BoD Meeting Minutes

LOCATION	Teleconference	QUORUM (Y/N)	Y
ATTENDEES	Lenora Brace, Angela Spence-Bedard, , Stan Marchuk, Erin, April Steele, Kaitlyn Assapour, Georg MacDonald
REGRETS	Jinelle
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
ITEM	DISCUSSION	ACTION REQUIRED
Introduction & opening	Lenora opened meet: (AST) 8:21
Approval past minutes: Dec 9, 2020	Motion: 2^nd:Approved:	Not available. Georg to send to exec. For approval when ready.
Approval of Agenda	Motion: Stan Second: Angela Approved with additions of 1) Committee Introductions and current projects – Angela 2) Strategic Goals and Objectives for Professional Education – April
UPDATES/REMINDERS
Reminders	Discussion	ACTION Required
Submit for expense reimbursement for out-of-pocket costs and include receipts. Do not put expenses paid on NPAC Visa card on your expense claims. Please send these invoices/receipts in a separate email from expense claims to invoicing@npac-aiipc.org Treasurer will etransfer the reimbursements.	Treasurer has NPAC Credit Card, as does Lenora. Will have to be changed when we acquire a new treasurer.
Work in Progress
NP Week Nov 7-13	Seeking national recognition.	Angela to take this on, with Erin. Georg to send Angela and Erin previously sent letters.
TO DISCUSS AND VOTE ON
Financial update (Jinelle)	Jinelle sent regrets.
https://www.ccrnr.ca/nurse-practitioners.html CCRNR – National Project on Nurse Practitioner Regulation Phase 2 (stakeholder panel) Stan & Carolle representing NPAC	Dec. Meeting cancelled due to covid. Hopefully being rescheduled for Jan/Feb..
Association of Faculties of Medicine (AFMC) There is a meeting on Jan 26/21 with Canadian Association Radiologist Working Group for Clinical Decision Support		.
There is a meeting with Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada- Feb 2/21
Education Committee for Families for Addiction Recovery https://www.farcanada.org/ Chair Doug Hunter.	no email response yet from Doug Hunter AFMC modules on Opioids which are scheduled to be released early in 2021. These modules will be open to anyone to access them just be setting an ID and password. https://elentra.opdes.queensu.ca/guest/signin/ Phone meeting held August 28. He proposes we be a part of the funding Health Canada has provided to MD students and current MDs. With amendments for NPs we will have access to the platform for education on addiction. NPs have option to access MD student Learning Modules through Queens University [no cost]. Feb. 2023 goal to have education available for licensed MDs, NPs, and other professionals [integrated education].
Join Perkopolis	Adds benefit to membership Work in process, pending implementation of new membership platform
Guild Membership Platform	Work on platform is progressing. Partners are giving positive feedback.
Request from NPS of New Brunswick for letter of support from NPAC-AiiPC	Long discussion re: same.	Lenora to construct letter and place on Google Docs for everyone to see and comment.
NP Access to SOGC Compassionate Program is only accessible if a MD signs the form. Could NPAC have a similar program with industry support as a member benefit?		Erin agreed to reach out to pharmaceutical reps regarding this issue.
Current Committees	There are no sitting committees at this time.
Professional Education Strategic Goals and Objectives	Currently there is no guiding document for this.

Adjourned: AST: 2212 Motioned: Stan Seconded: Angela Next BOD meeting: To be determined.