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Challenge:  Win an AED for your State Organization, become active in supporting the Medicare “incident to” legislation, S. 3963

SEATA allocates $7,000 to assist members to participate in Capitol Hill Day

The SEATA Executive Board has allocated $7,000 to be used in assisting members from each state with travel expenses to attend NATA's 4th Annual Capitol Hill Day on February 26, 2007.  All expenditures must be approved in advance via the application process which will soon be posted on the SEATA website.  In the meantime, contact your state presidents as they are assisting in the selection process to ensure appropriate representation for contacting the most influential legislators.  As part of the SEATA approval process, all applicants will need register online by Feb. 2 via the NATA Capitol Hill Day registration form at https://www.nata.org/capitolhillday/07reg.htm.

There will be an issues briefing and evening reception from 6 - 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 25 at the Tyson's Corner Marriott in Washington, DC.

Your members of Congress want to hear from YOU on issues at stake at the federal level.  In 2007, we'll be focused on gaining co-sponsors to the Access to Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Improvement Act (S. 3963).

NATA will coordinate Congressional appointments for you and others from your state.  We'll prepare you with an insider's briefing from NATA's Washington, DC representative ... and arm you with the latest talking points for discussion with members of Congress.

Please register to attend today.  There is no charge for participation, but your travel, meals and lodging expenses are your financial responsibility.  Please contact Terri Tillison, NATA meetings coordinator, at 800.879.6282 ext. 137 or territ@nata.org for hotel reservations.  The room rate is $115, subject to availability.

This important legislative effort is being held in conjunction with the annual joint meetings of Government Affairs, Clinical/Industrial/Corporate, Committee on Revenue and Council on Employment committees.

For more registration information, please contact Yvette Robinson at 800.879.6282 ext. 149 or yvetter@nata.org.  For general information, contact Cate Brennan Lisak at 800.879.6282 ext. 148 or catel@nata.org.

Invitation to NATA Board of Directors Reception

The NATA Board of Directors, along with President Chuck Kimmel ATC, and Executive Director Eve Becker-Doyle, CAE, will host a reception for NATA members following the December board meeting.

The event will be held from 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 2, at the Walt Disney Swan & Dolphin Resort in the Southern Hemisphere 1 (Dolphin Hotel).  Hors d'oeuvres and cocktails will be served, and the attire is business casual.

NATA members age 21 and older are invited, along with a guest.  The reception offers a chance to meet and visit with the NATA Board of Directors.

The Walt Disney Swan & Dolphin Resort is located at 1500 Epcot Resorts Blvd., Lake Buena Vista, Florida 32830.

Those who plan to attend should RSVP by November 20 to Cami Leal at (800) 879-6282, ext. 110 or e-mail CamiL@nata.org.  If you are unable to attend, there is no need to respond.

Register before the Holidays for SEATA Athletic Training Student Symposium

The Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association is hosting the 22nd Annual SEATA Athletic Training Student Symposium Feb. 9-10, 2007 at the Crown Plaza Ravinia Hotel in Atlanta, GA.  The Symposium combines educational sessions with networking and research/authoring opportunities for students.  Three different tracks are available to accommodate students of all levels.  Advance registration is $70 for students; after Jan. 10, 2007, registration is $85.  Space is limited.  Please remember that these deadlines may be before the spring semester begins for some students, so advance planning and registration is recommended.

Go to  http://www.SignUp4.net/Public/ap.aspx?EID=SEAT22E to register online, or to http://www.seata.org/07atssreg.doc for a mail-in registration form.

For more information, go to http://www.seata.org/07atss.htm.

SEATA Scholarship Application Process Opens

SEATA Honors and Awards Deadline draws closer

SEATA Research Grants

Call for SEATA Abstracts

SEATA Research Seminar
Southeast Athletic Trainers’ Association Annual Meeting
Franklin, Tennessee • March 23 – 25, 2007
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: JANUARY 14, 2007

Reports on experimental research, injury surveys, case studies, and/or other research projects that are pertinent to the practice of athletic training are welcomed from athletic trainers, physicians, exercise physiologists, biomechanists, educators, and other health care professionals. All abstracts will undergo blind review.  Click HERE for more information.

SEATA Exhibits

With the 2007 SEATA Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium just around the corner we are still working on getting new vendors/exhibitors to join us in Nashville.  I think with the changes to a new location, a new hotel and a different weekend we should have a very successful meeting.  With our NATA Meeting on the West Coast we should have a good attendance at this our 32^nd Annual Meeting.  I would like to thank our Corporate Partners, Gatorade, Sports Health Supply, Theraquip and Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Center.

Please submit any new companies in your area who could become a new exhibitor or have them contact me at the address given.  Please support our exhibitors, especially our Corporate Partners, as they help in making our SEATA Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium the great success that it has become.

David T. Green, ATC
Exhibits Chair, SEATA
Tennessee Technological University
1160 N. Peachtree Room 114
P.O. Box 5102
Cookeville, TN 38505
931/372-3934  Fax 931/372-3964
E-mail: DTGreen@tntech.edu

2nd Annual Athletic Training Student Leadership Workshop