It Was a Very Good Year.

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Vermont Dietetic Association

• 2008-2009
• It Was a Very Good Year.

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2008-2009 VDA Board of Directors

• Sylvia Gaboriault President
• Sylvia Geiger President Elect
• Molly Holland Past President
• Susan Johansen Delegate
• Scott Finney Treasurer
• Desiree DeWaal Secretary Webmaster
• Kathy Clark Chair, Professional Issues
• Amy Malinowski Chair-elect, Professional Issues
• Jill Goodroe Public Relations/Media
• Cathy McIsaac Public Policy Coordinator
• Amy Tuller State Policy Representative
• Laura Biron Reimbursement Representative
• Kathy Backes Chair, Nominating Committee
• Susan Coburn Chair-elect, Nominating Committee
• Kate Anderson Nominating Committee- 1 year
• Jane Ross Chair, Membership Committee
  S.P.R.C.S.
• Lara Borders Chair, Fundraising Committee
• Amy Gendron ADAF Representative
• Marcia Bristow Newsletter Editor

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Strategic Objectives

• Ensure vibrant organization through efforts to
  support
• membership, volunteerism, financial stability
• Empower members through education in emerging
  areas
• mentoring, professional development
• 3. Influence nutrition policy regarding
• the profession and the ability of professionals
  to serve the community
• the nutritional well-being of the community
• 4. Promote the dietetic professional as the
  nutrition expert
• promote the work of Vermont dietitians and diet
  technicians
• access and disseminate materials developed
  through ADA

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Strategic Objective 1Ensure vibrant
organization through efforts to support
membership, volunteerism financial stability
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Membership Volunteerism

• Established a membership committee
• Chaired by Jane Ross
• Examined results of past member survey
• Charged with member recruitment revitalizing
  regional networking groups
• All VDA committees charged with recruiting at
  least one non-board member to expand member
  involvement
• Organizational Service Initiative
• Focus volunteer efforts toward a common goal

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Financial Stability

• Established a Fundraising Committee
• Chaired by Lara Borders
• First fundraising event
• October 2009 - Wine Tasting
• Balanced Budget
• Coming in under budget for this year!

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Strategic Objective 2

• Empower members through education in emerging
  areas
• mentoring
• professional development

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Professional Development

• Continued to offer Annual Meeting
• Industry sponsorship to keep price reasonable
• Co-Sponsored
• ADA Media Training
• Sylvia Escott Stump presentation on the Nutrition
  Care Process with the UVM MDS Program
• Utilized Website to promote continuing education
  opportunities to VDA Members
• Betsy Hiser Scholarship Awarded
• Laura Biron- to attend Mindfulness Based
  Nutrition Training

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Mentorship

• Over 30 nutrition students in attendance today at
  this meeting!
• Sponsor a student to the Annual Meeting
  continued for this year
• Student Liaison- Marcia Bristow

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Strategic Objective 3

• Influence nutrition policy regarding
• the profession and the ability of professionals
  to serve the community
• the nutritional well-being of the community

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Public Policy

• Public Policy Committee revitalized
• Action Alerts for state issues via eBlasts
• Increased communication with lobbyist
• Hosted Public Policy Workshop Gatherings
• Sunday evening plenary parties encouraged
  networking more members trained as advocates
• Invited Juliana Smith Robert Dostis to present
  at VDA Annual Meeting
• Two VDA Members were invited by the Governor to
  attend the NE Whitehouse Forum on Health Care
  Reform

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VDA Legislative Day February 17th
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Promoting the Vermont Dietitianas the Nutrition
Expert

• Website as a promotion tool
• VDA Members In the News
• Contact a Dietitian
• Hosted ADA Media Training
• Nutrition Month Challenge
• 5 Entries- all noteworthy
• VDA TV appearance Across the Fence for National
  Nutrition Month

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Board Governance

• Bylaws Revision
• Expect to see a vote survey soon
• Policy and Procedure Manual Revision
• Many thanks to board members in creating and
  revising policies job descriptions!

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A Special Thanks

• Board Members Stepping Down
• Kathy Clark, CPI Chair
• Kate Anderson, Nominating Committee

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A Special Thanks

• Board Members Transitioning to New Roles
• Molly Holland, Nominating Chair-elect
• Jill Goodroe, CPI Chair-elect
• Amy Gendron, Secretary
• Kathy Backes, President-Elect
• Sylvia Geiger, President
• Sylvia Gaboriault, Bylaws

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Welcome to

• New Board Members
• Dania Revette, Nominating Committee, 1 year
• Emily Nicolai, ADAF Representative

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• VDAs New
• Service Initiative
• For 2009-2010