President's Welcome...
From the President of AMTA-Vermont
May 2011
President’s Message
Our Vermont Chapter has never been more active and involved in your community, and we are expanding our volunteer leadership and planning for 2011!
Spring is finally here and I feel an upswing in activity all around us; I hope you are feeling this renewed energy in your practices as well! Your chapter is working on several projects simultaneously, and we are always looking for members to assist.
There are some jobs, like communication with you, that are vitally important for the chapter. We’ve implemented several different electronic communications over the past two years and we’re still trying to balance your need for print information with your emphasis on green business practices. To help us with the ongoing tasks associated with chapter communications, we currently have an open search for several paid positions with the chapter. These positions don’t need to be filled by chapter members, but we are looking for folks to serve as newsletter editor, advertising manager, webmaster, and electronic communications manager. We are accepting applications until June 1st and you can find more information about the positions on the chapter’s email archives webpage: http://www.amta-vermont.org/newsletter.html.
I also want to thank Nancy Riege, LynnAnn Prom, Laura Bull, Debra Ty, Felicia Fox, Michelle Foster, Amy Green, Laurie Abatiell, and Dorothy Stone for attending the Vermont chapter’s first educational webinar on April 20th to learn about essential oils. I met Marty Harger of DoTERRA essential oils at this year’s New England Regional Conference (NERC) and was really impressed with her style of providing information; I am so pleased that she agreed to volunteer her time to provide us the webinar! If you are interested in the oils, feel free to contact her at marty@balance245.com. We’d like to continue providing these informal educational opportunities throughout the year, so please look for the invitations in your email and on Facebook!
NERC was really fun this year and it was great to meet so many Vermont members! One of those members was so inspired by the conference that she asked how she might become more involved; thank you to LynnAnn Prom for joining us as our 2012 NERC representative for the Vermont chapter! I also had the chance to room with Rachelle Ackerman, who was this year’s Perry Plouffe scholarship recipient. Please check out her uplifting report about her NERC experience later in this newsletter! If you are interested in helping with NERC, there is an upcoming meeting on June 5th, and I’d be pleased to talk with you about it. We offer excellent benefits to AMTA-VT members who are our NERC reps!
I’m excited to announce that our chapter’s annual meeting and educational event will be held at the Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa in Stowe and feature a three-day training by ACE massage cupping. I had a chance to meet Shannon Gilmartin at NERC, too, and was lucky enough to receive a demo while visiting the ACE booth. Massage cupping is an amazing combination of myofascial, deep tissue, and lymphatic work – I think you’ll love it!
Laura Bull has become quite active with the chapter since she transferred in last fall; she has become the chapter secretary and has a passion for public relations and business promotion that involves AMTA. The chapter will be sending her to AMTA’s home city - Evanston, IL – this July for a Chapter Volunteer Orientation Program (CVOP). CVOP serves as a national training base for chapter volunteers in leadership positions and strengthens our connections around the country with other massage therapists serving their state chapters. Have fun, Laura!
You may remember receiving a call from me prior to the aromatherapy webinar. I plan to contact you in a similar way about once every three months with updates or a brief question about decisions facing the chapter. I hope that this will help bridge our high-tech/high-touch needs for communication and provide you an opportunity to become more involved with the chapter’s activities and ongoing progress!
Also, please read this month's newsletter by clicking here.
Please contact me at amy@amta-vermont to become more involved or hear the chapter's next steps!
