Executive Committee Minutes, September 11, 2018

Participants: Peter Elias, John Grohol, Janice McCallum, Danny Sands, Joe Ternullo, Sue Woods Minutes from August 14 meeting (Janice) approved Learning Exchange (Sarah) September Learning Exchange was held earlier on the day of this Executive Committee meeting. Webinar was excellent, but attendance was low. Timing of the promotions in late August likely played a role. Also, there were some negative comments about the registration process, which required a company name. Patients who don’t work for a company may find this off-putting. Also, when clicking the Webex link to attend webinar, it required registering again. Conference logistics – status updates (Joe) Most of this meeting was devoted to issues related to the upcoming conference on October 17. The executive committee discussed how we could help overcome some of the obstacles related to registering for the conference and especially registering speakers and uploading their profiles. Beth Barnett is helping on both counts. We are at 32 registrations as of Monday (~15% of goal). We really need to ramp up promotional activities, including personal marketing by board members to their network. Sue’s President’s letter went out yesterday. We hope that will help. Danny: sponsorships are up to $13,500. Have handful of other possible sponsors. Expect up to $25,000. Inspire: John Novack pitched his company to sponsor in some form. They want to sponsor registrations—at $10K, they’ll get 10 registrations. Joe will di...
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