To:          All Members

From:    Carl F. Rak, Ph.D.

Re:         Board Summary of 9-18-13 Meeting

 In order to keep the Center community up to date, I will share a summary of the Board Meeting each month.  These are not the official minutes. 

• Minutes of July 18th Board meeting & Treasurer’s report for August were approved.
• New IT equipment, approved at July meeting, delivered and installed for Center staff.  Board will study ways to improve server and bandwidth.
• Patrick Enders, M.D. was unanimously elected to Ethics Committee.
•  Board unanimously approved a motion to thank those who donated to the Mondo Pad which also arrived this month.
• Board acknowledged the death of Linda Grossman and were thankful that she remembered the CPC in her will.
• Board encouraged the Psychiatric Education Fund (PEF) under the leadership of Janet Sharp to re-establish itself, revise the bylaws, and continue to operate.
• The Board tabled a discussion of commercial insurance.
• Colleen Coakley reported on the Annual Campaign and the letter signing party Saturday, September 28th.
• Catherine Sullivan reported on the extensive programs planned by the Program Committee for this year.
• Carl Rak announced that the Cleveland State Non-Profit Clinic would become the CPC legal representatives at no charge.
• Carl Rak reviewed the plan for the Board Retreat at his home on Sunday, September 22nd.
• Meeting adjourned at 9:05 p.m.