President's Letter

Happy New Year! Wishing you a FANTASTIC 2008!

As your new Executive President it is my privilege and honor, on behalf of the AOHP Board of Directors, to wish you a wonderful New Year. We are currently working on many initiatives, including: 

Website Coordinator
This position has been filled by Dee Tyler. Thank-you to Dee for accepting this new position. Dee has a long history of working with AOHP in the technology arena. She also has a broad range of experience with technology in her work life. The goal of this position is to keep the information and time-related items on the website up-to-date. Dee can be contacted via Headquarters at info@aohp.org.  

AOHP’s New Website
Our new website will be ready soon. We will be notifying you via e-mail when it “goes live.”

American Industrial Hygiene Association – New Partnership
AOHP has been approached by the American Industrial Hygiene Association to partner in addressing environmental and biological monitoring of worker exposures to such things as chemotherapy, radiology/oncology and monitoring of plant engineering personnel. The board has reviewed this request and on your behalf, feels that this is a partnership that we would like to pursue. We are looking for volunteers that have expertise in this area to provide support to this partnership. Please contact me at domeras@sutterhealth.org or contact the National office if you are interested. We appreciate your support with this very important endeavor!

OSHA Alliance
AOHP plans to renew its Alliance with OSHA in February.

Member Survey
A Member Survey is under development. You can expect to receive it over the next few months. We do encourage you to complete it as your responses are very valuable to the Board and the Association as a whole. We will be looking at what your needs are as members of the Association. New with this survey is the use of Survey Monkey to allow you to complete the survey online.

2009 Conference
The 2009 conference will be held September 16-19 in Portland, Oregon. Chairperson is Denise Knoblauch.

Continuing Nursing Education Units
AOHP’s application for Continuing Nursing Education Unit providership has been submitted to the State of Washington and we look forward to hearing from them early this year. This will allow  AOHP to offer American Nurses Credentialing Center units for all of its educational events.

Special Rates for AOHP Events
The board recently approved a 10% registration discount when 5 or more employees from one organization attend an AOHP conference or workshop. Do keep this in mind for this year’s Annual National Conference in Denver and any of the Getting Started on the Road programs.

AOHP Corporate Membership
At our December meeting, the Board approved a policy for Corporate Membership to AOHP. It will be available to organizations desiring to support the Association that are not otherwise eligible for another membership classification. It will be renewable annually. For more details, please see the AOHP website at www.aohp.org or contact Headquarters.

In conclusion, we wish you all a very happy and healthy start to this fresh New Year!

Sandra Domeracki Prickitt, RN, FNP, COHN-S
Executive President