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Meeting Minutes #5 March 27, 2011; Meeting Minutes #5 March 27, 2011
Topic Started: Mar 28 2011, 12:57 AM (258 Views)
Jessy Morrison

OBTA - ONTARIO BODYTALK ASSOCIATION
General Meeting Minutes for Mar 25 2011


Attending:
Nicole Fisher ( Newmarket), Karyn Geeza (Sudbury), Dave Huff (Barrie),
Jessy Morrison (Barrie), Janine Hutchinson (Barrie), Bill Wallace (Vaughan),
Lena Mascarin (Vaughan)

Skype:
Diannah Benson (Bracebridge), Julia Laidlaw (Kingston), Janice McDonald (Brantford),
Luke Morrison (Toronto), Olga Zuyderhoff (Ottawa)

Opening Ceremony was observed.
Three candles, representing the Past, Present, and Future were lit by OBTA President, David Huff. Dave set the tone of the meeting by saying, “We walk in the back of the Giants who have gone before us. We are in the midst of severe change in the Health Care Industry. We are taking the mantle of Leaders (Giants of the future), by creating the OBTA.

David Huff opened the meeting asking for any questions that need be addressed. Minutes of the previous meeting were adopted without changes. After checking to see if there was business arising from the previous minutes, the agenda was given Topics to consider included: website ideas, how we want to create unity, the money question – do we create a membership structure with various levels of membership? How do we cover the various expenditures that will come up in running the association?
The metaphor symbols of infusing Life force into the association (blood) using money (fluids) so we can be in a position to decide what actions we wish to take in the OBTA. Opened the discussion to the floor that we cannot talk funds until we lay groundwork of what goals we wish to achieve and then look into budget requirements to attain those goals. Discussions of the various statements developed throughout the process have been posted on the Zeta Board. You may view them on http://s4.zetaboards.com/Ontario_BodyTalk/topic/8155277/1/ .

Synopsis of today’s meeting: Fees
Value
Budget

Target Audience: Practitioners
Non-practitioners (General Public)

Value to Practitioners: Cost Conscious, Professional, unifying, local promoting of Upcoming seminars, talks, tradeshows, affiliations,
funding, website

Value to public: Information - simple, educational,
Health Insurance Coverage for BT


Wish / Value/Goals List:
• Have Health Insurance Coverage for clients
• Official Annual Conference/symposium
• Best skills Practices
• Promotion: Website, Domain name purchase
• Newsletter
• Form letter for coverage package
• Educational Needs package
• non-practitioner share resource
• Promotional Material (flyers, rack cards, banners, etc)cost & shipping from IBA thru OBTA to save on customs and shipping
duties from USA
• Central source of info to public
• Bios of practitioners
• OBTA shirts, pens, brochures, promo materials
• Initiatives Business cards with emblem, pins with emblem
• A mentoring umbrella requested –ideas from those wiling to donate time or charge for doing this

Action items:

1) Further definition of OBTA Charter Structure of Roles and Responsibilities Dave Huff
2) Concept of Symposium/General meeting inaugural event Autumn 2011 Nicole & Lena to spearhead and contact events
volunteers listed in previous meeting minutes
Note: other volunteers wanted.
3) Insurance coverage info report
4) Pres & VP solicitation letter for startup contribution/infusion w/ details
of where to send funds to; banking processes; and info outlining values Nicole Fisher & Dave Huff
5) Solicitation letter to members from NF & DH Karyn to create letterhead before April 3
6) Technology meeting to investigate website & on-line support system
with contact capabilities& tools for payment, options and alternatives,
domain name, etc Luke and Dave to meet and discuss Monday
March 28, 2011
7) Purchase of www.OBTA.org & www.OBTA.co Luke Morrison
8) Investigate costs of promotional items for budget examination Janine Hutchinson
9) Alternate volunteer secretary to take minutes at May 1st meeting
as Jessy is unable to attend next meeting on May 1st Lena Mascarin

The meeting ended on a high note with the accomplishment of creating action steps for the Ontario BodyTalk Association wish list.

Agenda items for the next meeting were discussed. David encouraged the attendees to take initiative individually to come up with ideas in their various areas of interest, but pass it by him first before sending out surveys etc…

Participants were encouraged to use the Zeta Board and Facebook to participate in the on-going discussions. Topics to consider included: website ideas, how we want to create unity, the money question – do we create a membership structure with various levels of membership? How do we cover the various expenditures that will come up in running the association?

Janice McDonald, Karyn Geeza & Luke Morrison are to communicate on membership communication committee ideas...

The next meeting was set for May 1, 2011 at 10:00 a.m.
Location: to be confirmed
(possibly Waterloo to allow southern Ontario to attend).

As the meeting was adjourned a closing meditation was observed, and the candles were extinguished. “Keep in our minds we are Leaders. Leading comes from within. Our actions speak of the type of leader we are. Respect for each other is paramount. If there are concerns bring them to the table where we can model leadership and where we can bring this into our life and accomplish. This forum is a safe place, not a voting body but a consensus. Dissention in our midst would grow like a cancer eroding our vision. Remember the strengths of the past the present and the future.”

Insight into the how the statements developed along the way will be posed at a later date on the zeta board/Jess
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