Old Business:
- April Minutes were reviewed and accepted.
Treasurer's Report:
-Balance is $2099.60
-11 new memberships
-1 brochure sold
-1 book sold
New Business:
-Healthy Kids Learn Better Coalition
asked out group to endorce their
program. Group agreed, so Patricia Rose, Chair of the group signed the
endorcement.
-Budget: How do we want to spend
our money
Proposed uses of the money are:
* Membership to SNE, however group did not see how all members could share
this
* Scholarship to help send member to a conference, and report back. This was
determined to be low
on our spending priority list.
* Group agreed to $200/year in charitable donations
* office supplies/PNPG administrative expenses
* Sponsor a speaker
* Special Project(formula brochure, etc)
* Intern Pin
* Pay executive members dues for their term (incentive to get people to run
for office)
* Funding for PNPG exhibit at ODA, Physician updates, etc)
* Travel for executive members to our meetings
* Ad in ODA newsletter
Jennifer Niemeyer, Treasurer ageed to present a proposed budget at the
August PNPG meeting.
-Questions to Ponder:
*Group agreed to endorce the new AAP recommendations on supplementing
breastfed infants with Vitamin D by 2 months of age until ready to start
cow's milk. All members are asked to send information to the pediatricians
that they work with.
*Group wondering if we need to add a Public Relations position to the
Executive Board. PR person would send newsletter to pediatrician groups with
nutrition related "news flashes" or other new information.
*'Group decided that Pediatric Obesity should be our focus/cause for the
year. Given all of the publicity and growing problem of overweight kids we
felt that we needed to get involved in the solution and prevention on a
grass roots level, as well as legislative level.
* Group encouraged to contact our legislators and find out what they plan to
do about pediatric obesity, and the effects on the economy.
* Group will support leaders who advocate for prevention/solutions to
pediatric obesity.
* Group needs to try to identify pediatricians tackeling the issue of
childhood obesity, support community leader working on this issue, and give
schools award for improving kids diets.
* PPS has eliminated sports drinks at the middle school level. Will be
selling milk and juice. Also, is change to baked chips
* Group also agreed that we need to have one meeting next year that is a
working session.
Next meeting:
August 21 8:30-10:30
Location: Oregon Dairy Council, 10505 SW Barbur Blvd
503-229-5033
Host: Anne Goetze
Education topic: Eating Disorders.
Kim Rondeau, RD, CDE