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President's March 2006 Message
Dear fellow FDA members,
My update is a little late because I wanted to
wait for our FDA election results and also coincidentally,
isn't it great that UF won the basketball championship?
My Dad was a basketball coach so of course I was
up watching and was so impressed by their unselfish
team work. It certainly fits with our theme for
the year, the Power of Team. And, now we have
a newly elected FDA team of leaders that will
be working for you next year.
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Congratulations
to our newly elected PRESIDENT-ELECT Lucille
Beseler MS, RD, LD/N
The other members who were elected will be announced
next week when everyone has been notified.
Other FDA News:
Please don't forget to nominate people you know
who are worthy for the FDA special awards. Nomination
forms are on the FDA website at www.eatrightflorida.org.
Awards available include:
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Legislative
and Public Policy
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Collegiate
Leadership (a student)
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Excellence
in Grassroots Political Action
Outstanding
Dietetic Student Awards:
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Pat
Hare, MPH, RD and Shannon Molthen, MS, RD have
been asked to serve on Florida's Medicaid Task
Force. This is an important issue for us and
we're so glad to have them representing dietitian's
views.
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We
are sorry to lose our student worker at FDA,
Meghan Montgomery. Meghan will graduate from
FSU in April and we wish her well as she finds
out if she matches with an internship and moves
on to become an RD. Meghan has gone above and
beyond for FDA and she will be greatly missed!
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Scholarship
applications are available on the FDA web site
at www.eatrightflorida.org. Please pass these
on to worthy students you know.
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Congratulations
to Lisa Dorfman, MS, RD, LMHC who was recently
reappointed the ADA Spokesperson for the Miami
media market from 2006-2009/.
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Several
applications have been received for the newly
created FDA Speakers Bureau. If you haven't
signed up yet, look for our Speakers Bureau
application on our FDA website www.eatrightflorida.org.
Sign up and market yourself and/or your business
by speaking when FDA gets requests.
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FDA
will bring back its Legislative workshop for
dietetic interns April 26th in Tallahassee.
For more information, contact Toni Martin, MPH,
RD at toni_martin@doh.state.fl.us or Molly Gladding,
RD at Molly_Gladding@doh.state.fl.us.
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Mark
your calendars for July 9th-12th for the FDA
annual meeting at the Ritz Carlton Grande Lakes
in Orlando. You should have received your FDA
annual meeting program in the mail. Hotel rooms
are already filling up fast . It will be a great
time so plan to join us in Orlando at the Ritz!
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FDA
Annual Meeting in Orlando will again include
a Poster session on Tuesday July 11 from 12:30-2:30.
This is your chance to showcase your research
project, community program, or outcomes research.
Look on the FDA website for details about applying
to be a part of our Poster Session this summer.
The deadline for submission is May 1st.
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Also
at the annual meeting on Monday July 10, you
can meet and greet FDA authors. If you have
written a book and want to participate in our
first ever FDA presents Meet Florida's Authors,
contact Chris at FDA headquarters for details.
All we ask is a copy of your book to use for
the foundation basket fund raiser.
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For
those of you who like to plan ahead, FDA has
signed with the Boca Raton Resort and Club for
annual meeting 2008 and the Naples Grande for
2009.
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Sandy
Woodruff, MS, RD, FDA RD lobbyist, Shannon Molthen,
MS, RD, Tallahassee District president and Clara
Lawhead, MS, RD, member ADA Legislation and
Public Policy Committee attended the ADA Public
Policy Workshop March 14-16 in Washington.
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I
presented at the American College of Cardiology
Meeting in Atlanta on March 14th regarding the
new food guide pyramid. There were cardiologists
from all over the world there who were interested
in how to help their patients make needed behavioral
changes regarding diet and exercise. The other
three panelists, two physicians and a nurse
practitioner all echoed my recommendation to
consult an RD!
As always, let me know if you have issues, questions,
comments, or concerns. I love hearing from you.
And, congratulations to the Gators and their national
basketball championship!
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