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SOUTH CENTRAL REGION
Spring 2015
Vol. 15, No. 2
From the regional director
Whether drifting through life on a boat
or climbing toward old age leading a horse,
each day is a journey and the journey itself
is home.
—Basho
he spring leadership gathering last
month at Embassy Suites/DIA was
busy and productive for the Accreditation and Certification Committees
and Council. Please review my Interim RD
Report, Minutes of Council and revised
Regional Director Position Description
adopted by Council included in this
newsletter. Also, if you have not done so,
please access the International Congress
on Pastoral Care & Counseling website,
icpcc2015.org, register using the Early Bird
Option available to you until May 15 and
make your lodging reservation at the
Hyatt Regency Burlingame Hotel.
The Accreditation Committee, chaired
by Jeffery Scheer, reviewed and approved
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all 2014 center annual reports, requested
Council pay Scheer's travel and expenses
to attend both 2015 meetings of the
Accreditation Commission (Council
approved), and requested Stu Plummer
consult informally with Terry Izaguirre
in the national office about a possible
solution to align regional terms of office
with terms on national commissions.
Jessica Evans-Tameron, Chair of the
Certification Committee, reported that
three persons were seen for successful
reviews, including Janise Randall for a
Mandatory Consultation for Readiness,
K’Lynne McKinley for Supervisory Candidate status, and Jonathan Rudnick for
Extension of Candidacy. Congratulations
to each of them! In addition, given
approval of their theory papers Louis Serio
and John Allen will be seen for Associate
Supervisor reviews by the Certification
Commission next month at the national
conference in Atlanta. We wish them well!
Reports from the Board of Reps, committees and the Clinical Member were discussed and received by Council. As noted
above and included for your information,
a task group comprised of Jessica EvansTameron, Inba Inbarasu and Julie Swaney
developed a revised Regional Director
Position Description that was considered
and approved by Council. Further, Council
anticipates establishment of a search
process for the next Regional Director to
begin Jan. 1, 2016, and that the individual
hired will begin the task on Jan. 1, 2017.
Stay tuned for further information about
the search structure and process!
Don't forget to register for the 10th
International Congress on Pastoral Care
& Counseling!
—Stu Plummer
Annual Regional Meeting and 2015 ICPCC Conference
(International Congress on Pastoral Care and Counseling)
October 15-21, 2015 • Caring for One Another in the Global Village
Hyatt Regency at SFO Airport • Burlingame, California
Early bird rates and discounted hotel rooms have a May 15 deadline.
Check out program details, registration and hotel booking: http://www.icpcc2015.org
ACPE South Central Region News
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SCR board meeting
representation
his is a brief update on behalf of the
South Central Region regarding the
upcoming ACPE Board meeting. First
I would like to ask you to hold Dean
Dyk in your prayers as he continues to recover from some complications following
a recent surgery. Stu visited with Dean
today and he will be headed home for six
weeks of recovery.
I am pleased to communicate with you,
that even though Sheila as our Board of
Rep. and Dean as our alternate are not
able to attend the spring meeting, Stu will
represent the SCR in this important work.
As chair of the region, I consulted with
Sheila and Dean prior to asking Stu to
serve on our behalf.
Please join me in thanking Stu for his
gracious service on behalf of the SCR. I
regret that I will not be able to join all of
you who are able to participate in the
annual conference. I will be celebrating my
daughter’s graduation and will catch up
with you at our annual SCR this f all with
the International Congress on Pastoral
Care & Counseling.
—Alan Bowman
Upcoming events
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Council minutes
South Central Region ACPE
March 27, 2015 • Denver
Attendance – Alan Bowman, Jessica
Evans-Tameron, Sheila Hammond, Dean
Dyk, Janet Barriger , Cristina Stevens, Jeff
Scheer, Inba Inbarasu, Rob Hartmann,
Marc Giedinghagen and Stu Plummer.
Adoption of Agenda - Council added
the RD job description task force report to
the previously sent agenda by consensus.
Janet moved acceptance of the agenda
and Inba second. Motion approved.
Approval of Minutes –Jeff moved and
Sheila seconded approval of the Minutes
of the October 3, 2014.
Reports
Chair - Alan Bowman offered his
appreciation for all the work of the Council, for timely reporting and for all you do.
Board of Reps – Sheila Hammond's
written report was submitted before the
meeting. All the task groups of ACPE are in
May 2–9
Oct. 15–21
2016
May 7–14
ACPE Annual Conference
Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, Georgia
10th International Congress on Pastoral Care & Counseling
(ICPCC)
South Central Region Annual Meeting
Hyatt Regency Burlingame, California
ACPE National Conference
Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel
process and continue to meet. After 2016,
sites for national meetings will rotate
among Minneapolis, Phoenix and Atlanta.
