ANA Board of Directors votes to find other business relationship with nursing workforce advocacy entities.On January 2, 2008 WNA WNA World Nuclear Association (UK)WNA Wisconsin Nurses Association WNA Weather Normalization Adjustment WNA Wireless Network Access WNA Wireless Network Administration WNA Wednesday Night Acro WNA White Noise Acceleration received a memo from ANA President, Becky Patton, regarding the ANA Board of Directors decision to notify the two workforce advocacy entities, the United American Nurses United American Nurses (UAN) is an American union affiliated with the American Nurses Association (ANA) and the AFL-CIO. Unlike other unions that some American nurses belong to, such as the Service Employees International Union, the UAN represents only Registered Nurses (RNs). (UAN UAN - User Action Notation. A notation from VPI for representation of activity in a graphical user interface. [H. Hartson et al, ACM Trans on Info Sys, July 1990]. ) and the Center for American Nurses ("Center") that they will not be pursuing another affiliation agreement under the guise of an Associate Organizational Member (AOM AOM Academy of Management AOM Age of Mythology (Ensemble Studios game) AOM Acute Otitis Media (middle ear infection) AOM Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine AOM America on the Move ). The current AOM structure within ANA has been the method for the two workforce advocacy entities, UAN and "Center", to provide services to the Constituent Member Associations (CMA CMA - Concert Multithread Architecture from DEC. ). WNA is a member of ANA as a CMA and is a member of the "Center". Below you will find the correspondence from President Patton to WNA. "[Sent on behalf of ANA President Rebecca M. Patton, MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). , RN, CNOR CNOR Certified Nurse Operating Room CNOR Canadian Northern Railway Company CNOR Command Not Operationally Ready ] Dear CMA Presidents and Executive Directors, As you know, the ANA Board is committed to transparency in all its dealings on behalf of the association's members. To that end, attached are copies of letters ANA has sent to our two major workforce-related Associate Organizational Members (AOMs): United American Nurses (UAN) and the Center for American Nurses (The Center). These letters make clear that the ANA is poised to explore new and potentially promising business relationships with UAN and The Center. In taking this action, the Board reaffirms its avid support for and belief in ANA's diverse membership having the freedom to choose collective bargaining or other approaches to workforce advocacy. The ANA Board strongly believes the association and Constituent Member Associations (CMAs) would be better served and strengthened if the relationships between the CMAs and the UAN and the CMAs and the Center were made by the state associations, without unneeded references to Associate Organizational Members in ANA's bylaws The rules and regulations enacted by an association or a corporation to provide a framework for its operation and management. Bylaws may specify the qualifications, rights, and liabilities of membership, and the powers, duties, and grounds for the dissolution of an , agreements or policies. Further, the ANA Board has trust and confidence in the CMAs being best positioned to evaluate the value of their relationships with the UAN or the Center. Lastly, further potential bylaw changes regarding our structure have been submitted to the Committee on Bylaws by the board with the desired outcome to strengthen the ANA and CMA's. " The WNA Board of Directors will be monitoring this activity and keep you appraised of any other correspondence we receive. If you have questions regarding this correspondence feel free to contact Gina Dennik-Champion, WNA Executive Director at gina@wisconsinnurses.org or 608-221-0383. |
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