Tennessee State Society

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President’s Report

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69^th Educational Program and Annual Meeting

July 9 – 14, 2007

Orlando, FL 

You missed a good one!!!!!!!!!!!! 

It was hot. There were afternoon thunderstorms. There were fireworks every night at 9:00 PM. I arrived in Orlando on Saturday before the meeting. I have never been to Orlando. I thoHare and LAX were large. Orlando’s airport is comparable. I hop the train to main terminal and got my bags. Then I waited for the shuttle to the hotel. Did I say it was hot? The ride was comfortable and relatively quick. Getting off the bus and walking through the atrium was an experience. As you looked up at the ceiling, there were lights that changed with the asteroid that traveled through space. This area opened to a beautiful lobby area with a huge beautiful fountain that was surrounded by statues of swans. It must have been about ten million kids all over the place and they were having a ball. I have never seen so many Mickey Mouse ears, sunglasses and swimwear. It was all in fun.

The really fun part started with the keynote address. Mary Freeley must, at sometime, have been a part of my family. Her humor was well received. She touched on something that almost everyone could relate to during their maturing in life. If you could not relate to some of it, just wait, one day you will. I had made my choices of meeting to attend. Once I began reading some of the session’s descriptions, I found there were more that I wished to attend. The Florida committee had made some very good choices. The one I chose to write on as a delegate report was the one on Hospice Care. It was a jewel. You will have to wait for the next issue of the Tenn-O-Scope. Did I mention it was hot? The Welcome Party (our state basket was the best) and the Awards Banquet were something to experience.

Alas, I have no pictures. I put them in to be developed. Walgreen’s clerk told me they (both rolls) had been sold to someone else. They don’t know who, when or why.

At the Southern District Meeting, Peggy Oiler reported that there were 483 registered attendees. There were 122 (34 Southern District) first time attendees.

Meetings to come:

            TSSAMT Fall Educational and Meeting – 28-29 September 2007 – Memphis, TN

            CASMET Biennial General Mtg & Scientific Symposium – 28 October-4 November St. Lucia

            Magnolia Educational Treasure – 21-23 February 2008 – Panama City, FL

            AMT 70^th Educational Program and Annual Meeting – 7-12 July 2008 – Providence, RI

 Don’t forget that at this Fall meeting, we will be voting on the adoption of the updated by-laws.

Ballots for the bylaw changes and for Officers can be found at the bottom of the Events page

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