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ANNUAL MEETING-2010

SPECIAL ISSUE


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Agenda Annual Meeting

MinutesAnnual Meeting

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3 Secretarys Report 6- 7

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Report to MDIN

Centennial Vision Report

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7 List of Awardees 10

8 Pictures from the Conference 11 15

9 Amended By-Laws 16-18

Index


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AAPOTA Annual MeetingFriday, April 30, 2010 - 7:00-9:00 pmHilton Orlando, Lake Nona AB Hall

1. Welcome and Introduction 10 min2. State of the Association 7 min

A. Secretarys reportB. Treasurers reportC. Strategic plans: Where we are, where we want to be. 13 min

All contribute to AOTAs centennial vision

a. Student essay competitionb. Trail blazing a dynamic future elections, by-laws, recruitmentc. Recognizing our contributions database,d. Promoting information exchange contentcolumn in Spotlighte. Promoting professional development - speaker nomination for 2010 AAPOTA

Annual Meeting and Lets Continue Learning series3. Awards presentation 15 min4. Presentation by Dr. Gupta


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Minutes to the Annual Meeting07:00 pm 08:15 PM , April 30th, 2010. Hilton Orlando, FL.

The following attended the meeting:

1. The meeting was called to order by Meena Iyer, the presiding officer of the annual meeting.2. Joe Wells was the acting secretary of the meeting.3. Meena Iyer welcomed the attendees and sought self-introductions.4. After the introductions, Meena Iyer went over the benefits of joining as a member and the types of the

MDI groups.5. Meena then went over the Secretarys and Treasurers Annual Reports. The reports were projected via a

powerpoint presentation. These reports were also e-mailed to the membership by Joe Wells a week priorto this meeting.

6. Joe Wells made a motion to accept the Secretarys and Treasurers annual reports. Madhav Kulkarni sec-onded it. The motions were unanimously accepted.

7. Karen Smith, AOTA Liaison, briefly attended the meeting, and at this point Meena requested Karen toinform AAPOTA of the process of co-hosting a pre-conference institute at the AOTA annual conference.Karen indicated that not too many would register if the cost was too high. Meena then suggested that in-stead of a one-day it could be a half-day event. A discussion followed involving Karen Smith, MeenaIyer, Jyothi Gupta and Jayanthi Subramanian as to how AAPOTA would benefit through this sponsorship,and the exact nature of AAPOTAs involvement in co-hosting this event. Meena stated possibility of herco-presenting. Karen stated concerns of AAPOTA getting proceeds through the event, and sought clarifi-

cations on why the event should not go through the usual selection process that AOTA has for pre-conferences. Meena agreed to contact Frank Gainer and go through regular channels. Jayanthi, Jyothi andMeena emphasized that the event will bring in more visibility for the organization, and further the Centen-nial Vision goals involving emphasis on evidence-based practice and being science-driven. Meena statedthat she will get back with Karen with more details.

8. Following the above discussions, Joe Wells asked Karen on how AOTA and AAPOTA could further col-laborate. Karen suggested posting more information on AOTAs website. She then left to attend otherMDI meetings.

9. Meena Iyer then proceeded to go over the following strategic plans:A.Student Essay Competition: Meena stated the competition was deferred due to poor student response,and that an alternative would be to open it to practitioners. She stated that the practitioner winning thecontest will be given a paid AOTA annual membership. Joe Wells commented that if a winner already hasan AOTA membership, the prize could include reimbursement of the membership fees. Meena said thatmore details will be sorted later.B.Meena informed the attendees of the efforts to conduct elections and need for recruitment of members.

Joe briefly stated the positions that elections will be held for before October of 2010.C.Meena then presented the need for amendments to the bylaws. Joe read the amendments required. Theyare summarized as follows:

Article I, Section 2: Mission Statement to reflect the change from previous statementArticle II, Section 3: To remove the requirement to be a member of AOTA in order to be a votingAAPOTA memberArticle III: Title to include Officers to reflect distinction between a smaller group and the extended

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MembersMeena Iyer

Joe WellsMarianne MorteraMadhav Kulkarni

Jyothi GuptaK. KshepakaranGuru Nam Kaur Khalsa

Jayanthi SubramanianAsha Asher

Non- MembersYu-Hsuan Lee

Maria M. CoxLalit KumarVikram Asher


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Article III, Section 2, 3,4: To reflect use of standard terminology President and Vice- Presidentversus Chair and Vice- Chair

Article III, Section 6: To define officers and their combined executive roleArticle IV, Section 3: To define the quorum for executive meetings, since it has not been possible to

meet the quorum requirements for the members in generalD. Joe Wells made a motion to accept the amended bylaws. Madhav Kulkarni seconded it. The motion

was carried through unanimously.E. Meena Iyer then briefed the attendees on the creation of a database of contributions by AAPOTAmembers, a project headed by Surya Shah. A discussion followed on the need to do so. MarianneMortera talked about the ELDP efforts. Meena and Jyothi talked about COOL. J yothi informed theattendees that the proposed organizational re-structuring by AOTA had not carried through RA.

