Invitation To Form A Unit
As you know our national association is divided into State Chapters.
In an effort to maximize face to face, member to member contact within
our association, and to reap
the personal benefit created by a community
of massage professionals close to your home, we have units in our chapter.
The unit is a local group of members coming from a defined geographical
area that has been officially designated. Each unit elects officers and
is provided an operating
budget from our Chapter. Officially a unit needs
to hold at least two meetings per year and are encouraged to hold educational
events of interest to massage therapists.
Currently our chapter has six units, in order of formation they are
the Pittsburgh (Western) Unit, Philadelphia (PUPCA) Unit, South Central
Unit, North East Unit, Lehigh
Valley Unit and North Eastern Unit (Erie).
The Pittsburgh Unit is loosely defined as the greater Pittsburgh and
surrounding area. The Philadelphia Unit is Philadelphia, Chester, Montgomery
and Bucks counties.
The South Central Unit is Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin,
Adams and York counties. The North Eastern Unit is Luzerne, Lackawanna,
Wyoming, Pike, Wayne and
Susquehanna counties.
Any member can join any unit within the state, not just the one of your
residence, but you can only be a member of one unit at any one time. Units
need to be a matter
of practicality for the therapists living in them
so if they feel too large to be manageable or effective for the intended
purpose they can be restructured divided or
boundaries can be moved. Creativity
is encouraged.
The Chapter Board of Directors invites you to form a unit in your area
if there is not already one there.
How to start a unit?
All you need to do is draft a letter stating your intention to start a
new unit, describe the boundaries and get five active AMTA members to
sign the letter. Submit it to :
Nancy Porambo
616 Center St.
Jim Thorpe, PA 18229
PHONE: 570-325-9477
EMAIL: tchtpst@ptd.net |
