Transcript NRRCC North Regional Respiratory Care Conference

NRRCC
North Regional Respiratory Care Conference
Minnesota-Wisconsin
Wisconsin-Minnesota
Come together for educational
conference
MN Perspective
• 1996: Deb Skees Pres-elect MN at the
AARC leadership meeting
• Discussions about the “Tri-State” meeting
• IDEA spawned!
– Deb brings in Denise Johnson into the plan
• Can we say “synergistic”?
Underlying reasons to join forces
• Decreased volunteerism
• Improved program speakers with larger
venue
• Economies of scale
• Play on the positives of the states
Beginnings in Wisconsin
• WSRC Board began to brainstorm in the
mid to late 1990’s.
• Goal was to provide the best conference
for the money for our members.
• How could we increase both quality of
speakers and number of attendees??
• How could we generate more interest in
and revenue from the state conference?
• Biggest expenses—speakers and facility
Discussion at AARC HOD
• Other states had already merged their annual
conference
• Delegates Lynn Symrk Lenz and Bob Milisch
from Wisconsin discussed the idea with their
Minnesota counterparts Deb Skees and Denise
Johnson
• Lynn and Bob brought the idea to the WSRC
• Deb and Denise brought the idea to the MSRC
Minnesota and Wisconsin
States “foaming” to work
together
• Similar in numbers attending conferences
• Common upper midwest ideals
– Hard working
– Hard playing
– Fun
– And did we mention fun?
Crossing State Lines
• 2001—MN coordinators visited the WI
State conference in Stevens Point.
• At this meeting, the merger was made
between the 2 states to form the North
Regional Respiratory Care Conference.
• Planning for the first NRRCC to be held in
2005 had begun.
• Vendor Champions included in planning
How Did that go?
• Wisconsota
• Minnisconsin
This could never work, Packers and Vikings
fans all working together?
Don’t be ridiculous!
Separate Governing Body
• Joint Executive Committee for NRRCC
– 3 members from each state (tie breaker
needed)
– Bylaws were developed from a previous
structure used by Joe Huff from Ohio
– Maintain each state’s structural integrity
– Separate board meetings
– Separate Sputum Bowls
Contract
• 4 year trial contract
– Rotate every other to each state
– Identified location within state
– Time of year
• MN fall
• WI spring
• Alternated to evaluate best practice
No Easy Battle
• Performa’s presented to both BOD
• Issues to work through
– State identities
– Local vendors
– Locations Locations locations
– RT’s willing to travel
– Financial arrangements
– What if’s….
Positive Outcomes
• Meeting new people and making new
friends
• Higher quality conference
• Sharing new ideas
• Increased volunteer pool
• National vendors save money/have higher
contact ratio
• Increased revenues for each state
Concerns
• Locate the conference in a central location
close to population centers.
• The far borders of the states are
marginalized when the conference is in the
other state.
• Members might only attend a conference
every other year in their own state.
Issues
• Timing issues
– Awards
– Elections
– Annual business meetings
2004 Wisconsin Conference
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2 nationally recognized speakers
AARC speaker
275-300 attendees
55-60 vendors
$16,000-18,000 in revenue
2007 NRRCC conference
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5 nationally recognized speakers
AARC speaker
517 attendees
85 vendors
$55,000-60,000 in revenue
What do you get for your
money?
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$200.00 AARC member
$75.00 Student
11.5-13 CRCE
3 day conference
Unopposed vendor time
3 breakfasts and 2 lunches are included
Kalahari Resort-Wisconsin Dells
• 2009 room rate $104.00/night for up to 4
people.
• Includes tickets to the largest indoor water
park in the US—located right at the hotel.
• 2016 room rate already locked in at
$110.00.
• Contract locked in with NRRCC through
2017.
Revenue Sharing
• First $1000.00 to host state
• Remaining revenue divided equally into 2
parts
• In one divided part, the revenue is split
50/50
• In the other divided part, the revenue is
split based on percentage of attendees per
state
Revenue Sharing Example
• In 2007, Wisconsin was the host state
• $60,000 total revenue
• Wisconsin
Minnesota
$1000.00
------$14,750.00
$14,750.00
$19,666.67 66.7%/33.3% $ 9,833.33
$ 35,416.67 Total/state $ 24,583.33
Results
• Increased revenues
• Positive vendor response and increased
numbers
• BOD’s happy on both states
• RT’s very positive response-adapted wellincreased participants
NRRCC Continues
• Both state BOD’s renewed contract to
continue another 4 years.
• Exceptional Affiliation
– States compete and support one another
– Both bring strengths to table
– Work and play well together