Meeting Minutes & Link

Monthly Meeting Link:

https://meet.goto.com/504790421

Overall discussion of October minutes was about the Mid Atlantic Conference, the new bill and the lobbyist. All previous meeting minutes can be found in the AMTA hub.

Meeting Minutes American Massage Therapy Association

NOVEMBER 2025 MINUTES

CALL TO ORDER 

The meeting of Delaware chapter was held on 11/3/25 at 7:13 pm 

The meeting was held (please check type) [ x] VIRTUAL [ ] PHONE [ ] FACE TO FACE 

ATTENDEES 

Board Members Present: 

Jo Franklin , Bernadette Brocco , Neely Qualls , Jessica Kranz 

Board Members Absent: 

 Shirl Lord , Jodi Collins , Amber Hill , Adele Thaxton 

Quorum: No  

APPROVAL OF AGENDA  

Amber Hill 

APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES 

N/A 

OLD (UNFINISHED) BUSINESS 

Discussion: 

Reviewed classes and volunteer needs for 2026 Mid-Atlantic Conference 

No response back from the Board of Commissions 

NEW BUSINESS 

Discussion:  

We spoke about House Bill 136 and our desire to have the lobbyist coming on to work on clarification. 

Action or Motion: 

Jo is sending an email to the board to get specifics on what clarification would like to be made on HB 136 

PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER REPORT(S) 

Discussion: 

Reviewed House bill 136. Jo shared topics discussed with Chrisine Hoober regarding HB136 and specifics we would like clarified. Jo also shared to decide on what is the priority for the lobbyist and other topics we want to keep an eye on.  

Action or Motion:  

Jo is sending out an email to collect questions and topics for lobbyist 

COMMITTEE MEMBER REPORT(S) 

Discussion:  

*Neely GR chair – shared information about the DPR meeting. The topic of Hybrid education came up from a new school and is tabled till next month as the state board wants to review what would be hands on and on-line. She also share about an establishment license being denied due to the close relations to a previous massage establishment license holding that was shut down due to elicit behavior. 

*Jessica social media chair – shared no new updates. Jo brought up ideas Jodi Collins had to streamline the one location for information. It was discussed by the board volunteers that Instagram get more views and to coordinate the FB and IG pages.  

*Shirl new member chair – is steadily sending welcome emails to new members with board member contact information and website information for them to stay abreast of happenings in the state and a way to stay connected. 4 new member emails were sent out. 

*Adele AOD and volunteer chair – asked that the podcast idea be tabled till the new year. It doesn’t have approval from chapter legal.  

Action or Motion: 

Jessica is working on this, and Jo is working on getting meeting minutes to be share in a link for ease of access to the website and viewing for members. 

DELEGATE REPORT 

Discussion: N/A 

Action or Motion: 

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS (Including Tabled Items) 

Discussion: We had a guest member speak about a more social platform to connect, have fun and get together doing Aerial yoga. 

Action or Motion: To plan 

We will discuss it further at the next meeting 

ATTACHMENTS (i.e., president, board member, secretary, financial administrator, and committee reports) 

NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING (12/1/2025) 

ADJOURNMENT 8:09 pm 

Respectfully submitted by, Jo Franklin 11/7/2025 (Signature & Date)