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February 2017
Connecticut Chapter, Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA)
Welcome to the CT EAPA Newsletter!
Please feel free to contact me if you would like to post information of interest to our membership and friends of the Chapter. This may include job openings, trainings, brief announcements, etc. Thanks and hope you join us at a meeting!
- Bud Wassell, CEAP, Membership Chair, 203-688-2280 or [email protected]
Contents
From the President 1
Speaker Schedule 2
Minutes 2
Bulletin Board 4
NEXT MEETING
February 16, 2017
8:30am –11:00am
Topic: Understanding the
Link Between Diversity,
Values and Cultural Clashes
Speaker: Dr. Misty M.
Ginicola, LPC, Ph.D.,
Professor, SCSU
Location: Gaylord Hospital
Message from the President Greetings! Good News-The Groundhog predicts any early spring. I think this is actually an alternative fact, so believe what you want. Spring will come when it does.
More good news you can really believe and use. The executive board met recently, and has some information to pass along.
The CT Chapter of EAPA is taking nominations for the next term of elected officers which will run from June 2017- June of 2019. This is a great opportunity to get involved at many levels of the organization. If you would like to be a member of the nominating committee, please notify me by Friday, February 10
th. Candidates will be nominated, and we will present a slate for
voting at the March Meeting. Actual voting will follow, at the April Meeting giving the newly elected members a chance to get acclimated to their positions.
Even if you have rarely come to meetings, your voice and input is crucial in the continued succession of the Chapter. Please consider nominating yourself, or someone else you think might be interested and able to serve. Currently we are looking for nominations for all offices. Three members of the board are interested in continuing in roles which is awesome because there is a learning curve and they are doing phenomenal work. HOWEVER-all positions need to be nominated by the committee and voted on, so this is a chance to add your voice.
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Speaker Schedule:
February 16 - Understanding the Link Between Diversity, Values and Cultural Clashes: Counselor Considerations & Ethical Obligations, Dr. Misty M. Ginicola, Ph.D., LPC
March 16 – Effective Communication-The key to enhancing employee and team performance, Marcia Proto, M.Ed., CAS, CT League for Nursing
June 15, 2017 –SAVE THE DATE for our annual conference, “Millennials in the Workplace: How to Cope, Deal and Heal.”
Chapter Officers
President: Rebecca Harris, MS, LPC,
CEAP
Vice President: Dan Boissonneault,
CEAP
Treasurer: David Francis, MS, LADC, LPC, CEAP [email protected]
Secretary: Julia Latimer
Labor Representative: Jason
Bannon, LAP-C
Immediate Past President: Gary
Alger, LADC, CEAP
Our CT Chapter meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of the month,
8:30 – 11:00am at Gaylord Hospital, Chauncey Conference Center
Minutes from January 19, 2017
Fr. Kapriel Mouradjian, presenting on Community Awareness Program and QPR Suicide Prevention.
1. Called to order Becky at 9:02 2. Introductions - Members and Guest Introductions-sign in 3. Officer Reports President Report- Becky Harris – Welcomed everyone. Thanked sponsor for December, thanked raffle organizers. Board meeting follow up. Discussion on luncheon for recognition, certificate for thanking the individuals for their above and beyond participation in the organization/chapter. Survey Monkey discussion about voting for board members, chapter discussion etc. Discussion on bringing new board members on, looking at retaining officers etc. If you are interested in a position not on our board we are looking for marketing representative. Vice President Report- Dan Boissonneault - Discussion on EAPA national level. Dan is the US at large labor associate. Looking at new ways of doing things. New ruling on board, new guidelines. Dan will be on the journal committee. Any suggestions on Articles for journal please send through to Dan. Reach new members, new tools, new techniques. Chicago conference had fresh new information. Treasurer report- Dave Francis passed out a detailed Treasurer’s Report and presented it to the group. Balance: $13,850.79. Secretary report - Julia Latimer - Gmail account [email protected] and discussion on our sign in sheet and update. Update PayPal button for conference. Develop chapter thank you cards and letterhead. Labor Report- Jason Bannon - Labor as a whole is in a wait and see on who will be appointed to the council and national. Suicide advisory board-attended meeting in January still working on building a relationship with the board. CT may be looking at cutting some departments and the suicide advisory board may see effects. Past President- Gary Alger – PDH’s are set and available thru April. If you have missed past PDH’s please email Gary to receive. Motion to accept officer’s reports-Accepted/Seconded. All in favor to accept moved to pass. PASSED.
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President’s Note – continued The board has also decided to do a recognition luncheon for our members who have stepped up continually to support and promote the Chapter. All work is done on a volunteer basis, and some people spend hours behind the scene developing conferences and obtaining speakers for our monthly meetings, getting the credit certificates approved, sending communications, dealing with our banking issues, website, etc., etc.
We would like to add a position to head our marketing efforts, and would like a couple of volunteers to study what we need, how to do it, and decide if we use funds to do promotion. Currently we use no money on advertising. We know some of you have great ideas. Please share them with us. We are always open to new ideas and ways to stay relevant.
