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About: Kim Schneider is the Assistant Editor of the American Student Dental Association. If you have questions about this blog or any other ASDA publications, you can contact her at Kim@asdanet.org.See Authors Posts (123)  |  on August 27th, 2010  |  0 comments

Today is the kick-off of the Central Regional Meeting in Chicago. What is a Regional Meeting? We’re glad you asked…

The goal of the Regional Meetings is to improve the quality of ASDA’s chapters in each of the Eastern, Central and Western Regions by developing and improving the leadership skills of the ASDA delegates and other chapter leaders from those Regions. The Regions divide the schools in each district geographically as follows:

Eastern: Districts 1, 2, 3
Central: Districts 4, 5, 6, 7
Western: District 8, 9, 10, 11

The objectives of the meeting are to provide ASDA delegates and chapter leaders with an orientation to ASDA’s purpose, governance and activities and an understanding of the meaning and value of organized dentistry and the importance of continuing membership in ASDA and the American Dental Association.

The objectives of the meeting are to provide ASDA delegates and chapter leaders with:

• An orientation to ASDA’s purpose, governance and activities
• Tools for building strong, cooperative relationships with dental school administrators
• An understanding of the meaning and value of organized dentistry and the importance of continuing membership in ASDA and the ADA
• Insight into what constitutes an ideal ASDA chapter and how to plan for achieving such a chapter, methods to improve the effectiveness of membership recruitment and retention activities, and information about member benefits
• Opportunities to exchange ideas about successful chapter activities and fundraising projects
• Updates on the objectives and current activities of ASDA’s Legislative Grassroots Network and career development opportunities
• Reports on the implementation of resolutions adopted by the House of Delegates and opportunities to comment on proposed courses of action
• Training to enable eff ective resolution writing and full participation in the ASDA House of Delegates
• Forums for presenting and discussing dental students’ concerns and for learning how ASDA’s Board of Trustees and other leaders are addressing these concerns
• Information about advances in dentistry, dental practice and dental products
• Opportunities to meet new people and to learn from others in a professional, collegial and enjoyable environment

Are you from the Eastern or Western regions? Eastern’s Regional Meeting will be held October 1-3 and Western’s Regional Meeting will be held October 29-31. All meetings are in Chicago this year. Stay tuned for video coverage of this weekend’s meeting!

~Kim Schneider, Assistant Editor

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