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MEMBERSHIP NEWSLETTERS
IL-ATSA Newsletter 10/15/09
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IL-ATSA Newsletter 03/13/09
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EXECUTIVE BOARD
The board met after Donya Adkerson's resignation and reviewed the bylaws. Section 7 of the bylaws reads as follows:
Section 7. VACANCIES. Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors and any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors, shall be filled by the board until the next annual meeting of the Members. The person appointed to fill a vacancy shall complete the unexpired term of the director who vacated the position.
The Board has taken a vote, and current Board Member at Large, Cheri Miller, Psy.D., has been unanimously selected to fill the vacant President's Position until the next annual meeting.
Don Spurlin, Board Member at Large
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
I am humbled by the unanimous support of IL-ATSA's Executive Board to serve as the Interim President of our chapter. I will serve out the remainder of Donya's term which will run until June 2009. To assist with the transition, Robin McGinnis, Past President of IL-ATSA and most recently Past President of National ATSA has agreed to serve as a consultant to me and to the board.
Many of you may not be familiar with me, and as such let me provide you with a brief summary. I am Licensed Clinical Psychologist. I have been in the mental health field for over 30 years, and received my Psy.D. from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology in 1998. I have been employed by BroMenn Healthcare in Normal, Illinois since 1998, providing outpatient mental health services. I am the Coordinator of our Domestic Violence and Sex Offender Treatment Program, offering evaluations and treatment for adult offenders. I have been a clinical member of ATSA since 2003 and a board member at large of IL-ATSA since 2005. In addition, I am an adjunct faculty at in the Criminal Justice Department at Illinois State University - Normal, where I teach a class on Sex Offenders and Sex Offenses. I am also a member of American Psychological Association (APA) and American Association for Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT).
I look forward to serving as your president. During the next 7 months, I plan on increasing the transparency between the IL-ATSA Executive board and the state membership. This plan is an extension of the model used by the national executive board. I am committed to the membership having greater awareness of the issues the board is working on. In addition to the transparency with the board, I would like the membership body to have greater access to the executive board, increasing communication and exchange of ideas as well as information.
Through attrition, our executive board is currently very small, comprised of 4 board members and myself. The executive board has been working on a plan to fill the vacated board position, and may entertain increasing the size of the board as allowed by our bylaws.
Most of us are experiencing the effects of the economy; and as such, funding for trainings and conferences have decreased. I plan to explore training opportunities for the membership body such as Webinars as a way for on-going continuing education opportunities without the added costs of travel and time off from work.
Another of my goals as President is to increase voice and presence of IL-ATSA by providing accurate, factual, and research driven information to policy makers and the community.
I will be sending out another newsletter shortly providing a summary of our next board meeting, and updates on training, webinar, and election information. Please feel free to provide feedback. All of the current contact information for board members can be found on the Contacting Info page.
Cheri Miller, Psy.D., IL-ATSA President
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