This is starting off to be a more unconventional year in administrations. We at EAPA can do new things too. However, we all get a vote, so please use this opportunity to voice comments, concerns, ideas, and to actually volunteer! I feel that I have been very blessed to have the opportunity to be on the board, and to meet and work with so many wonderful people. My position for next year is not up for a vote. I automatically get to be the immediate past president. I can always use as much guidance as I can get though.
I truly hope that you strongly consider this opportunity, and give thoughtful consideration to the nominations, and for stepping up. You will NOT regret the investment.
Please join us in February for our meeting on. 2/16/17.
Respectfully yours,
Becky Harris, MS, LPC, CEAP - Chapter President
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Join Now! Here’s how:
Log on to www.eapassn.org
Select JOIN NOW to
complete an online
membership application.
Download a membership
application. Mail to EAPA,
4350 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite
410, Arlington, VA 22203. Or
Fax to 703-522-4585
Telephone EAPA at 703-387-
1000, ext. 334 to request an
application.
For CT membership
questions, contact Bud
Wassell at
[email protected] or call
203-688-2280.
Holiday Breakfast attendees doing hand exercises.
Janet Rochester: A Few Steps DO a Make a Difference!
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Of Interest:
The Connecticut Department of Public Health will host the “Injured Workers and Opioid Use Symposium” on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at Travelers Claim University, 99 Lamberton Road, Windsor, CT. For more information go to the CT EAPA website: http://cteapa.com/news/
Shoreline Clinical Networking Breakfast: February 24, 8-9:30am, Bridging the Gap Between Schools and Outside Providers. East Lyme High School, $10. RSVP by 2/21 to [email protected]
Our members are welcome to join Jason Bannon at the CT Suicide Advisory Council meetings that are held on the 2nd Thursday of the Month. 9am-11am at The Armed Forces Reserve Center 375 Smith St., Middletown, CT
Please let us know if you have a training of interest to our
membership. We’re happy to post it!
Employee Assistance
Professionals Association
Find us on the Web: www.eapassn.org CT Chapter: www.cteapa.com
EAPA’s Mission: To promote the highest standards of practice and the continuing development of employee assistance professionals, programs and services.
Bulletin Board
To sign up for EAPA’s weekly NewsBrief’s go to www.eapassn.org
4. Committee Chairpersons Membership- Bud Wassell- 72-73 paid members holding strong. Reminder to stay on top of members yearly dues. Members and guests were reminded to contact Bud Wassell for membership questions etc. Change of address or contact information member must contact EAP HQ. Newsletter- Bud- Monthly newsletter has minutes, trainings and reports. If anyone would like to put something in the newsletter let us know. Hospitality-Karen Reckmeyer –thanked Vivien and Peter (AWARE) for Breakfast today. February Rachael and Cynthia. March Alan and Orlene. Trunk Combination: 37 11 21 –Paper goods. Website- John Pacheco –Not Present-Bud reported, Pictures added to website from December Holiday Party. Program Planning- see newsletter for upcoming programs If anyone has suggestions for the fall speakers please let us know. JUNE Conference Carolyn Singer-. Wonderful meeting discussion on June 2017-Conference. June 15
th 2017 Zandry’s. Discussion on
input from EAPA chapter member’s. Conference theme to focus on Millennia’s, succession, development. Title tentative: “Millennials in the Workplace: how to cope, deal and heal”. Speakers to include, defining millennial, how to attract millennia’s to use EAP, drug alcohol and duress, Panel Discussion etc. Focus on grad schools, raising awareness on how to be and EAP, what is an EAP etc. Jerry to volunteer Connecticut Counseling and Wellness to discuss the drug epidemic etc. Lisa Colvin to volunteer as well. Gary asked if we could reach out to the schools that have MA programs etc. Provide CEU’s, put out a little bit of money from our chapter to raise awareness. Vivien in charge of exhibitors, looking for exhibitors, prices to stay the same and are nominal. Next meeting Tuesday 1/23 Solutions Meriden 8:30 AM. PDH credit coordinator- Gary- PDH available thru April. If anyone has missed receiving a PDH, please let Gary know. 5. Old Business SHRM-Do we continue to be a part of SHRM. Orlene is the representative (not in attendance). Table discussions now, bring to the executive committee. SHRM- Trying to collaborate with SHRM. Bring EAPA and SHRM together. Discussion Tabled. 6 New Businesses Permanent Storage- Continue Discussion at next meeting. Discussion around memorial gift of 25$ for chapter members. Approved by executive committee. Marketing Representative for Chapter meeting and June conference. Gary to recruit members and investigate cost and needs, come back to chapter proposal. Nominating committee—Officers committee. Labor, past president, etc. If you would like to be on the committee please see Becky. Announcements: N/A Joys and concerns; Peter engaged. 7. Adjournment 9:56
Respectfully Submitted, Julia Latimer, Secretary