Minutes from August 19, 2025
Posted 2 days ago by Vivian Jimenez
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August 19, 2025 Business Meeting Minutes
Start Time: 6:35 pm Meeting
Presentation: Dr. Angus Lowry, MD with Advance Pain Care
Topic: Chronic Pain Management
Location: La Plaza Restaurant
Meeting called to order by Mandy Glikas @ 6:35pm
Meeting Preliminaries
- President’s greeting and call to order
- Approval of May’s Business Meeting Minutes [Motion to approve made by Vivian Jimenez; seconded by Kristen Sharma]
- Job announcements: Covenant Pediatric Surgery
- Introduction of officers, recognition of NP students and guest
New Business
- Nominations for next NP highlight; email nominees to SPNPA
- Accepting applications for scholarships; deadline September 30, 2025
- UMC Conference is this Friday August 22nd; open to public
- TNP Conference is September 25-28, 2025
- Share ideas for advertising for NP week in November; Covenant/UMC to sponsor, billboards, movie theaters
- If there is interest we can sell NP shirts and sweaters
- Lubbock Impact is looking for volunteers for free clinic
- Need to choose organization to donate to this fall
- Discussed year end gathering which takes place in December
Old Business
- Membership forms and fees- $30 for student members, $60 for members All done electronically on SPNPA ENP website. **Please register or renew membership to continue to receive full access to all membership benefits.
- Monthly SPNPA meetings date and times will be posted 2 weeks prior to meeting on Facebook and ENP website.
- Committees need to meet and report at each business meeting.
- Scholarships for MSN students were increased to $1,000 for 2 students.
- There is $13,093.00 in the SPNPA bank account.
Officer Reports
- President: Many Glikas
- Vice President: Stephanie Gerhart
- Treasurer: Monica Philip
- Secretary: Vivian Jimenez
Miscellaneous Announcements
- None
Meeting Adjournment @ 6:45 pm
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