Eastern District Councillor’s Message
Spring 2026
Greetings to the Eastern District membership. Spring is trying to arrive with some resistance from Ole man winter for sure, but it is coming. The Council met on the 15th of March and here are the latest updates I have.
SAVE THE DATE:
As of 1 March 2026, your annual renewal fees are to be paid online through your AMT portal or by phone call if you prefer not to do it online. AMT is no longer accepting checks for renewal fees.
6 April 2026: Annual meeting Registration opens.
7 April 2026: There is an AMT Virtual Town Hall meeting. Please have at least one of your State Society Officers attend this meeting. Topics to be discussed are:
- AMT’s new Strategic Plan 26-29
- Changes to the Annual meeting
- There will be 3 options to choose from for purchase of CE packages
- $10 per CE unit
1 May 2026: Delegate list due to AMT office. Delegate Contracts are being updated to reflect the 2026 Annual Meeting. We will be notified when they are available. PLEASE DO NOT USE THE OLD CONTRACT.
30 May 2026: Eastern District virtual educational sessions 0900 to 1200. 2 CE’s via the Go To Platform. Registration to attend will open 1 May 2026
21-24 July 26: Annual Meeting Columbus, OH
Summer 2027: Annual meeting is a joint meeting with CASMET. Get those passports ready.
IMPORTANT INFO:
Do not use VENMO for purchase payments with the AMT State Society Credit Card.
All Hotel contracts need to be reviewed for approval. Need to allow 2 weeks for this approval process. Email to: amtmeetings@americanmedtech.org
Your Delegate reports, if you write one, need to be posted to your State Society Community Blog.
All your meeting minutes and documents are required to be uploaded to either the Spring (1 Jan. -30 June) or Fall (1 July-31 Dec) JOT report form for record keeping and metrics to be captured by the AMT office.
State Society Officers are going to be receiving an email soon concerning the need to sign the now required AMT conflict of Interest form and return it to the AMT Office.
At the Annual meeting the revised Policy and update changes will be rolled out for implementation in the coming year:
Document Retention
Allowable Expense
State Society Awards and Scholarships
Updates on the State Society Budget process
The recent Financial Statements: (period from 1 Oct to 31 Dec 2025 /1st Qtr. fiscal year 2026) Covered only what your State Society Expenses were for that quarter, nothing else. If there is a discrepancy in your records of expenditures, PLEASE let AMT Accounting know.
Our mind sets need to change from: the money in your accounts is our state’s money to the mindset of it is AMT’s money. We are members of the organization of AMT.
The AMT Organizational Manual has been revised and approved by the board at their spring meeting. The manual has been divided into individual Policies. This will allow improved use of the manual and ease in maintaining updates.
The State Society Officers manual is currently in phase one of review and revision and will follow the same format as the Organizational Manual.
The State Society Calendar of Duties has been reviewed and updated and is to be attached to the State Society Officers policy of that manual.
Please prepare and/ or update your AMT resume. Keep your information current and ready. It is very important to have this information correct, documented and readily available when requested. The information is important for you and being a possible award nominee when awards time comes.
See you all soon . . .
Respectfully,
Susan E. Constable MLS AMT MLT ASCP
Eastern District Councilor
Robin Milner MLS AMT
Co-Eastern District Councilor