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COMMITTEE REPORTS
from July 2022 Spotlight
by SEANC
DHHS Study Committee – Sonya Akbar
Akbar asked that members wait until SEANC reached out to DHHS facilities before scheduling their visits to new employee orientations.
Emerging Leaders Council – Carl Elliott
June 4 – Emerging Leaders Council (ELC) members attended the Community Health & Wellness Event in Knightdale sponsored by District 42.
June 7 – ELC members attended a SEANC membership drive on the campus of Fayetteville State University.
June 17 – ELC members attended the North Carolina Probation & Parole Association (NCPPA) conference on behalf of SEANC.
July 9 – ELC held a Community Service Event/Workshop, which consisted of the second Adopt-a-Highway clean up and “Run Ya Race” leadership workshop hosted by Dr. Kendra Davis.
ELC still has coffee mugs available for purchase for $20 each. Tumblers will be available at convention for $35 each. All proceeds will be used towards community service events such as Ronald McDonald House, SECU House, Salvation Army Christmas Tree, etc.
Currently working to revise the Emerging Leaders Council Bylaws.
EMPAC – Mark Dearmon
Dearmon started by expressing his disappointment with recently passed state budget.
There will be no further endorsements in legislative races this year. Instead, EMPAC has decided to invest in the future in preparation for 2024.
An event is planned for EMPAC contributors for Friday at convention.
Insurance Board of Trustees – Janice Smith
The board heard a presentation at its July 13 meeting from Manhattan Life Insurance Company about a Home Health Care program. No decision has been made on whether to offer the program at this time.
The board is reviewing products currently offered by Augeo.
Member Discount – Tim Southard
There’s a contest running through Aug. 26. The member who signs up the most new businesses will receive a $100 gift card.
All new businesses that signed up between October 1, 2021, through Aug. 26, 2022, will be placed in a drawing for $200.
Convention Awards: To be eligible for a prize you have to recruit at least 10 new businesses.
1st place $500
2nd place $400
3rd place $300
Membership – Spillman Grice
A bylaws amendment to increase membership spending by districts to 10% will be considered at convention.
Deborah Harney won the Summer Splash membership drawing.
COMMITTEE REPORTS (CONTINUED)
Policy Platform – Betsey Lee Hodges
No new objectives were submitted for consideration at convention, and only one objection is up for deletion. Since it is automatically deleted, there will be no votes at convention.
State Treasurer Dale Folwell spoke at the committee’s meeting.
Prison Reform – Deborah Harney
House Bill 103 passed. It includes:
$1.8 million recurring for nine Mental Health PPOs, nine re-entry PPOs and a Chief PPO all will help reduce the recidivism rate.
$1 million for digitizing Juvenile health records.
$1.7 million to employ 39 staff and operate the Juvenile Perquimans Detention center, to be open in January 2023.
$4 million to employ 77 staff and 3 key positions to operate the Juvenile Rockingham Center, to open in Jan. 2023.
The state budget includes an extra 2% for DPS employees who are currently on the step-pay plan in addition to the 3.5% given to all employees.
Public Education – Mark Dearmon
SEANC will once again sponsor the UNC Chancellor’s Cup golf tournament. This year’s event will be held on Sept. 27 at Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill.
Dearmon praised the event at Fayetteville State University that resulted in 80 new members!
Retiree Council – Benny Brigman
The Retiree Council plans to start attending the Retirement Board of Trustees meetings to press for a COLA.
Retiree forums are planned throughout the state in August. A list is included in the E-packet.
Scholarship – Mike Bell
All raffle tickets, both sold and unsold, MUST be brought to Convention. All lost/missing tickets must be counted, for auditing purposes, with ticket numbers and to whom issued indicated on the accounting sheet. All tickets and monies must be turned in at the Scholarship Foundation booth no later than Friday, September 9.
Please consider purchasing any unsold tickets for your district. As always, your donations to the Scholarship Foundation are greatly appreciated and help to maintain our award levels in difficult times.
There will be seats on the Scholarship Foundation Board slated for election at Annual Convention, one for each of the five regions. To date, there are no announced candidates from the Eastern, Western, Piedmont, and South Central Regions. We have also had one recent resignation from a board member representing the Western Region. If you have a member who would be interested in filling one of these slots, please have them send me an email: mtwbell@nc.rr.com with a copy to pbyrd@seanc.org
Training – Martha Fowler
District Chair Training is scheduled for Sept 22-23 at the SEANC office.
