So many of you may know from reading here for a while that I am involved with AMTA – AL Chapter. That’s American Massage Therapy Association – Alabama Chapter for the acronym sticklers among us. It’s quite a mouthful to say and a handful to type so I avoid it whenever possible.
Anyway, I’m in with AMTA – AL Chapter. For the non-massage therapist readers out there, AMTA is an association massage therapists can join. Most do so to gain the (usually) required insurance coverage to practice, but AMTA also comes with a whole host of perks and benefits which I will let you go check out on your own if you are interested.
I donate a fair amount of time to AMTA-AL serving as their current Website/Social Media Committee Co-Chairperson. That’s a fancy title for computer monkey and apparently as such I needed to show up at the Winter Board Retreat. Who knew?
The retreat was held at a largish house on Smith Lake in beautiful Crane Hill, AL. It slept only 23 people. Geesh… you’d think for 8 they could have gotten more room 😉 jk. It actually was quite comfortable for the 8 who showed to stay and the others who came later just for meetings.
One might assume a houseful of massage therapists would be enjoying a weekend of fun and relaxation with a lot of massage happening. But not so much. We spent the weekend meeting and planning and meeting and planning and meeting and planning some more. What’s so all-fired important? Well, we have an Annual Convention coming up and it’s going to be at the beach*!!! Woo hoo!!!
All the meeting and planning was to make sure everything is getting done and to figure out more fun things to offer MTs who show up for ‘up to 20 very affordable CE hours’ (you must read that last phrase in your best game show host voice). I think we’re all glad the sitting part is over. There was a lot of it, but we are all super-excited about the Annual Convention. I love being involved in an organization that works hard to bring CE opportunities to MTs. And it was a great opportunity to get to know the people I’m working with better. Who knew I would be rubbing elbows with MTs from the other end of the state? I would have never met most of the people I spent the weekend with if not for AMTA-AL. I love it and if it sounds interesting to you, let me know and I’ll hook you up.
Anyway, it was real and it was fun and parts of it were real fun, but my butt is still a little numb. I look forward to seeing you at the Annual Conference!
*What? You want to know more about the beach? Well, click here for now and come back in a few days. I’ll be posting a lot more information here for the Refresh Your Career weekend at Orange Beach, AL with AMTA-AL Chapter.Â
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