[swkcommunity] TAMU-C Cluster Meeting Meeting Minutes

[Misty Lair]

NASW Northeast Texas Chapter

TAMU-C Cluster Meeting

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Holiday Inn Express, Commerce

 

 

Present:                        Brenda Moore, Co-Chair, TAMU-C
Chuck Nash-TAMU-C

                        Elaine Nelson, Co-Chair, Pate Rehab
Hugh Clark-TAMU-C

Tracy Rodriguez - Greenville ISD                      Patsy Boshears-TAMU-C


                        Kelly Marrs-Butler-TAMU-C, student
Sherry Sheffield-TAMU-C

                        Amanda Nobra-TAMU-C, student
Christina Sileo-TAMU-C, student

                        Rick Mackie-TAMU-C, student
Laura Smith, Secretary, TAMU-C, student

                        

The meeting started with a brown bag lunch and was followed by individual
introductions.

 

The group discussed several items including the upcoming NASW State
Conference, changing our meeting time, frequency of meetings, and future
locations for meetings, Social Work Professional Day, membership recruitment
ideas, and ways to improve our local NASW Cluster were covered.  Among other
items discussed were possible research projects, ways to help people in our
communities, and student participation at the NASW Conference.  We hope to
have a list of all the NASW members to distribute at a future meeting.  We
also discussed Brian Brumley's becoming the Leadership Search Chair (LSC)
for the Northeast Texas Chapter of NASW, and it was brought up that we need
to recognize Joyce Foreman, who has been a part of our chapter for a number
of years.  

 

The group also discussed a very important and exciting reward for one of our
own social workers.  Ms. Betty Weir from Sulphur Springs, in Hopkins County,
was nominated and was selected for a Social Work Lifetime Achievement award
for Texas.  She is scheduled to receive this prestigious honor at the NASW
Conference in October.  She is now eligible to be in competition for a
National Social Worker award.  This is quite an accomplishment for someone
from a rural area.  We are very proud of her for this achievement.  However,
on a more somber note, Betty has not been well and is recovering from
serious heart complications.  She has requested to be kept in our thoughts
and prayers.  

 

There were several suggestions on ways we could honor Betty on a local level
as well.  The suggestions included putting together a care basket, preparing
and releasing a story covering her accomplishments in the local newspapers
and to the AP for wider distribution, gathering personal notes and such to
make a scrapbook for her, and in case she is not able to attend the NASW
Conference, perhaps we could get Betty to do a video tape to be shown at the
Conference.  Any assistance with any of these, or other suggestions are
welcome. 

 

Listed below are some important dates to remember.

 

*	The next TAMU-C Cluster meeting will be on Tuesday, September 26,
2006 at 8:00 a.m. at the Holiday Inn Express in Commerce.  Coffee and
doughnuts will be provided.  
*	The NASW Texas State Conference will be October 26-28, 2006 in
Arlington.  
*	The Social Work Professional Day will be Friday, November 17, 2006
at the Memorial Student Center (MSC) on the TAMU-C campus.  (More details
coming soon.)
*	The November TAMU-C NASW Cluster meeting will be at noon during the
Social Work Professional Day.  (See item above.)

 

***For students wishing to go to the NASW Conference, please see Brian
Brumley for details.  

 

Possible CEU workshops include:  Winnsboro Heritage Program, Glen Oaks
Hospital, and:  

 

Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville                    Texoma Behavioral
Center (Sherman)

2nd Wednesday each month                                 2601  Cornerstone
Drive

Noon - 1:30                                                          3rd
Thursday each month

903-408-1624                                                      11:30 am -
1:00 pm ($3, includes lunch)

 

Also check the NASW Texas website for CEU opportunities:  www.naswtx.org
<http://www.naswtx.org/> 

 

 

 

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