Next Conference Call

Greetings All

We have the majority of committee members available to participate on a follow up OTA honor Society Development conference call on

Thursday, August 20th at 4:00 pm.

At this time everyone should have received several comments emails sharing OTA program information and preferences on development of Option I, II and III. Thank you for taking the time to express your thoughts. In addition I have provided a list of all participants and your committee assignment. I have also include your contact information so that you can get started as smaller groups. It might be a good ideas to assign one member from each committee to serve as the "spokesperson or chair" for the group. Please make sure that individual can be available to report your group work during the call. Also I would appreciate hearing from you if you are the designated chair. Good Luck and please let me know how I can continue to support you all in this process.

Please place August 20 at 4:00pm on your calendar. As we get closer to the date of the call please expect an agenda and confrence call dial in - instrucitons via email.

Sincerely,

Jessica Halterman, AOTF

INAUGURAL PLANNING MEETING: OTA HONOR SOCIETY

FEEDBACK FROM THE INAUGURAL PLANNING MEETING

The comments below are directly copied responses sent to Jessica Halterman following the first conference call for the planning of the first OTA Honor Society. They have been posted here for convenience and archival purposes. Additional comments are encouraged.

As subcommittees begin their work, we are happy to facilitate the posting of specific threads for the subcommittees. This will help to focus comments around specific areas, including structure, standards, naming, governance and recruitment/induction of founding members.

Thanks to Everyone For A Terrific First Meeting!

Thanks to everyone for a very productive meeting! We at AOTF are very excited about the prospect of beginning an honor society for OTA and it would not be possible without the creativity and commitment of leaders like you!

I am grateful to Jessica Halterman and Melissa Oliver for sharing their wisdom and experience with Pi Theta Epsilon. This gives us a giant head start!

If you have not done so, please be sure to send an email to Jessica at jhalterm@aol.com with your name, affiliation, committee preferences and further ideas about names, structure standards and other matters that may be germane to the discussion.

We pledge to work with you to create a sustainable society that recognizes leading students, and serves as a means for promoting excellence, service and pride among occupational therapy assistant students, educators and practitioners! Check our website at www.aotf.org for a press release on this initiative next week.

If I can be of assistance in any way, please do not hesitate to call me at 301-652-6611 ext 2551.

Thanks again!

Chuck Christiansen
Executive Director, AOTF
cchristiansen@aotf.org

Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) honor society

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