COUNCIL OF STATE PRESIDENTS By: Shawn Guerette, Thomas Ward, Katie Kemp, and Sarah Trandel

ICEBREAKER RULES  Each of you will be given a pack of M&M’s.  Open your pack of M&M’s and pick 3 colors to set aside.  You are free to eat your M&M’s, but don’t eat the 3 you set aside

M&M COLORS  Give your name, the state you are from, and answers to the 3 colors you have chosen.  Red – Most Embarrassing or Memorable Moment  Orange – Goals  Yellow – Hobbies  Green – Achievements  Blue – Most Exciting Place You Have Visited  Brown – Strangest Food You Have Eaten

NSNA BOARD & COMMITTEE UPDATES  NSNA President: Ryan Bannan  Legislation/Education: Caroline Miller  Bylaws and Policies: Tanya Davis  Global Initiatives in Nursing: Johanna Bridges  Breakthrough to Nursing: Jae Lim  Community Health/Disaster Preparedness: Megan Goodman  Membership: Caroline Miller  Financial Update: Kelly Bell  Convention: Adam Tebben  Imprint: Sabrina Lozier  Image of Nursing: Sabrina Lozier  Nominating & Elections: Kaitlin Lovato, Chair, Nominating and Elections Committee  Resolutions: Susan Hansen, Chair, Resolutions Committee  Administrative Update: Cathy Ramos, Membership Staff Specialist

INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR THE COSP PLANNING COMMITTEE?  The COSP Planning Committee is composed of 4 State Presidents. One from each region of North, South, East, and West.  At Annual Convention 4 representatives are elected, and 1 is elected as COSP Chair. At Mid-Year Convention 3 representatives are elected from the regions not taken by the COSP Chair.  The COSP Chair serves a 1 year term, while the COSP representatives serve a 6 month term.  Eligibility Requirements are as follows: you must be a state President or President-elect, be the state President for at least ¾ of your term on COSP, if a member of the COSP Planning Committee is no longer able to fulfill their duties as state President, they lose their eligibility to serve on the COSP Committee  If you have any questions about running for the COSP Planning Committee feel free to talk to us during the break!

COSP PLANNING COMMITTEE CANDIDATES  Nick Greathouse – Arizona - West  Shawn Palmer – California - West  Kellyanne Quinn – Colorado - West  Allison Scully – Maine – East  Chandler Cracraft – Missouri – North

ELECTION AREAS  North – Nebraska, Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, Kentucky, Minnesota, South Dakota, Virgin Islands, Kansas, North Dakota, Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa  South – Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Louisiana,  East – Maryland, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, West Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, Maine, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Connecticut, DC, and Vermont  West – California, Guam, Alaska, Utah, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Arizona, Washington, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and Hawaii

SHARING CIRCLES  Increasing Membership  Strategies to Mediate Transitions/Communication  Convention Planning/Fundraising

WHITE ELEPHANT GIFT EXCHANGE RULES  On the first turn, person #1 chooses a gift, opens it, and it is admired by all... you hope! On the second turn, person #2 gets the choice of "stealing" any unwrapped gift (#1's) or choosing a wrapped one. On the third turn, person #3 gets the choice of "stealing" any unwrapped gift (#1's or #2's) or choosing a wrapped one. Game continues based on the following:  1. - If a gift is stolen from you, you can steal a gift from someone else (see #3 and #4 below), or open a new one.  2. - Turns proceed until everyone has a gift. A turn is ended when a gift is opened and (hopefully) admired by everyone.  3. - A gift cannot be stolen more than once in a turn.  4. - The third "owner" of a gift gets to keep it - it is unavailable to be stolen again.  At the end of the last turn, the first person (who had no choice at the beginning) can choose to put back his or her gift and steal any gift that is still available - see #4 above. Then the gift "exchange" is started again (see #3 and #4 above) and ended when someone either chooses or is forced to take the gift given up by person #1.

SHARING CIRCLES  Sharing of Accomplishments  COSP Planning Committee Election

INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR THE COSP PLANNING COMMITTEE?  The COSP Planning Committee is composed of 4 State Presidents. One from each region of North, South, East, and West.  At Annual Convention 4 representatives are elected, and 1 is elected COSP Chair. At Mid-Year Convention 3 representatives are elected.  The COSP Chair serves a 1 year term, while the COSP representatives serve a 6 month term.  Eligibility Requirements are as follows: must be a state President or President-elect, must be the state President for at least ¾ of their term on COSP, if a member of the COSP Planning Committee is no longer able to fulfill their duties as state President then they lose their eligibility to serve on the COSP Committee

COSP PLANNING COMMITTEE ELECTION  Each candidate must be nominated by their election area of North, South, East, and West.  Each state President is allotted 1 vote from within their election area, state President-Elects are not eligible to vote.  State Presidents and the NSNA Board of Directors are allotted 1 vote for the COSP Chair position  Voting will take place by Secret Ballot  The current COSP Planning Committee aids in the voting process while the tellers from the Nominations and Elections Committee Count the ballots.