August 3, 2009
Details for the Fall
2009 Seminar Announced.
The
Fall, 2009 Seminar "What’s
on the Schedule for Today?" is scheduled Saturday October 10, 2009.
This year’s site for our roving conference will be held in Akron, Ohio:
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Where: Akron Children’s Hospital
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Address: The William Considine Building
2 Perkins Square
Akron,
Ohio 43213
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Time: 8:00AM - 4:30PM
Details regarding the agenda, map and directions, fees, and
CEU’s can be found on the attached
registration form. This years seminar will
feature a hands-on
workshop with Medtronic Sofamor Danek.
The topic is Spinal Fusion Instrumentation.
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Board Actions:
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Spring 2010
conference date set for March 20 and 21, 2010 at Mt. Carmel East, Columbus.
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Updated and
revised banking and safety deposit box records to reflect board changes.
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Appointed Susan Karns as newsletter and website editor.
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Filed bi-annual
financial report for first half of 2009 with National.
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The board was
notified by National that all state assemblies no longer have the option of
setting
their own bylaws. The bylaws are now mandated by the national board for
all states.
The standardized bylaws are posted on our website: http://www.ohioast.org
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Appointed Linda
Russell to coordinate the Ohio Assembly celebration of Tech Week.
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Thank you:
A big thank you from the Ohio State Assembly to the following
members who represented our state as
delegates at the National convention May
25 – 29, 2009 in Las Vegas, NV - Edward James Moran,
CST/CFA, Sheila Andre' De
La Porte, CST, Jean Carty Turner, CST/CFA, Cole Staten, CST/CFA,
Debbie Bartels, CST, and Kim
Denny, CST.
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Tech Week:
Surgical technologists Week will be celebrated September
21-25, 2009. This year’s theme is “Excellence
in
Action”. 2009 marks the 40th year of AST. The anniversary is
being emphasized with the slogan
“Celebrating 40 YEARS of Excellent Patient
Care.” If you have ideas or need some ideas on how you can
celebrate Tech Week
in your workplace or community contact Linda Russell.
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President’s
Message:
The Ohio State Assembly has grown to be the fifth largest
state assembly in the nation. Our membership
is approaching 1200. Ours is such
a large diverse group and I invite you to get involved with our
association. We
need committee members, people to help at conferences, board and delegate
members.
You need no experience, we will orient you to the workings of our
association. Call or email me. I
welcome the opportunity to discus the
possibilities with you.
A good starting point would be involvment with Tech Week
September 21-25, 2009. Let your co-workers
and your community know who you are
and what you do. Ask your employer to put articles in local
newspapers,
television and radio stations, articles in your employer’s
newsletter, post exhibits in the
workplace.Use pictures when appropriate. Make
a professional statement! Use your imagination, the sky
is the limit.
After you’ve put your exhibit in place or had your article
published or whatever form your project has
taken, take pictures of what you
have done. Write a brief description an send to our PO box and it will be
forwarded
to National so they can see what has been accomplished by the Ohio
Assembly members.
The time to start planning is now. Promote Surgical
Technology. Be visible, have fun!
Mary Lou Johnson, LPN/CST
President,
The Ohio State Assembly of AST