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SEATA Officer Nominations Deadline
Saturday, August 15, 2009

Nominations for the offices of Vice-President and Secretary until open midnight CDT, Saturday, August 15, 2009.  Certified Athletic Trainer and Certified – Retired members of SEATA may propose nominations.  Nominations are to be made in writing to the SEATA Elections Committee Chair at the address below.  Ballots will be distributed to the membership by mail and/or applicable computer technology by September 15, 2009.  Voting shall be completed by October 15, 2009 and election results will be announced to the membership by November, 2009.  Election shall be by a majority popular vote.  The winners of this election will take office in June 2010 in conjunction with the NATA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.

Donna Wesley, MS, ATC
Elections Committee Chair, Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association
414 Oak Road
Fulton, MS  38843
Cell: 662-231-5939
Pager: 662-791-0588
dwesleyatc@yahoo.com
 

Nominations Open - SEATA Secretary Special Election

Due to the recent passing of Lori Groover, the SEATA Executive Board has declared the Office of SEATA Secretary to be vacant.  The By-Laws require a special election to be completed within 60 days to fill a vacant office on the Executive Board.  Due to this time limitation, the Elections Committee will conduct this special election as follows:

Nominations are now open and will remain so until midnight CDT, Friday, August 28, 2009.  Certified Athletic Trainer and Certified – Retired members of SEATA may propose nominations.  Nominations are to be made in writing to the SEATA Elections Committee Chair at the address below.   Ballots will be distributed to the membership by mail and/or applicable computer technology by September 1, 2009.  Voting shall be completed by midnight CDT, September 15, 2009 and election results will be announced as soon as the results are validated. (Should a run-off election be needed, the candidates will be announced by September 18 with ballots going out the same day and being due by midnight CDT, September 25.) The winner of this election will take office immediately upon the validation of the election results and will serve until this term ends in June 2010 at the NATA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.  Election shall be by a majority popular vote.

Donna Wesley, MS, ATC
Elections Committee Chair, Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association
414 Oak Road
Fulton, MS  38843
Cell: 662-231-5939
Pager: 662-791-0588
dwesleyatc@yahoo.com

Please note that this special election is completely independent of the current regular SEATA election for Vice-President and Secretary.  Should the winner of this special election be a candidate for Secretary in the SEATA regular election and win that election as well, he/she, in accordance with the By-Laws, would be eligible to serve two full 3-year terms beginning in June 2010.
 

SEATA Athletic Training Educators' Conference Call for Proposals

The SEATA Athletic Training Educators' Conference Committee is issuing two calls for proposals for next year's SEATA Athletic Training Educators' Conference scheduled for February 4-6, 2010 at the Crown Plaza Ravinia in Atlanta, GA.

Please review the Call for Teaching Methodology Proposals at www.seata.org/CallforAbstractsEdConf2010TM.doc.

Please review the Call for Creative Instructional Activity Proposals at www.seata.org/CallforAbstractsEdConf2010CIA.doc.

The same application may be used to submit your proposal for either or both calls.

Submit your proposal application by October 15, 2009 to Kristen Schellhase (kschellh@mail.ucf.edu).  The proposal application can be found at www.seata.org/CallforAbstractsEdConf2010App.pdf on the SEATA website.
 

Upcoming SEATA & NATA Deadlines & Dates

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Aug. 15, 2009  Deadline for SEATA Vice-President & Secretary Nominations

Aug. 15, 2009 General Research Grant applications due.  Pre-Proposal Submission Form required.

August 28, 2009 Deadline for SEATA Special Secretary Election Nominations

Sept. 1, 2009 Research Award Nominations due

Sept. 15, 2009 Deadline for receipt of SEATA Secretary Special Election ballots

Sept. 30, 2009 BOC CE Reporting Deadline to be eligible for October prize drawing

Oct. 1, 2009 Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship applications due

Oct. 1, 2009 Master's Research Grant applications due

Oct. 15, 2009 Deadline for receipt  of SEATA Regular Election ballots

Oct. 15, 2009 3rd Biennial SEATA Athletic Training Educators' Conference, Feb 4-6, 2010 Call for Proposals

Oct. 16, 2009 Abstract submission deadline for Athletic Care and Interdisciplinary Sports Medicine World Summit 2010