Local chapter update: Updated agreement form available for leaders

Every year, the members of the Chapter Advisory Board (CAB) review the formal ACDIS Local Chapter Agreement Form, taking time to include updates related to concerns from leaders across the country over the previous year. This year the CAB and the ACDIS administration put a tremendous amount of effort into re-organizing the agreement to better clarify expectations and benefits of local chapter leadership and activities.

For example, did you know that:

• All local chapter members can obtain a discount off their national membership dues just by completing the online membership roster?
• Local chapter leaders are required to encourage their members to complete the roster on a regular basis (at least bi-annually)?
• Local chapter leaders must regularly communicate with ACDIS national?
• Local chapter leaders are eligible for 50% discount off national membership following the effective completion of their annual duties by communicating with ACDIS Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas and ACDIS Editor Linnea Archibald?

The local chapter agreement must be signed by three volunteers from three different organizations every year by January 30. Local chapters and/or networking groups which do not complete the form will no longer be considered to have official standing with the national organization.

Please take a close and careful look at the form to ensure your team’s awareness of all the benefits and obligations it contains and if you have any questions or comments reach out to us!

The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. If you have an upcoming event you would like to include, please email Melissa Varnavas (mvarnavas@acdis.org) and Linnea Archibald (larchibald@acdis.org).

December:

• The Alabama ACDIS chapter meets on Thursday, December 28, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Jeffrey Morris (jwmorris@health.southalabama.edu).

January:

• The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter meets on Friday, January 5, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Penn State Health-Hershey. Please RSVP by Thursday, December 14, by clicking here. For information, contact Deanne Wilk (dwilk@pennstatehealth.psu.edu).
• The Illinois ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, January 17, 12-1 p.m. CST, via webinar. For information, contact Colleen Stukenberg (cstukenberg@fhn.org).
• The Westchester/Hudson Valley ACDIS chapter meets on Thursday, January 18, 2-4 p.m. For information, contact Kerry Seekircher (kseekircher@northwell.edu).
• The Philadelphia/New Jersey/Delaware ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, January 18, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Debby Dallen (dallend@einstein.edu).
• The Michigan ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, January 24, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Patricia Vitasinski (pvitasi2@hfhs.org).
• The Washington Evergreen ACDIS chapter meets on Friday, January 26, 10-11 a.m., via webinar. For information, contact (evergreenACDIS@gmail.com).

February:

• The Kentucky ACDIS chapter meets on Thursday, February 1, 1-4 p.m., at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. For information, contact Leah Savage (leah.savage@nortonhealthcare.org).
• The South Carolina ACDIS chapter meets Friday, February 2, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Palmetto Baptist Health in Columbia. For information, contact Mary Hopkins (mary.hopkins@hcahealthcare.com).
• The CDI Educator ACDIS networking group meets on Thursday, February 22, 12-1 p.m. PST, via webinar to discuss the topic of CDI educators and data. For information, contact M.E. VanGelder (me.vangelder@honorhealth.com).
• The North Carolina ACDIS chapter meets Friday, February 23, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington. Registration opens Monday, January 1. For information, contact ncacdis@gmail.com.

Save-the-date:

• The Washington Evergreen ACDIS chapter is tentatively planning to meet on Friday, April 6, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at PeaceHealth in Vancouver. For information, contact the chapter leadership (evergreenACDIS@gmail.com).
• The South Carolina ACDIS chapter tentatively plans to meet Friday, June 8, at MUSC in Charleston. For information, contact Mary Hopkins (mary.hopkins@hcahealthcare.com).