The comfortable space in the new leased
office is a real plus for the staff. Dean Dyk
will substitute for Sheila at the May Board
of Reps meeting in Atlanta.
Accreditation – Jeffery Scheer's report
was received. All South Central Region
Center Annual Reports were also received
and approved for 2014. Inba moved and
Sheila seconded that The South Central
Region pay expenses (hotel and per diem)
for the current Chair of South Central
Accreditation Committee, Jeff Scheer, to
attend the Accreditation Commission
meeting in November 2015. Motion was
approved with one abstention. Jeff does
not begin his term on the Accreditation
Commission until 2016 and Council wants
him to represent the region at the fall
meeting.
Through Jessica’s initiative, Council
directed Stu to discuss with Terry Izaguirre
in the National ACPE, Inc. office, a possible
solution to align the terms of office of the
Region’s Accreditation Chair with the
terms of office of the Accreditation Commission.
Certification – Jessica Evans-Tameron,
Louis Serio and John Allen will meet the
Certification Commission for Associate
Supervisor reviews at the national conference in May 2015. Ten people will be seen
for CPE Supervisor and 17 for Associate
Supervisor. Jessica reported success with
the Pilot Project for writing theory papers.
Three Supervisory students met subcommittees at this meeting and all were
approved. Janise Randall was affirmed at
her readiness consultation, K’Lynne
McKinley was granted Supervisory Candi-
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date status, and Jonathon Rudnick was
granted a two year extension of Candidacy.
New job description for RD task
group – Task group members: Jessica
Evans-Tameron, Inba Inbarasu and Julie
Sweeney. Julie made the report for the
task group assigned to review and possibly
revise the job description for the Regional
Director. Julie presented a draft of the job
description that was well received by
Council. Council acknowledged the task
group’s work, and made minor changes to
the document. Jessica moved that the
revised Regional Director job description
be approved and presented to the regional
membership, with second by Sheila.
Motion approved.
Ethics – Cristina Stevens' written
report was submitted to Council ahead of
the meeting. All information was in the
report.
Standards – Inba Inbarasu handed out
a written report including potential
changes in Standards and reported that
Jim Taylor will be the new chair of the
Standards Commission.
REM – Inba Inbarasu moved and Jessica seconded to approve a student scholarship of $250 for Janise Randall,
Supervisory Education Student at Wesley
Medical Center in Wichita, Kan., to attend
the ACPE/REM Conference in May. Rhonda
Quiroz, Resident at Saint Luke’s Health
System in Kansas City, was already
approved to receive a $250 in scholarship
for the conference.
Clinical Member – Rob Hartmann's
written report was presented prior to the
meeting of council. Rob reported his
efforts on behalf of the region to reduce
the cost of the Clinical Member fee in
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March 27 Council minutes continued from p. 2
ACPE, Inc. Also, Council encourages Rob to
advocate for inclusion of NACC and NAJC
in addition to APC in the conversations
about fees and issues pertaining to the
role of Clinical Members in general.
Regional Director – Stu Plummer’s
written report was sent to council prior to
the meeting. Stu answered questions
about his report. He reported on planning
to date for the May 2016 ACPE national
conference in Denver. The conference
theme will likely focus on envisioning our
future, utilizing a world café model with
an outside consultant, and hopefully
eventuate in a consensus about our organizational structure and governance going
forward. More plans and information
about the conference will be forthcoming
including opportunities for involvement of
folks in Denver and the region.
Foundation – Stu reported that FCPE
concluded a three-year contract for consulting with Haas Consulting. The Foundation is now a Type 1 support foundation
whose sole purpose is to support and
enhance the mission of ACPE. Trace is now
both CEO of FCPE and Executive Director
of ACPE. Jasmine Okafor has been hired as
Development Specialist for the Foundation. The Foundation has also received its
first grant from an external donor, which
will make other outside grants more likely.
Sally Schwab is now a member of the FCPE
Board.
Sheila moved and Inba seconded to
receive all reports presented to Council.
Motion approved.
Action Items
Supervisor Emeritus – Stu Plummer
announced Paula Gold is eligible for nomination as a Supervisor Emeritus in the
Region. Jeff nominated and Janet seconded Paula Gold for Supervisor Emeritus.
Motion was approved. Stu will write up a
summary about Paula for the Board of
Reps. Paula retired recently from the VA
Medical Center in Kansas City.
ACPE/REM Scholarship Application –
Alan Bowman (see the minutes above
regarding the approved scholarships)
Regional Financial Review 2014 (unaudited) & Financial Review 2015 (y-td, Jan – Feb) – Stu Plummer
Council reviewed the Profit & Loss
reports for 2014 and January through February 2015. Our regional audit going forward will be paid through the national
office/budget and will not be reflected in
our regional fiscal plan.