F. Meena Iyer requested attendees to contribute and spread the word to contribute contents for theSpotlight. Marianne Mortera suggested someone new to write an article for the June issue sinceshe has contributed before. Jayanthi Subramanian volunteered to write an article pertaining to Medi-care regulations.

G. Meena Iyer proposed promotion of professional development including nomination of speakers fol-lowing aLets Continue Learning Series model.

10. The meeting was then adjourned by Meena Iyer followed by Awards Presentation by Joe Wells.

Additional Notes:11. Membership Updates: Following the annual meeting, J ayanthi Subramanian, Gurunam Khalsa and K.

Kshepakran renewed their membership. Bill Wong enrolled as a student member.12. Jyothi Gupta as a part of her annual lecture mentioned need and ways to collaborate on research, and that

she is willing to assist therapists to do case reports.

Respectfully submitted,

Joe Wells, OTD, DPMIR, OTR/L

Membership Chair/ Newsletter Editor


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Secretarys Report: 2009-10

During this year, the AAPOTA board members continued their consistent effort to discuss various issuesto promote our mission and purpose via conference call on an average once a month. During this year, from April2009 until March 2010, we had 12 conference calls with an average attendance of 80% board members at each

conference call. In addition to these conference calls, the executive board had conference calls to discuss urgentissues and a conference call was also arranged with the regional representatives to discuss their concerns and topromote membership.

The 15th AAPOTA annual membership meeting was held on April 24, 2009 at the Hilton Americas; Houston,Texas. AOTA Representative, Karen Smith attended the beginning part of our membership meeting, she was ap-prised of the request to offer AOTA approved CEU for our presentation session at the annual membership meeting.Karen Smith made note of the request and informed that she would follow it up with Frank Gainer. The highlightof the meeting was second annual AAPOTA guest lecture presented by Marianne Mortera who discussed her re-search on the development and testing of the Mortera Cognitive Screening Measure (M-CSM). Her presentationwas very well received by the members.

Our vice-president, Meena Iyer informed members that AAPOTA would request Dr. Moyers at the MDINleadership meeting to urge AOTPAC to address following two issues:

1. OT not being on U.S. Department of Labors shortage list (schedule 1, list 1), therefore delaying perma-nent residence / labor clearance applications.

2. Language misinterpretation resulting in visa denials by the US Citizen and Immigration Services: Thisissue was taken up by NBCOT with US Citizens and Immigration Services (USCIS). USCIS within thedept. of Homeland security issued a memorandum to the standards for adjudicating H-1B petitions filedon behalf of beneficiaries seeking employment in health care specialty occupations including occupationaltherapy and physical therapy. This clarified that Masters degrees are not required for OTs and PTs seek-ing H1-B visas. However, NBCOT requires US equivalency in qualification to apply for OTR certifica-tion examination.

Following ad- hoc committees were formed at the membership meeting:

Research Liaison: Surya Shah (Surya Shah will also act as liaison from AAPOTA board)

Immigrations Support: Marc Dy and Guru Nam Kaur Khalsa (S. Rai will be liaison from AAPOTA

board) Student Committee: Vanitha John and Aarti Dayaram (Joe Wells and Marrianne Mortera will be

AAPOTA liaison)

Membership Recruitment Coordinators: (Joe Wells and Bhagwan Sharma will be AAPOTA liaison)Following members volunteered to work as regional coordinators;1. Sanchala Sen- North Carolina2. Marc Dy- Tennessee3. Surya Shah- New Jersey4. Vanitha John- Washington5. Guru Nam Khalsa- New Mexico6. Vijay Mishra Michigan7. Animesh Anand -Ohio

Joe Wells, after taking over as the Membership Chair and the Newsletter Editor has contributed signifi-cantly to the growth of AAPOTA membership. With the efforts of Joe, the first issue of SPOTLIGHT was pub-lished on October 6, 2008, thereafter; 4 issues were published in 2009, the November issue was a student specialedition on the occasion of the student conclave. This issue included an important announcement of First EssayCompetition for OT Students on the topic Evidence Evaluating the Effectiveness of Culturally Sensitive HealthCare. The newsletter has provided vital information and featured the contribution of AAPOTA members. Thecreation of the Newsletter has been very well received and appreciated not only by the membership but also fromvarious occupational therapy fraternities from Asian Pacific Associations as well.

