quality Consortium members. Expenditure to come from the BOD Contingency fund (current balance is $74,000). The ASHA volunteers participating in this meeting will use their officers’ discretionary travel budget funds.

Approved

Moved, That the Board of Directors elect ASHA Audiology member, Matthew Rumsey, to fill a vacancy on the ASHA Audiology Advisory Council for the state of South Dakota for a 1-year term beginning January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010.

Approved

Moved, That the Board of Directors elect ASHA Speech-Language Pathology member, Edward Hebert, to fill a vacancy on the ASHA Speech-Language Pathology Advisory Council for the state of Massachusetts for a 1-year term beginning January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010.

Approved

Moved, That That the Board of Directors elect ASHA Speech-Language Pathology member, Wendy Fox, to fill a vacancy on the ASHA Speech-Language Pathology Advisory Council for the District of Columbia for a 3-year term beginning January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2012.

Approved

Moved, That Anne Marie Tharpe's term as a member of the Continuing Education Board be extended one year to December 31, 2010 due to the resignation of member Anthony Caruso.

Approved

Moved, That ASHA establish an Associate Membership Level.

Approved

Moved, That an action plan be developed to address item A in memorandum dated August 21, 2009: “Utilize information provided by the Ad Hoc Committee on SLP Assistants (August 2008), to develop state model legislation and regulations (in consultation with other ASHA committees and related boards) that clearly establish a service continuum ladder for the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology by specifying the training, clinical roles, responsibilities, and required supervision for bachelors and associates education levels, as well as recommendations for other considerations for Board decisions to effectively implement the model.”

Approved

Moved, That the Audiology sub-committee recommends that John Durrant be designated as the North American representative to the meeting of the Affiliated Societies at the ISA (International Society of Audiology) meeting in Brazil March 28-April 1, 2010 with Linda Hood as the alternate. The North American Affiliated Societies of the ISA are ASHA, AAA, and the American Auditory Society. Both Drs. Durrant and Hood are members of all three organizations. There is no expense associated with this designation.

Approved

Moved, That Ruth Dennis be approved for the Public Member Position on the Council For Clinical Certification (CFCC) for a term starting 1/1/2010 and ending 12/31/2012.

Approved

Moved, That Lawrence Molt be approved for the Speech-Language Scientist Position on the Council For Clinical Certification (CFCC) for a term starting 1/1/2010 and ending 12/31/2012.

Approved

Moved, That Dawn Betts be approved for the Speech-Language Pathologist position on the Council For Clinical Certification (CFCC) for a term starting 1/1/2010 and ending 12/31/2012.

Approved

Moved, That Roy Shinn be approved for the Audiologist position for the Council for Clinical Certification for a term starting 1/1/2010 and ending 12/31/2012.

Approved

Moved, That Virginia Berry be approved for the Audiologist position on the Council For Clinical Certification (CFCC) for a term starting 1/1/2010 and ending 12/31/2012.

Approved

Moved, That the policy document, Guidelines for the Responsible Conduct of Research: Ethics and the Publication Process, be amended to replace obsolete language with the suggested language included in the memo to the Board, dated October 6, 2009.

Approved

Moved, That the Board of Directors elect ASHA Speech-Language Pathology member, Candace Bishop, to fill a vacancy on the ASHA Speech-Language Pathology Advisory Council for the state of Hawaii for a 3-year term beginning January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2012.

Approved

 



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