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Winter 2001 Newsletter
In this Issue... Dear CATA Member, I sincerely hope that everyone has had a healthy and successful fall. There are a few things that I would like to bring you up to date on. The Board of Directors has set two goals for the upcoming year. The first, is to work hard through a public relations effort to increase the general public’s knowledge regarding the field of athletic training. Bob Tim has taken on this challenge and has done an outstanding job in the initial stage. Additionally, the Board of Directors is in the process of planning the annual meeting. Due to hosting the district meeting last March we did not have our annual meeting. As soon as plans are finalized we will be sending out information and registration materials. If you have moved within the last year and have not changed your address with the CATA please access the web site and change your address on line. If you do not have Internet access please contact Margaret Hunt. This will enable us to have a complete listing of our members so that any mailings that are sent out reach you. Once again, if anyone has any questions, or concerns please feel free to contact myself or any one of the board members. Sincerely, Kelli Lotito CATA President The CATA's executive board has made public relations a priority this year since we are
not pursuing any legislative action at this time. The National Athletic Trainers
Association has also made public relations a priority. It has created an arsenal of
materials to be used on the national level and on the state level. The CATA's plan is to
take advantage of these materials, and the resources we have, to launch our own attack at
making the public more aware of our profession in Colorado. The CATA has created a 3 step process to begin our attack. Step one is already in progress. We have distributed Public Service Announcements (PSA) produced by the NATA to numerous television and radio stations. Lisa Tice (Longmont), Chris Mathewson (Denver), Keith Townsend (Pueblo), Kelli Lotito (Durango), and myself in Colorado Springs, have made contacts with the stations in our areas. The stations agreed to air these PSA's during high school football games and any special sports telecasts. They began doing this in October and intend to continue through the playoffs and possibly into the basketball season. Step two involves all of the ATC's in Colorado. We are the best form of public relations that we have. Our presence at games and practices have made many parents and fans aware of who we are and what we do. We would now like to take it to the next level. A public relations packet produced by the NATA has been sent out to many of you. This packet includes a variety of materials and ideas which we can all use in our respected areas. I have asked each of the people who received a packet to choose at least one idea to implement at their workplace. If you did not receive a packet and would like one, please contact me and I will see that you get one. Step three will take place in February and March. The NATA has declared March
"National If you have any suggestions that you would like to share with us please do so by
contacting me. The best form of public relations is ourselves. Although most athletic
trainers don't like to call attention to themselves, this is an opportunity to call
attention to our profession. Please help us to make this a successful process. The rewards
will be never ending when we no longer have to justify our existence in our various work
environments. CATA Annual Members Meeting and Clinical Symposium 2001 The annual CATA clinical symposium will be held May 19 and 20th at Regis University in Denver. Topics and speakers are in development at this time. At the CATA business meeting, which will be held during the lunch break of the second day, many important topics will be covered. According to the CATA constitution, nominations for officers.....may be submitted in
writing prior to, or received from the floor during, the annual business meeting of the
CATA for the year prior to the year of completion of the current term of office of the
persons holding office. Please mark you calendars for this years meeting. In March you should receive an entire information packet which will include symposium topics and schedule, hotel information, and registration materials CATA Newsletters on the World Wide Web Recently the past issues of the CATA Newsletters have been added to the association’s web page. This task was completed with the hope that it would make our newsletters an even more valuable form of communication of news and events for our members. Placing past issues of our newsletter on the world-wide web makes them available to anyone who might be interested in the athletic training news and activities in Colorado. Significant effort has been made to make the association’s web page a valuable tool and asset to the members. Log on and check it out at www.prolynx.com/cata It’s that time of year again where high school and college students are applying for scholarships. The CATA is sponsoring two $500 scholarships available for students attending a Colorado College or University with the desire to pursue athletic training as a profession. The Dan Libera Memorial scholarship is available to a High school student who is going to attend a Colorado College or university. This scholarship is dedicated to Dan Libera, one of Colorado’s great athletic training educators. The Jim Conboy Memorial Scholarship is available to a college student within the state of Colorado. This scholarship is dedicated to Jim Conboy, the first athletic trainer in district seven inducted into the NATA hall of fame. Please be looking in your school mailboxes for scholarship information packets, which will include information about the scholarships, qualifications and application requirements. The deadline to apply for both scholarships is April 1st, 2001. Every high school and University will get a packet by the 1st of Feb. Or you can pull updated information on the web site at www.prolynx.com/cata. We encourage all athletic trainers to be an advocate for their students and direct any interested students to the web site. NATA Meeting: 2001 June 19-23 Los Angeles, CA 2002 June 14-18 Dallas, TX 2003 June 24-28 St. Louis, MO 2004 June 15-19 Baltimore, MD 2005 June 14-18 Indianapolis, IN 2006 June 27-July 1 New Orleans, LA
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