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Vice President, Meena Iyer was appointed the AAPOTA liaison to MDI Network. In 2009, AAPOTAnominated Meena as an MDI candidate to the Centennial Vision and Penny Moyers, the President of AOTA se-lected Meena as the MDI representative to AOTAs Centennial Vision Commission. It is an honor for AAPOTA.

Eastern Representative, Marrianne Mortera was appointed to AOTAs committee that structured and over-sees the Emerging Leaders Development program (ELPD), this was a charge from AOTAs Representative As-sembly for developing professional leadership in OT students who are about to finish their education or new gradu-

ates out less than 3 years.The AAPOTA website that was launched last year with the web addresswww.asian-pacificot.org. ismanaged and updated with the dedicated efforts of Joe Wells. The link was created for 2009 newsletter issues andother resources. A type-able membership form button is also created on the webpage. AAPOTA is planning to buythe software so that the website can be managed effectively, for which our vice president Meena is planning ontaking classes and share information with Joe to work on the website.

AAPOTA board is instituting awards to recognize the achievement and encourage participation by

AAPOTA members (academicians, clinicians, and students) from the year 2010 for following categories:

1.The outstanding Achievement Award: The highest honor of AAPOTA for a member in good standing, who

has demonstrated outstanding qualities of leadership, academics, or clinical achievement in the initiation, develop-

ment, or perpetuation of occupational therapy or healthcare in general.

2. Service Award: To recognize individual members of AAPOTA who have provided services to the association

and/or profession through time or task limited activities, or to recognize individual members who have served in

state offices.

3. OT/ OTA Student of the Year: To acknowledge student members of AAPOTA who participate in activities to

promote occupational therapy in their community and who contribute to the professional growth of occupational

therapy by participation in leadership roles in their district, state, and/or national associations.

AAPOTA board has continued actions with ongoing development in following areas:Developing resource group of Asian/ Pacific Occupational Therapists to promote education, research, and practiceat district, state, national, and international level by exchange of information, lectures, and seminars.

Lectures by experts are arranged at the annual meeting since April 2008

Initiation of collaborative efforts with the Asian Pacific Regional Group

Involvement of clinician and academicians at the state and local level

Set strategic goals for achieving AOTAs centennial vision by promoting education and awareness of mul-

ticultural diversity and inclusiveness issues.

AAPOTA representation in MDI network and AOTA Centennial Vision Commision

Encourage contribution from our members on cultural issues, research activities, and professional develop-ment for publication in newsletter and periodicals.

Publication of our newsletter SPOTLIGHT

AAPOTA is fortunate to have a strong board under the leadership of our President, Chana Hiranaka, asthe pillar of the group, Vice President, Meena Iyer, as the dynamic force in advancing our mission, and BhagwanSharma, the treasurer to keep us moving forward. Membership Chair and Newsletter Editor, Joe Wells, has beeninstrumental in developing the website and publication of the newsletter. During 2009, AAPOTA board was fur-ther strengthened by the appointment of 3 scholarly academicians to the board; Surya Shah, Associate Professor at

Richard Stockton college of New Jersey, acting as a research liaison and membership recruitment coordinator forNew Jersey; Jyothi Gupta, PhD, OTR, who is the chair elect for the commission on Education of AOTA, and Kin-suk Maitra, Associate Professor at Rush University, Chicago. In addition, our representatives M.R. Kulkarni, Mar-rianne Mortera, and Canadian Representative, Vijay Suple have been there for valuable suggestions. The efforts ofregional recruitment coordinators, Surya Shah from New Jersey, Vijay Mishra from Michigan and Animesh fromOhio is commendable. We need many more leaders to join the force and take responsibilities for advancing ourmission and purpose.

Respectfully submitted, March 31, 2010

Shreeavtar Rai, MHS, OTR/L


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AAPOTA Reportfor the Multicultural Diversity and Inclusion Network

(MDIN)

AAPOTA appreciates the efforts of NBCOT and AOTA in resolving the H1-B petitions with the US Citi-zen and Immigration Services (USCIS).

The association worked diligently to support and promotes AOTAs centennial vision. The following,highlights the activities engaged by the association in 2009-2010:

The association is an active member of the MDIN and participates in all of MDIN activities including the an-nual MDIN exchange workshop, student conclave efforts, and recruitment efforts.

The organizations vice-president, Meena Iyer, PhD, OTR/L was selected by Dr. Penny Moyers, PresidentAOTA, to represent the MDIN group on the Centennial Commission.

Dr. Iyer in collaboration with other Centennial Vision Commission members organized a teleconference callwith MDIN leaders regarding the work of the Participation Review Ad Hoc Committee.

Dr. Marianne Mortera, Executive Board Member AAPOTA, was on AOTAs committee that structured andformulated the Emerging Leaders Development Program.

Dr. J yothi Gupta, served as the Chairperson, Education, Special Interest Section and as the Chairperson ElectCommission on Education.

