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(To be Announced)
Editor’s
and President’s Message
To My Fellow AMT Members,
First of all, I’d like to thank
the members who attended the Fall Meeting on September 26, 2009 in Albuquerque.
We had excellent speakers and a good attendance record.
During the past year, we
published 2 important issues of El Tecnico. The Spring 2009 issue was dedicated
to our beloved member, Darlene Anderson, who passed away in October 2008.
Darlene served our state society for 47 years. The Fall 2009 issue was an
anniversary issue commemorating the 50th year of the New Mexico State Society of
American Medical Technologists (NMSSAMT).
This current issue celebrates a
milestone of El Tecnico, for winning first place in the journal
publications category. It’s the first time that our journal made it to the top
place. My associate editor, Robert Reid, and I have worked hard to achieve
excellence for this journal.
Our state society will be well
represented during the 72nd AMT National Convention because 2 of our members
will receive recognition. Barbara Ware, MT, has been selected for the Becky
award, and Rachael Porlas, RMA, for the Distinguished Achievement Award. Robert
Reid and I will be speakers also at the convention.
I’d like to thank Jim Cheslek,
Dean of Academic Affairs, and Eric Rudie, Campus President, of Brown Mackie
College, for offering their facility to host our state society meeting. Brown
Mackie College has opened its new campus in Albuquerque, NM.
Last, but not the least, I’d like
to thank Barbara Ware for her support and contributions during her tenure as
Western District Councillor. She did an excellent job, and therefore, deserves
her selection for the Becky Award.
We would like to welcome our new
Western District Councillor, Ken Hawker.
Thank you all for your continued
support to our state society. I’m hoping to see you on May 1, 2010.
Best Regards,
Henry Oh
Henry Oh, PhD, MT/AHI(AMT), RRT-NPS
President/Editor
Councillor's Message
Greetings to my Western
District colleagues:
The AMT Council met in Las
Vegas on February 3 and 4 at the site of our upcoming 2010 National
Convention. Diane Powell has done another outstanding job of planning this
year’s meeting. We will be gathering at the J.W. Marriott Resort at
Summerlin July 12 -17. Hopefully many of you are planning to attend since
this meeting is in the heart of our district. As you plan for this meeting
please be sure to include this year’s Leadership Session in your plans.
Your councilors have put together a program that will be beneficial and
enjoyable.
It is not too early to begin
looking toward our 2011 meeting. We will be in Miami August 1 – 6, 2011.
This meeting will be a joint AMT-CASMET meeting.
Between now and July there
are some special opportunities to recognize your peers and colleagues.
March 7 – 13 is National Dental Assistant Week and April 18 – 24 is National
Medical Laboratory Professionals Week. It is not too early to be planning
special activities to honor these members of our organization.
The AMT office staff has
recently been augmented by the addition of Camille Murray in the new role of
Education Manager. She will be working with our AMT leadership to expand
and improve our AMT provided continuing education opportunities. In
addition to recording sessions at our national educational meeting, she will
also be working to develop our CE website and some self-paced training
modules. Please take time to welcome Camille to AMT when you meet her in
Las Vegas.
As we continue our efforts to
provide instant access to state society information for our members and
prospective members I would like to encourage your to move forward with web
site development for your state societies on the AMT home page. Kathy Cilia
at the AMT office is available and willing to assist in this activity. They
have developed some templates that many of you have already begun using.
I am developing plans to
visit each of our Western District societies over the next two years.
Thanks for letting me know when your meetings are scheduled. I will be
contacting you once my schedule is set. In the mean time, I look forward to
meeting with you in Las Vegas this July.
Until then,
Ken Hawker
Ken Hawker, MT (AMT)
Western District
Councilor
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