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To: Members, Indiana Professional Standards Board (IPSB)

From: Lew Ciminillo, Chair, Standards Committee (SC)

Date: March 15, 2000

Re: Minutes of January 18, 2000, Standards Committee Meeting

Committee Members present: Carolyn Babione, Lew Ciminillo, Daniel Grayson, Earlene Holland, Gertrude Howard, Faye Iorio, Kathy Klawitter, John Marsteller, William Rentschler, Michael Rokicki, Phillip VanFossen, Kevin Walter, and Jody Whicker.

Others in attendance: Bet J. Kotowski, IPSB Staff Anna Lynch, Support Assistant

The SC was convened by Lew Ciminillo, Chair, on January 18, 2000, at 9:00 a.m. in Conference Room 6 at the Indiana Government Center-South in Indianapolis.

I Welcome/Introductions

II Materials reviewed as related to the group's charge:

A. Power Point: IPSB Background
B. Power Point: Licensure Framework
C. New System Update (Revised 1/19/00)
D. SC Charge and Procedures
E. Comprehensive Standards Document Overview

 

III Issues/questions as related to the group's charge:

A. Lew Ciminillo requested that Carolyn Babione be co-chair of the Committee. Carolyn accepted this official role.

B. Lew Ciminillo led the Committee through an initial discussion of the unresolved issues that the SC will need to address. Anna Lynch will disseminate copies of the letters of concern so far received from stakeholder groups and will create a summary of the issues that have been raised to the SC members.

C. The Committee agreed that a letter would be drafted by co-chairs, Lew Ciminillo and Carolyn Babione, to be approved by the IPSB Executive Committee before being sent to stakeholder groups who have submitted SC-related concerns to the IPSB.

D. The Committee discussed that Tom Hansen, IPSB Attorney and Director of Legal and External Affairs could be asked to draft a communique to the legislature indicating that the SC has convened, and outlining the SC process for addressing current SC-related concerns.

E. Committee assignments were:
• Create a distribution list to facilitate timely SC-related discussion (Kathy Klawitter); and
• SC work groups review current unresolved issues and present to full committee at next meeting.

F. The Committee received and approved a schedule for the following SC meetings: February 15, 2000; March 14, 2000; April 25, 2000; May 23, 2000; and June 20, 2000.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:00 p.m.