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January 25, 2007 GLHF ADVOCACY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Members in Attendance: John Martin, Celine Caithamer, Kimberly Haugstad
Members Absent: Shelly Mattson, Barb Dittrich, Steve McMurtry, Fred
Tamms
Staff in Attendance: Kathleen Roach, David Linney
The meeting was called to order at 5:55 p.m.
Standard of Service Document: The document is currently in the
hands of NHF. MASAC is in leadership transition but the plan is to get their
approval.
ACTION: If by April 1, NHF has not moved forward with the standard
document, the advocacy committee will look to other sources such as HFA. It was
discussed to continue to bring the standard of service up in our discussions at
the state level and in fact the Standard of Service is one of the four key
points shared with state legislators.
Meeting with legislators: The meetings in December went very
well. Committee members met with 8 state senators and representatives. Five
additional appointments have been scheduled.
ACTION: John Martin, David and Kathleen will meet with representatives
on January 31, 2007. In addition a meeting has been scheduled with the Pharmacy
Society of Wisconsin on the same day.
Advocacy Training: THE GLHF Wisconsin advoorkshop.
Committee will discuss possible names of people through out the state who would
be invited to the training.
cacy training will take place on May 11 and 12 in Madison, WI. GLHF will
work with Baxter on developing materials and agenda for the training.
Suggestions from the committee included developing a guide for individuals
(shorter version of our draft handbook).
ACTION: Kathleen will contact Baxter to begin developing w
Washington Days: There are currently 10-11 people attending
Washington Days March 7-9.
ACTION: 1)Celine is working on scheduling appointments for Thursday,
March 8; 2) Kimberly will ask for letters from Ron Bark, Shelly Mattson, GLHF
Board members; 3)Kimberly will develop a template or sample letter that can be
used; 4) Celine will contact Denise Alexander for a letter of support. Celine
will contact Wyeth to see if funding is available for another person (s) to
attend Washington Days; 5) Kathleen and David will contact Jeff Wade, Katie and
Ed Bekx and the HTC’s for support letters.
Recruiting Members: Differed to next meeting
Other: Newsletter article on Washington Days—differed to next
meeting
Next Meeting: Thursday, Feb. 15, 5:30 p.m. Place to be
determined.
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