Eastern District Councillor’s Message
Fall/Winter 2025 Message
Greetings to all. Fall has arrived, and the Holiday season is about to begin, and we will be turning our focus to those family preparations. You are greatly appreciated for your dedication to your State Societies and AMT.
First and foremost, I want to wish you all a wonderful and joyous Holiday season and prosperous New Year for 2026.
The District Councilors had a very huge agenda to cover and a very productive fall meeting in Chicago on the 26th of October. Many great things are in the works for the betterment of AMT.
Many have expressed concerns about our AMT resources needing serious updates and revision, and I want to tell you all this has become a top priority and is being addressed.
- Remember that the State Society SOP’s are currently on hold pending the new allowable use of funds policy and a new finance direction. AMT has hired a new CFO director, and they are waiting for the review and recommendations.
- The Scholarship and awards policy have not been finalized, and if you are given the opportunity to be part of the task force for this, please do so. It is your opportunity to provide input
- JOT forms are being revised or have been revised.
We will be doing away with the President’s 6 month and Annual reports.
You will now have a Spring and a Fall JOT report that will allow you to upload all your meeting documents (minutes of attendance and additional reports) into the JOT form.
Remember that your awards packets are due and the new due date is now 15 December. With that stated, please don’t wait till the last minute to do them. Get them done and enjoy your Holiday.
For your next state budget:
- You will no longer need to budget funds for the annual meeting of hotel or travel costs. Just provide the number of delegates that will be attending.
- The same process will be required for Labvocate Day.
Remember that when you conduct your meetings and have elections or nominations for delegates, you must include the names of the individuals and if an officer or board member is in their position in your minutes. Your minutes should represent what happened in your meetings. Tell me a story.
As you plan your future meetings, all your hotel contracts must be sent to AMT meetings for approval prior to signing those documents. amtmeetings@americanmedtech.org.
Just a reminder that you are responsible for recording your continuing education credits in AMTRAX.
The 2026 annual meeting will be in Columbus, Ohio July 21-24, 2026. Delegates will again receive four nights’ hotel stay and a $400 stipend.
The 2027 annual meeting will be a joint meeting with CASMET at a location in the Caribbean. Please remind all members planning to attend to ensure they have their passports up to date. You should have your passport 6 months prior to traveling out of the country.
We want to wish you all a wonderful and joyous Holiday season and prosperous New Year for 2026.
Respectfully,
Susan E. Constable MLS AMT MLT ASCP
Eastern District Councilor
Robin Milner MLS AMT
Co-Eastern District Councilor