MCPP Board of Directors Meeting May 2024 Minutes

In-Person Meeting, Sunday, May 19, 2024, 9am – 10:30am

Present: David Freiband, Linda Young, Karen Weber, Cate Desjardins, Elisabeth Waiess, Miriam Lorrain, Marissa Keep, Tamra Frei, Shil Sengupta, Michele Rivette,

Lisa Larson.

President: D. Freiband

• Freiband motioned to accept Sengupta’s April 2024 minutes with suggested revisions. Rivette seconded the motion. Board approved unanimously.

Treasurer: Tamra Frei

• Frei highlights no significant changes in the UMCU checking account (similar in-flow and out- flow).
• Total net worth up slightly due, in part, to funds from the cash account moved into the investment account.

Vice President of Programs: Miriam Lorrain

• Lorrain tallied all the votes submitted by Board Members for speaker nominations for potentially extended length engagements.
• Two speakers received the most votes. Lorrain and Desjardins considered following up with both to confirm whether either one would be interested in a longer format.
• Issues considered: (1) how to subsidize this event assuming longer format: i.e. Foundation funding event and/or supplemental cost to attendees.
• (2) amount of payment to potential speaker (given extended length of speaking engagement)
• Lorrain, Desjardins, Keep, and Freiband will continue to coordinate on aforementioned issues over the summer.
• Current day’s speaker asked to record meeting. Board weighed pros and cons of this request. Board decided to decline request (to protect the privacy of the attendees).
• Lorrain asked Board if it was in organization’s best interest to advertise line-up of speakers in advance of academic year so prospective attendees can plan ahead. Board agreed.
• Freiband will follow up with Michael Singer, MPS Foundation, to advertise event.

Membership Co-Vice President: Lisa Larson

•  Membership has increased since last meeting.
• Freiband suggests idea of subcommittee to address following issue: how to distinguish certified analysts and certified psychoanalytic psychotherapists

      (specifically through MCPP training) on the MCPP website.

• Others brought up issue of justification of these individuals being required to pay yearly membership fees.
• Freiband suggests prioritizing issue of distinguishing aforementioned individuals on the website, distinct from secondary issue of how to charge them for yearly membership fees.
• Freiband motioned to drop the fee for certified analysts and certified psychoanalytic psychotherapists starting January 2025. Larson seconded the motion. 

      Board agreed unanimously.

Committee Reports:

Website: Karen Weber

• No updates

Social Liaison: Eve Avrin

• Freiband, in Avrin’s absence, communicated the following for her:
• She is urging people to sign up for the Banquet as quickly as possible.
• Clarified sign up process for Board members specifically who are being treated to the dinner.
• Member appreciation banquet will be held on Saturday, June 8, from 6-9pm at “The Venue by 4M” in Ann Arbor.

Psychology CEUs: Miriam Lorrain

• Confirmed receipt of approval from APA for MCPP to be approved provider of CEs for psychologists for the next five years.
• Still waiting to hear back from LARA, that MCPP is approved by the American Psychological Association as an organization that can sponsor continuing education

      credits.

Social Work CEUs: Tamra Frei

• No updates

New and Continuing Business

•  Follow up on discussion about Zoom-meister backup:
• Lorrain able to get Keep access to zoom accounts, and will have Young and Keep be able

      to co-host current day’s meeting (with Lorrain as primary host), and for Keep increasing

      practice and facility in this role

• Generally, if person in key role is absent from meeting (and needs to share information with the board), person is to share information with Freiband,

      so Freiband can share that information with the rest of the Board.

• Review of Listserv advertising issue: Freiband reviewed proposal by clinic owner regarding supervisory positions (for pay) that he would like to 

      advertise. Freiband asked the Board whether they considered a proposal like this to meet the guidelines of our listserv.

• Sengupta reviewed the issue of “transactional” requests, advertised for “for-profit” motivesdistinct from events to publicize “not for profit” requests. He 

      elaborated that the transactional requests can be a “slippery slope” to more explicit, for profit, business advertising: that metrics need to be clarified with respect to this.

• Board agreed to return to this agenda in our subsequent meeting.

Board Position Holders and Terms as They Currently Stand

President 2024-2026 (two-year term): David Freiband

Co-VP's of Programs 2024-2026 (two-year term): Miriam Lorrain and Cate Desjardins

Co-VP's of Membership 2024-2026 (two-year term): Linda Young and Lisa Larson

Treasurer 2024-2027 (three-year term): Tamra Frei

Secretary 2024-2026 (two-year term): Shil Sengupta

Members at Large (three-year term):

Michele Rivette 2021-2024

Eve Avrin 2022-2025

Robert Cohen 2024-2027

Marissa Keep 2024-2027

Carol Stratman 2024-2027

Beth Waiess 2024-2027

Karen Weber 2024-2027

Freiband made motion to adjourn the meeting, Frei seconded the motion. The Board approved unanimously.

Minutes respectfully submitted by Shil Sengupta, Recorder.