At this meeting we briefly went over the information on dues and the point system. Dues for this semester or year are due in by the last day of September.

The polo shirt samples are available to be tried on in Ms. McNealy's office. They are green and white and styles are available for both men and women (check preference on order form). Order forms are also available in the clinic library. If you can't pay now you can go ahead and order the shirt. Then when they come in you have to pay to receive your shirt. We need to get the first orders out by the end of this week or next week. Preferrably ASAP!

Entertainment Books- Need order forms to be turned in by 9-16-03. You can talk to Rachel Payne if you need an extension. It takes four weeks for the books to come in.

We are going to send around a survey for the proposed formal. It will include questions such as: Would you attend? How far do you want to go for this formal? How much do you want to spend on the formal?

A mentor program was suggested and therefore we are developing a mentor sign-up sheet for anyone interested. This is mainly for the underclassmen coming into the program. We know how hard it is to begin this program and if those coming up in it could get some tips and advice from the older students we believe it would really help. So, if you are interested sign up. We also discussed a buddy outing to meet each other.

National NSSLHA- $45 a year-get 2 years in NSSLHA plus membership in National NSSLHA you get a reduction in ASHA fees. You also will receive journals.

Look for updates on bulletin board

Flu shots-pay attention to the dates and sign up if you can work the sign in table.

Asked for any ideas...none were provided.
CLOSE OF THE MEETING...until next time.

Here are the minutes from the first meetings held on August 28,and 29, 2003.
-Introduction of NSSLHA and officers.
-Dues-give to officers/put in sealed envelope and place in the officers' boxes in the clinic library. The dues are $5 for the semester and $10 for the year.
-Point System-we will continue having a point system please visit that topic for more information.
-Events-We discussed having a T-shirt sale: Polo shirts have been selected with the embroidered Marshall "M" and Speech and Hearing Center on them. The shirts will come in green or white and may be available in more colors if they are adopted as the clinic dress code. They are $20 each and there are order forms located by the chalk board in the clinic library.
-For fundraisers we discussed : bake sales, entertainment book sales, and the t-shirt sales. The bake sales will be discussed further once we have reserved a location to hold them. The entertainment books contain coupons, discounts for various businesses in the tri-state area. For those of you interested in books for other areas of the country please talk with one of the officers or visit the website at www.entertainment.com for further information. The books are $20 a piece and part of that will go to NSSLHA.
-FLU SHOTS! We have been requested to work the check-in table during the flu shots given by the nurses at our own MU School of Nursing. The flu shots will be held October 27 at 12p-4p, 28 at 10a-4p, 29 at 10a-4p.
-Wear Your Shirts! It was mentioned that when we attend fundraisers or community events we should wear our new polo shirts with our logo. This will spread word to the community about the speech and hearing clinic at Marshall University.
-We ended the meeting by having everyone introduce themselves.
-Hope to see you at the next meeting, but remember if you can't make it to check online or at the bulletin board in room SH108 for the meeting minutes!