Nominations & Awards Chair Annual Report 2018 Annual Meeting, Huron SD, April 27, 2018 ~ Dawn Menning, Interim A&N Chair Awards for 2018 AMTA South Dakota Annual Meeting & Banquet Certificate of Appreciation Amber Rasmussen greets member Rhonda Rittenour and her spouse at the 2018 Spring Conference Annual Meeting & Supper. Ryan Baird, Patricia Bleeker, Jennine Dolphus, James Johanneson, Stacy Sprengeler, Kristen Timmermans, & Heather Vetter – It is with much appreciation that I present this Certificate of Appreciation Award to Ryan Baird, Patricia Bleeker, Jennine Dolphus, James Johanneson, Stacy Sprengeler, Kristen Timmermans, & Heather Vetter for your contribution to our membership outreach and the promotion of the AMTA SD Chapter. Chapter Distinguished Service Award Heather Vetter – The 2018 Distinguished Service Award recipient encompasses the qualities of a good leader: The ability to see the “Big Picture”, the intuition to know what direction the chapter needs to grown in and what we need to do to accomplish the desired growth, and most importantly the willingness to go above and beyond her appointed chair position duties to assist in the AMTA SD Chapter’s acceleration “into the future”, while doing her best to ensure everyone is comfortable and on-board for this adventure! In the spring of 2017 this volunteer’s life took a turn towards the future of the AMTA SD Chapter. First, she became an AMTA member in March, then in April of 2017 she attended her very first AMTA SD conference and annul membership meeting. At that conference she was inspired to become a chapter volunteer in a chair position. At the time that she was appointed, I would imagine that she was unaware of the depth that we would encourage her to dive or the depths that she was willing to go in her involvement. Her journey started out by creating a new chapter website and updating all the information on it, working with other chapter volunteers to link important information to the website and to create the on-line registration link for AMTA SD Conferences. Heather worked with national staff and volunteers to obtain a chapter phone number that is answered automatically and sends an email to the appropriate volunteer alerting them of a call. Her eyes and ears are ever-ready to alert the chapter board and appropriate volunteers of anything said in the media that does not promote the best interest of the massage therapy profession or the AMTA SD Member, as she did this past year when the Governor made a couple of comments that brought us to attention. Heather has also taken an interest in working more closely with the membership, more specifically in the areas of membership satisfaction, chapter promotion and membership outreach. She has taken on the extra responsibility of being the head of the survey work group and recently assisted in the setting up of and the success of the Chapter School Visit Outreach Event, which she also participated in. Not only did she assist in setting this up, she drove a car load of members to Sioux Falls from Aberdeen to attend the event. Heather was a contact person for the school and created the survey that was sent to participating students and instructor for post-event feedback. In addition to what I have already listed, Heather agreed to President Dawn Menning (right) presenting Heather Vetter her award . IPP Christine Ellwein swearing in board members. L-R President re-elect Dawn Menning , Financial Administrator Amber Rasmussen, and Voting Board Member Heather Vetter. President Dawn Menning gives recipient Kris Skortseth a hug as she accepts her award.
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