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Minutes from April 15, 2025 Business Meeting

Lubbock, TX
The South Plains Nurse Practitioners Association

April 15, 2025 Business Meeting Minutes

Start Time:  6:25 pm Meeting

Presentation: Cancelled by Representative 

Location: Monica Philip’s House

Meeting called to order by Stephanie Gerhart  @ 6:25pm

Meeting Preliminaries

  • Vice President’s greeting and call to order
  • Approval of March’s Business Meeting Minutes  [Motion to approve made by Monica Philip; seconded by Vivian Jimenez; approved unanimously]
  • Job announcements None 

New Business

  • Discussed 2025 budget 
  • Taxes for 2024 completed
  • Membership forms and fees- $30 for student members, $60 for members All done electronically on SPNPA ENP website. SPNPA currently has 83 Nurse Practitioner members and 19 Nurse Practitioner student members.

**Please register or renew membership to continue to receive full access to all membership benefits.  

  • Monthly SPNPA meetings date and times will be posted 2 weeks prior to meeting on Facebook and ENP website.
  • Meeting minutes will be posted on ENP for review. [Motion to approve made by Monica Philip; seconded by Stephanie Gerhart; approved unanimously]
  • Committees need to meet and report at each business meeting.
  • SPNPA is accepting nominations for next Nurse Practitioner highlight.

Old Business

  • Special recognition of outgoing officer Kim Billingsley
  • NP Highlight: John Cline, MSN, APRN, FNP-C; works at UMC Emergency Department.
  • New t-shirts and sweatshirts available for purchase
  • SPNPA sponsored TTUHSC NP 2025 Conference
  • There is a UMC Conference on August 22nd.
  • TTUHSC will be having a research conference; details pending

Officer Reports

  • President: Many Glikas
  • Vice President: Stephanie Gerhart
  • Treasurer: Monica Philip
  • Secretary: Vivian Jimenez 

Miscellaneous Announcements

  • There is an old SPNPA Facebook page. Please use the current Facebook page and ENP website for current information.

Meeting Adjournment @ 7:49 pm

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