Friday, April 23, 2004
Grand Hyatt Hotel, Seattle, WA
Presiding: Selena Swartzfager, President
Recorder: Marilyn Hargrave, Secretary

The business meeting was called to order at 8:55 am.

Minutes:
Selena turned the meeting over to Susie Miller, current Past President.

The minutes of the April 25, 2003 Annual Meeting were read and approved as written.

Old Business:
Financial Report: The balance of the BONUS administrative fund ending March 31, 2004 was $15,715.76. This balance includes $3150 in dues, $175.30 interest earned and $1669.20 expenses.

New Business:
Rudy Gomez presented a proposal for a change to the BONUS by-laws regarding honorary and alumni membership under Section III: Membership. Rudy told the group that the printed copy of the by-laws available at each table should read: PROPOSE TO ADD the following: will be included on the list serve, and will be listed in the membership directory as an Honorary Member.
Following is the correct wording for this section of the proposed amendment.
B. Honorary Member: An honorary membership to BONUS is bestowed by vote of the Steering Committee. An honorary member will not be accorded a vote, but will have access to all notices of the annual meetings as well as all newsletters, will be included on the list serve, and will be listed in the membership directory as an Honorary Member.

Bill Wachob noted that the Alumni Member proposal should be consistent in the wording of the title. It was discussed and decided that the title would be Active Alumni Member. Motion by Bill Wachob, second by George Gunderson, motion was carried.
Following is the revised wording for that section of the proposed amendment:
C. Active Alumni Member: An Active Alumni Member shall be a former representative of an AACN member school and shall be so declared provided alumni dues are current. A dues paying Active Alumni Member will not be accorded a vote, but will have access to all notices of the annual meetings as well as all newsletters, will be included on the list-serve, and will be listed in the membership directory as an Active Alumni Member.
With no more discussion George Gunderson made a motion to accept the proposed by-laws changes as corrected, Gloria Ramos seconded. By-laws changes under Section III: Membership sections B. and C., motion was carried unanimously

Selena Swartzfager presented appreciation plaques to outgoing officers: Susie Miller, Past President, George Gunderson, Special Projects Chair, Kathleen Papes, Membership Chair, and Tricia Satkowski-Harper, Planning Committee Chair. Each committee chair introduced the committee volunteers and thanked them for their service.

Nomination Committee:
Sherry Abernathy and the nominating committee conducted elections for vacant offices for
2004-2005. Elected officers are:
President Elect: Tricia Satkowski-Harper
Membership Chair: Diane Shimizu
Planning Committee Chair: Bill Wachob
Special Projects Chair: Jodi DiGennaro

Linda Bantle, George Gunderson, and Bill Wachob led a discussion regarding the BONUS web site. Linda Bantle and George Gunderson discussed plans for changes whereby member questions and answers now being distributed through the listserve would be posted in a special section on the BONUS web-site. One example under the heading "Discussion Topics" has been posted for members to preview. They would like to post the questions and answers from the past year. Kathleen Papes requested that this information be password protected. More information will follow. Bill Wachob then discussed a plan to enhance the membership section of the BONUS web site, including the addition of member pictures and the ability for members to submit changes to their listings to AACN and/or BONUS.

Selena thanked Trisha Satkowski-Harper, Jennifer Ahearn and Mary Mainville for hosting this meeting. Everyone enjoyed the door prizes given throughout the meeting and a thank you was extended to everyone who contributed. There were enough door prizes for everyone.

Business meeting adjourned at 9:50 am.

Other Business:
Past President Selena Swartzfager turned the meeting over to Rudy Gomez, President 2004-2005.
Rudy announced that he has three goals for his year as president which is the 20th year anniversary of BONUS.
1. Help members gain a historical appreciation of BONUS by permanently documenting our origins by sorting through the archives and documenting our history.
a. He plans to assemble an electronic version of the history of BONUS and have it available on CD for our 20th anniversary meeting in 2005.
2. Promote plans for the anniversary meeting that will combine professional growth with an air of celebration…..as we have much to celebrate.
3. Continue to provide topics, speakers and networking opportunities that will recharge all of us.

Rudy reminded everyone to communicate to our respective dean’s just how valuable Bonus is to the business officer in order that the value-added component be clearly understood.

Next years meeting will be held in Washington, DC around the third week in April. Suggestions for the meeting site for 2006 were welcomed.