As a result of a recent review of Student Unit Reports, Stu discovered a discrepancy between the number of units
registered with the national office and the
number confirmed to the regional office
during July 2014. Twenty-one units were
not confirmed to the regional office, and
meant that invoices amounting to $2,520
were not generated and sent to the centers involved. In addition another 19 units
were mistakenly reported as current when
in fact they were done by a now retired
CPE Supervisor at a Center in 2000 (15
years ago). That software error at the
national office wrongly inflated our student unit numbers for the last calendar
year. Stu will work to recover the accurate
data for these unit reports with the
national office and will then ask the Centers involved to pay the unit fees. No
penalty or interest will be charged to these
Centers and there will be an apology made
to the Centers affected.
Development of regional financial
policies – Stu Plummer – As a consequence of the new ACPE auditor including
more rigorous reviews in the post-Enron
era, regions will be required to develop
detailed financial policies, institute internal controls, and undergo a more detailed
annual view financially. As a region we will
need to develop more specific financial
policies and procedures to be in compliance as a nonprofit entity.
2015 Annual Meeting / International
Congress on Pastoral Care & Counseling
– Janet Barriger & Stu Plummer reported
on the conference planning. Registration
is beyond expectations. Early bird registration ends May 15, 2015. There are two
times for the South Central Region to
meet as a region at this conference, on
Friday and Sunday morning. Stu suggested
that Council meet on Friday morning and
the Annual Business Meeting be held on
Sunday morning. Stu will explore the cost
of a conference call, via speaker telephone,
for regional members to participate in the
business meeting who are unable to
attend. Stu reported on the financial plan-
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Council members
photographed March 27 at
the Embassy Suites meeting
Robert Green and Alan Bowman
Jessica Evans-Tameron
and Sheila Hammond
Inba Inbarasu, Janet Barriger
and Jessica Evans-Tameron
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March 27 Council minutes continued from p. 3
ning for the International Congress. Sponsorships of the Congress are very good so
far. Regional financial sponsorship will be
considered further in a Council conference
call in the next few weeks.
Regional Director Succession Plan –
Alan Bowman – Stu shared his ideas about
succession for the RD position with Council. Stu suggested he conclude as RD on
December 31, 2016. As previously agreed
he will continue as RD for one year
beyond his current contract. Stu was
excused from the meeting to plan a celebration of his contributions to the region
over many years.
Alan suggested that council consider
hiring an Interim Regional Director to
assist the region through the transition
and visioning. Alan suggested two task
groups: one to celebrate Stu’s time in the
region and another to consider its transition.
Janet Barriger, Jessica Evans-Tameron
and Sheila Hammond will be a Celebration
Task Group planning a celebration for Stu
with proposals coming back to council. A
reminder to add this task group to the
agenda for the council meeting in San
Francisco.
A Transition Task Group will be established to consider options regarding the
Region’s future feasibility, administrative
needs, and personnel for consideration by
Council. Rob Hartmann and Alan Bowman
agreed to serve. Julie Swaney will also be
contacted regarding her interest and
availability.
Another question for immediate consideration: How will a Search Committee
be constituted? Council as a whole? A
committee of Council? A committee to
include other regional members?
2016 ACPE National Conference at
Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, May
14 – 21, 2016 – Stu Plummer – Rather
than a constitutional convention, it will be
an occasion to “envision our future” as a
professional society utilizing an outside
consulting firm. (See the notes in the
page- one RD Report about the 2016
national conference.)
Possible sites and dates for 2016
Spring Leadership Meeting - The
National Conference is in Denver May 714, 2016. Options for the Spring Leadership in 2016 are: The Marriott Country
Club Plaza in Kansas City. Stu will talk with
the Marriott in KC to secure prices and
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check space availability. Jeff Scheer and a
few supervisors in St. Louis will explore
options for the Spring Leadership Meeting
in the St. Louis area.
Possible sites and dates for 2016
Annual Regional Meeting - Stu will
explore the costs of having the annual
meeting in Kansas City at the Marriott
Country Club Plaza. Jeff and Rob will
explore options in St. Louis. Council
prefers to have the meeting after Oct. 11,
2016, due to Jewish holidays. Options for
dates are Oct. 12-14 or 19-21.
Other business
FCPE – Janet moved and Jeffery seconded that we contribute 2% of student
unit fees paid from the region in 2014,
which was $66,240, to FCPE. The amount
is $1,324.80. Motion was approved by
Council.
Cristina Stevens will chair the regional
meeting at the national conference in
Atlanta and Jeff Sheer will takes minutes
since Alan and Marc are unable to attend.
Adjournment -Jeff Sheer moved and
Rob seconded a motion to adjourn.
Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Marc Giedinghagen, Scribe
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