Greetings all! Welcome to the first OTAC Executive Director
Message blog posting in collaboration with the 100 Stories of OT blog. While
the OTAC office team doesn’t provide OT client services, we want to share with
you our own 100 stories about the OTAC headquarters and staff; OTAC activities,
operations, and policies; and other information to address frequently asked
questions (or maybe frequently un-asked questions). You will also read on
occasion about the world of associations in relation to OTAC. You are welcomed
to submit topics that you would like hear more about as well.
A Day in the Life of
Your OTAC Professional Association Management Team
I am kicking off the first blog with a bird’s eye view of
our ‘typical’ day serving OTAC members. Typical is in quotes because we don’t
have a typical day. While every day is different (and we love that!), we do
have one constant. We come to work every day with a mantra ‘make every day
count on behalf of the members.’ When I was recruited in 2008 as the OTAC
executive director, following in the very big shoes of Chuck Strauch, my
inauguration presentation at the Annual Conference was about this very mantra.
I am proud to say that we are as dedicated to it today as we were nine years
ago.
So, here are a few highlights from today, in no particular
order: attended the CBOT special board meeting on CBOT’s sunset review / provided
an overview to the OTAC president and comments to the advocacy committee, set
up a template for a survey going out next week on behalf of the OTAC
subcommittee on OT school credentialing, collected more letters from members
opposing AB 1510 (athletic trainers’ bill), created an OTAC NEWS about the 100
Stories of OT blog, updated the website, interacted with a few potential
presenters for the Annual Conference, communicated with the Annual Conference
and Professional Development and Leadership Committee, checked on status of
CFPs for the Annual Conference, mailed more than 400 dues renewals notices,
created dues stuffers: a ‘save the date’ for Annual Conference and
Vision/Mission/Core Values leave behind, reached out to several new vendors for
the Annual Conference exhibit hall, created administrative instructions for OTAC
Region events, updated the OT Centennial Float donor roster and website
thermometer, added a check button in the customer management database to track
members interested in the OT school credentialing initiative, provided
assistance to various Board members, answered a nonmember question on how to
obtain advanced practice for a course they are sponsoring, directed several
callers to the CBOT website for answers to their questions, processed
registrations for OTAC Advocacy Day and other OTAC activities, and processed
dues renewals and responded to various related communications from members.
Warm regards,
Karen C. Polastri, IOM
OTAC Executive Director
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