Ohio Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care (ODONA/LTC)

President's Letter - January 2009

Hello everyone. Hope you had a wonderful holiday season. I just wanted to let you know that ODONA is still here and as strong as ever. Membership is well above 300 statewide and growing. We were able to reschedule the DON boot camp after having to cancel due to the hurricane and all the power outages across the state on the originally scheduled date. That is the first and hopefully the last time ODONA has ever had to cancel an event. It was difficult to find a good time to reschedule due to being so close to the holiday season and all the other wonderful educational opportunities out there during the last quarter of the year. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused and thank you to those of you who were able to make the seminar.

We have been in a state of flux lately with trying to transition the position of executive assistant. Nancy Cockley was with us for more than ten years and is a hard act to follow. On a positive note we now have in place a new executive assistant Vicki Shook. We also have a new local number 419-884-2199; the toll free number will remain the same 866-226-3662. Our email address has also changed odonaltc@gmail.com. Your inquiries will be answered promptly. We do apologize for any problems you may have experienced in the past couple months trying to contact us during our administrative changes. We appreciate your patience and understanding.

We are currently getting ready for convention 2009 and have planned lots of great speakers, special events, and of course the vendor hall with lots of new and improved products to see. The theme this year is Take the Gamble out of Long Term Care with ODONA. We plan to open with an educational seminar followed by a sumptuous meal and then a casino night. It is going to be great fun. Hope to see you there. Save the dates: March 1st, 2nd and 3rd 2009.

Don't forget about ODONA scholarships. Applications are on line and can be downloaded. They must be received by ODONA no later than February 15th to allow time for processing and notification of winners.

Thank you to all our loyal members and welcome to new members. Hope this information is helpful and that you can start getting the service and support you have come to expect from our organization.

Nancy George RNC
President ODONA/LTC