Attendance:
Lynn Sullivan	Michael Jackson
Clair Daly	William Goding
Cindy Bowman	Madeleine MacCallum
Gina Farquharson	Dr. Fred Curley
Joseph Higgins	Jackie Long-Goding

President's Welcome

Call to order and Welcome.

• Motion made to accept previous minutes.
• Motion passed.

Treasurer's Report

• Transaction Report and balance sheets for March and April submitted.
• Website contract renewed.
• Revenue sharing checks are starting to come in.
• Motion made to have treasurer sign checks up to $2 500 and anything above $2,500 or going in to Delaware cash will include President's signature; Motion passed.
• Fleet balance as of 4-30-98 $12 450.64.
• Delaware cash balance $75,325.80.
• Total liabilities and equity $87,776.44.

Committee Reports

Nominations

• Plan to approach previous nominees to run for office.
• Continue to seek recommendations for a call for nominations

Program and Education

• Program is almost ready for print.
• Vendor packets should be going out soon.
• Plans for a barbecue on Wednesday are being made.

Membership

• Scott will follow up with the MRC for successful NBRC candidates and past m embers in effort to get membership increased and he will work in the MSRC booth at the annual meeting.

Public Relations

• Phone calls from the surveys are to be made.

Home Care

• Still seeking someone to chair this committee.

Pneumonics

• July 1, 1998 is the deadline to have materials to Jackie.
• This issue will include Summer forum information.
• Mailing will be in mid August.

Perinatal/Pediatric

• Meeting held h Springfield, CPAP devices with the new Sensormedics system presented.
• Jenn Sheran involved in setting this up and it was well attended .
• Plans underway for a meeting in Worcester

HP/DP

• Open house far camp was hid and well attended.
• Details for sponsorship are being arranged.
• Background checks will be done on all councilors.
• Councilors days off were discussed with rules on the use of alcohol.

Scholarships

• Schools were visited or received a mailing for for scholarships.

Continuing Care/Rehabilitation

• AARC providing information on PPS-per-diem rates (information on-line).

Budget and Audit

• Plans to review the budget were made.

Chapter Reports

Chapter 2-

• Meeting was held on April 29, with 110 partipants, 2 scholarships were awarded In honor of 2 therapists who passed away from this area. In September, a meeting on Sleep Apnea, with Dr. 0 O'Brien is being planned (9-17-98).

Executive Office

• System is in place, ironing out kinks.
• Beeper system is also in place for those who wanted it.

Website

• Reviewed proposals for webpage.
• Discussion regarding a sub-committee being formed to assist with various functions of the webpage.
• Motion-To have the vendor packet go on the webpage ASAP for the facilitation of vendor registration. Motion passed.
• Motion-to form a webpage committee to look in to all alternatives for the MSRC, to form a webpage and its possibilities. Motion passed.

International Fellow

• Discussion regarding our hosting a fellow this year October 24-November 10, 1998.
• Jackie Goding will send in the application.

Motion made to adjourn.

Motion passed.