NHAMFT Membership General Meeting

June 20^th, 2008

UNH-Manchester rm. 268, Manchester, NH

Board Members Present

            Shawn Hassell, President

            Phyllis Mackey, President-Elect

            Kevin Lyness, Secretary

            Julianne Farrell, Treasurer

            Peter Hammersma, Student/Associate Member

10 other members stayed for the general meeting after the educational workshop.

Agenda Items

• We reviewed the minutes from the last general meeting, though this is not a voting meeting and these were provided for information only.
  • Our next voting membership meeting will likely be in October, probably in conjunction with the next workshop.
• Mentoring/Membership Group
  • Next mentoring meeting will be Friday, July 11^th at Phyllis Mackey’s house in Newfields, NH. We discussed the mentoring meeting purpose and goals.
  • Phyllis Mackey is chairing the membership group, and asked for ideas for increasing membership.
    • Anne Prouty Lyness suggested that we consider talking to Vermont about joining in a NH/VT AMFT division as a way of increasing membership.
    • Anne also suggested more regional trainings (perhaps presenting a workshop multiple times in different parts of the state).
• Education Committee
  • We are looking for a “home space” for educational workshops, preferably in the Concord area.
    • Allison Doyle suggested we contact the folks at the Concord Family Health Center.
    • Joseph Saxe suggested looking for conference space similar to what Portsmouth, NH has for community agencies.
    • Stephanie Williston suggested Child and Family Services might have space.
    • The group noted that we like this UNH-Manchester space.
  • Next workshop is October 17^th, 2008, on Ethics and Family Therapy. We asked people to consider submitting ethical issues ahead of time for discussion.
• Financial Issues.
  • Shawn discussed our reasons for charging for workshops, and our plans to not continue with deficit spending. We are actively guarding against erosion of our position in the field.