04/29/98

Members:
Committee members: W. Dunn, S. Johnston, J. Widen

Ballots for election of new SAH committee members will be counted after May 1. You'll be notified by e-mail and the committee roster on Pulse will be updated. Stay tuned!

Submitted by
Judy Widen, Chair

10/12/98

Members: Sandra Johnston, Chair, Winnie Dunn, Janice Loudon

The Elections Committee is most active in the Spring of each year overseeing the elections for the School of Allied Health.

Recently, the committee addressed the vacancy that occurred when Yolanda Cate, OT resigned from the Student Affairs Committee. Her husband has accepted another position out of state. As the runner-up in the polls, Stephania Bell, PT has agreed to move into this position.

Joan McDowd, OT will be leaving the Steering Committee and a substitute is needed. This will be rectified with the voting process in the Spring.

Sandra Johnston, HIM has been attending the Steering Committee meetings as part of her duties as Chair of the Elections Committee.

03/30/99

Members: Sandra Johnston, Chair, Winnie Dunn, Janice Loudon

The election committee has been busy this Spring. The following is a quick report of our activities:

Updated the SAH Voting Faculty roster (with help from representatives from each department). Mailed out Call for Nominations on Jan 29, 1999 (thanks to Teri Cisneros in the Dean's office), due February 26, 1999. Received nominations of 17 individuals to fill the 10 vacant committee slots. Verified that each nominee was willing to run. Final number of nominees = 17. THANK YOU for agreeing to serve! Created ballot. All set for the ballot to be mailed out April 1st, with a request for the completed ballot to be returned to the Elections Committee no later than April 23, 1999.

Report submitted by
Sandra Johnston, Chair

09/27/99

Members: Janice Loudon, Chair, Sandy Johnston, Patsy Whitney

The election committee conducted the elections for the School of Allied Health in the Spring, 1999. The results were posted in June,1999.

Call for Nominations for the SAH will be mailed out in late January, 2000. Be thinking of nominees for potential committee slots.

Janice Loudon has been attending the Steering Committee meetings as part of her duties as Chair of the Elections Committee.

Report submitted by
Janice Loudon, Chair

03/28/2000

Members: Sandy Johnston, Janice Loudon, Chair, Patsy Whitney

The election committee has been busy this Spring. The following is a quick report of our activities:

Mailed out Call for Nominations on Jan 24, 2000 (thanks to Teri Cisneros in the Dean's office), due February 25, 2000. Received nominations of 26 individuals to fill the 16 vacant committee slots. Verified that each nominee was willing to run. Final number of nominees = 26. THANK YOU for agreeing to serve! Created ballot. All set for the ballot to be mailed out April 3rd, with a request for the completed ballot to be returned to the Elections Committee no later than April 30, 2000. Working on Policy and Procedures for the Election Committee.

Report submitted by
Janice Loudon, Chair

11/14/2000

Members: Janet Loudon, PT, Patsy L. Whitney, PT (Chair), Mary J. Youngstrum, OT

The major responsibility of the Elections Committee this past year has been to conduct the election to replace retiring members of the SAH committees. The election was held 3/21/00 to replace members retiring as of 7/1/00. The new members, whose term will expire 7/1/03, are as follows:

Elections Committee – MJ Youngstrom (OT)

Research Committee – T. Brown (OT) and M. Fey (HS)

Steering Committee – J. Radel (OT)

Academic Affairs Committee – J. Hulsebus (CLS) and M. Means (CYTO)

Student Affairs  Committee– M. Chertoff (HS), P. Hargrave (CLS), and C. Ryan (DN)

Faculty Development Committee – (M. Czervinski (RC) and M. Rempfer (OT)

Diversity  Committee (a new committee wit 5 members) -  S. Carlson (DN), K. Froelich (OT), L. Hayes (HS), S. Johnston (HIM), and  M. Swift (PT)

Since the election in the early spring, two faculty committee members have left (or are leaving) KUMC. Consequently, the next runner – up from the election was appointed to the committee. L. Hays has been replaced by Sheila Hammonds (HIM) on the Diversity Committee and S. Trouba has been replaced by Wen Liu (PT) on the Faculty Development Committee.

In December, 2000, there will be a vote on proposed changes to the SAH By-Laws, which have not been updated in several years. They will be presented for discussion at the SAH Faculty Meeting on Monday, December 4.

Report submitted by
Patsy L. Whitney, PT (Chair)

3/26/2001

An election to make changes in the SAH By-Laws was held in December, 2000. The changes dealt with 1) editorial changes, 2) the make up (tenured vs nontenured) of elected members to the Steering Committee, the functions of the Steering Committee) and 3) the relationship of the Faculty Student Affairs Committee to the SAH Dean's Office. All recommended changes were approved by the faculty.

The membership of the Elections committee consists of Janice Loudon, PT (term ends 7/1/01), Patsy Whitney, PT, Chair (term ends 7/1/02) and Mary Jane Youngstrom, OT (term ends 7/01/03).

The Chair of the Elections Committee attended all of the SAH Steering Committee meetings, as required in the position description.

A call for nominations for SAH Committee membership was made in February, 2001 and a ballot assembled. The election will be held in April, 2001.

Report respectfully submitted .
Patsy L. Whitney, PT

SAH Elections Report
Period: May 2001 - Sept. 2001

Members: Susan Jackson (Hearing and Speech), Patsy Whitney (Physical Therapy Education), Mary Jane Youngstrom (Occupational Therapy Education)

Actions:
Since our last meeting the results of the Spring 2001 elections have been announced. The elected membership of the Faculty Student Affairs committee has had several changes. Pat Pohl was elected to this committee, but left KUMC this summer. Kari Summers, Nurse Anesthesia, was the runner-up and will replace Pat. In addition, Kathy Parker has resigned from the Student Affairs committee. Karl Koob, Health Information Management, has agreed to replace her.

Submitted by: M.J. Youngstrom, Chair

SAH Elections Report

Summary of Activities
Date: April 19, 2002

The election committee has solicited nominations and developed a ballot for spring elections. Elections are currently in progress and ballots are due by April 30, 2002.

Submitted by: Jeff Radel