Hello everyone, Due to the oversight on our part of the bylaws that state you must have worked over the past two years as a communication specialist we need to withdraw Brian Bricker as a candidate for Board Member at large for this election. We would like to publically apologize to Brian, and we encourage him and welcome him to run again next year. I spoke with him about this and he understands the position of the board. He stated that he would like to help anyway he can and will run again next year. If you would like to recast your vote please send an email to Robin Cockerill at code3gig@comcast.net with your new candidate selection.
Again we apologize,
Cindy Hayes
NAACS President
NAACS Board of Directors
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GOOD REASONS TO KEEP MEMBERSHIP ACTIVE:
Dear Members,
Thank you for your patience as the new membership system was implemented this year. NAACS is pleased to announce that membership participation has increased 53% during the past nine months and NAACS now has 785 active members. This is a record number of members for the organization. As membership grows, so does our voice throughout the industry.
NAACS Board of Directors would like to extend a special “thank you” to those programs that have chosen to participate in “Program Membership” in 2008. During the past nine months, there has been a significant shift in the number of Programs who are now sponsoring their employees in lieu of individual memberships.
GOOD REASONS TO KEEP MEMBERSHIP ACTIVE:
r Savings on course registrations throughout the year; “member-only” rates are $45.00 less per person than “non-member” rates for all NAACS courses.
r Voting Privileges – both program and individual members of NAACS have the right to vote on important issues and voice their
opinions; membership is important to insure that your voice is heard.
r Continuing Education Credits and Recertification – members who keep their membership current during the four years following a NAACS Course are eligible to participate in the re-certification process.
Recertification Process
32 hours/4 years
The recertification process is designed to be completed throughout a four year period; this must occur at a minimum rate of 8 credit hours per year.
You must have ANY combination below totaling 32 credit hours (8 credit hours per year throughout a 4 year period):
Up to (8 credit hours per year) from NAACS continuing education newsletter articles; (each article is worth 2 hours of continuing education credit at a cost of $5.00 per article.)
Up to (8 credit hours per year) for auditing a CFC course; (auditing includes full CFC Course attendance without completion of exam at a fee of $50.00 payable to NAACS
Up to (4 credit hours per year) in house training (this is training provided and verified by your company training officer; continuing education topics should be related to communication, safety, or other topics listed outlined in the NAACS training curriculum.
· Must be a member of NAACS during the entire four year recertification period
· If recertifying early a new expiration date will be set
· If recertifying within 3 months of expiration date original expiration date will be increased by 4 years
· All recertification material will need to be faxed to NAACS for audit
· There will be no test
· Recertification fee of 50.00 to be included.
The recertification process commences on March 1st, 2008
If your CFC certificate has expired between January 2004 and March 2008 please contact:
Clayton Hummer
Education Co-chair
The education committee has developed a process to help get those who certificates fall into this category and will work with all CFC’s on a one on one basis
Dear: Corporate Sponsors,
I would like to take a minute to thank you for your support of NAACS. Without the help of your gracious support we could not accomplish our goals year after year. With your help we are able to reach more Communication Specialists with our Certified Flight Communicator Course than ever before. Our website has also blossomed because of sponsorship. We are honored to have our sponsors and want all to know how much we appreciate the generosity.
NAACS Board member at Large
Corporate Sponsorship
904-244-4450
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The reasons for the By-Law changes:
1) It takes about a year for new Board Members to become oriented to the NAACS Board and begin assuming responsibilities; under the old by-laws they were up for re-election one year from the time they really start participating in the board.
2) By extending the term for one more year, it give NAACS an advantage to be able to accomplish more with experienced people on the board.
3) The end result is the same 2 (3) year terms = 6 years, and 3 (2) year terms = 6 years.
4) A lot of other organizations have "paid" employees that help manage long term goals of the organization; they stay with the organization through Board member changes (like the executive directors of CAMTS and AAMS) - NAACS does not. In order for NAACS to achieve long term goals, the people going off the board need to have enough time to train the people coming on the board about the responsibilities and organizational structure of NAACS.
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Helicopter EMS Safety Survey
In response to the recent HEMS crashes, AAMS is meeting with helicopter operators, NTSB, FAA, and others to discuss HEMS safety issues at the end of July. The goal of this survey is to convey the thoughts and ideas of those that work in helicopter EMS to the attendees of this meeting. Before the meeting, the results of this survey and all of the comments will be forwarded to as many attendees as possible. Thank you for completing the survey and making comments. I would also encourage you to contact AAMS, NEMSPA, CAMTS, and others directly and voice your opinions.
NAACS would like to spotlight your program!
If you would like to be considered for Program Spotlight of the Month in upcoming issues of the NAACS Newsletter, please submit an article of 500 words or less with a good quality j-peg photo, and NAACS will randomly select a different program for each issue!
Please email your submission to naacsnews@naacs.org
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New address for NAACS:
P.O. Box 121822
Nashville, TN 37212-1822
Phone 1-877-396-2227
FAX 1-866-869-9462
May 17th National Air Medical Communication Specialists Day!
Cindy Hayes
NAACS President
Intermountain Life Flight
250 North 2370 West
Salt Lake City, Utah 84116
Phone:1-800-321-1911
Fax:801-321-3327
NAACS On-Line Membership Satisfaction Survey
If you are a NAACS Member, and have not received your new NAACS Email address please email me @ webmaster@naacs.org! Be sure to include the following information!
1 First & Last Name
2 a current email address to send you your new email address and temporary password to!
Your initial login in will be like this!
first.last@naacs.org
use the generated pass code sent to you!
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