Ms. Jayanthi Subramanian served as the Professional Development Coordinator, Gerontology Special InterestSection.

Dr. Iyer was a reviewer of the E K Wise Scholarship program.

Dr. Iyer was an invited speaker at the 2009 AOTA Annual Conference session conducted by Dr. FlorenceClark entitled The Centennial Vision and Diversity Within Our Profession: Celebrating Success.

Continue to inform AOTA membership through OT Practice, OT Connections, and AAPOTA website on cul-tural beliefs and other related issues pertinent to the health care and occupational needs of Asian-Pacific con-sumers.

The association publishes a quarterly e-newsletter and fosters exchange of ideas and mentoring relationshipsamong its members.

Provides support on immigration and relocation related issues to its members.

A special student-newsletter was distributed at the AOTA organized student conclave.

In an effort to increase AOTA student membership and promote cultural awareness the association is con-ducting an essay competition for students onEvidence Evaluating the Effectiveness of Culturally SensitiveCare. The top five finalists will receive a free one-year AOTA student membership (or equivalent amountpaid toward a new practitioner AOTA membership).

The association also recognizes the contributions of Asian and Pacific Islanders to Occupational Therapy byholding a Distinguished Lecture series at its annual meeting, and presenting Outstanding Achievement andService Awards.

The association supports AOTAs global outreach vision by having an active relationship with countries of theAsian-Pacific Occupational Therapy Regional Group.

Respectfully submitted,

Meena Iyer, PhD, OTR/L


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Centennial Vision Reportto

Multicultural Diversity and Inclusion Network

(MDIN)5/1/2010

On being selected by Dr. Penny Moyers as the MDIN representative on the centennial commission, Icalled Dr. Jaime Munoz and asked for an update re: role and pending items that I would need to carryforward.

Dr. Munoz informed that there no items tasked to the MDIN representative and that there were no pend-ing items.

The centennial vision commission has had 2 conference calls since my appointment.

One, on 8/3/09 day of my move to Missouri. I called in to introduce myself.

Second, in late January, this was attended by all of the commission members.

I see my role as being an effective liaison. In this capacity, I requested the Centennial Vision Commission members to inform the MDIN leaders

about the work of the Participation Review Ad Hoc Committee and the proposed changes.

Accordingly, a teleconference call was arranged and each MDIN group had at least one member partici-pating in the call.

I sent a thank you note to Dr. Ginny Stoffel for arranging and conducting the teleconference call.

And in the future, as and when occasion arises, organize such meetings and information sessions.

The CV commission would like to know how the MDIN group can contribute to the diversity initiativeof the centennial vision. They would like me to submit a written outline of our directive/s and plan/s sothat it can be discussed at the next conference call.

I have informed all the MDIN leaders of this request. However, thus far what I have received are individ-ual network activities.

What is needed is a vision long-range goal/s that we would like to see in place in the next 10 years. And

a plans for achieving our vision a road map with measureable outcomes. What would we collectively like to achieve? Think I have a dream and share it with us. We collec-

tively can then develop a roadmap with outcome measures. This is our chance to show that we are agroup of thinkers, movers and shakers. We need to be proactive.

My job is to sell our collective plan to the CV commission. I promise I will do my best. But this is teamwork and needs harmony and collective effort.

Right now, THEY ARE WAITING TO HEAR FROM US. I have informed them that we will be discuss-ing this at our annual meeting and that I will get back with our suggestions at the next meeting which isscheduled for June 1, 2010 (my attendance will depend on the clarity of the phone connection, irrespec-tive, I can call Dr. Stoffel separately pursue the matter).

- Meena Iyer, PhD, OTR/L


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List of Awardees

2010

Outstanding Achievement AwardMeena Iyer, PhD, OTR/L

Distinguished Lectureship AwardJyothi Gupta, PhD, OTR/L

Service AwardsChana Hiranaka, Med, OTR/L

K. Kshepakaran, OTRBhagwan Sharma, MS, OTR/L

Madhav Kulkarni, PhD, OTR (retd.)Razak Buddha, OTR/L

The following members were also awarded by AOTA:

Ricardo C. Carrasco, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA.Award of MeritAsha Asher, MA, MEd, OTR/L..Roster of Fellows

Jyothi Gupta, PhD, OTR/L..Service CommendationMeena Iyer, PhD, OTR/LService Commendation

Jayanthi Subramanian, MHS, OTR/L...Service Commendation


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P.O. Box 450Palos Heights, IL 60463

Treasurer's Report2009-2010

Income: Balance brought forward $306.38Membership dues: $640.00Donations:STI Therapy (Bhagwan Sharma) student essay contest $500.00

Total: $1446.38

Expenses (rest, P.O. Box, postage, printing, web hostingbank charges, telephone, utilities, miscellanous): $000.00

Balance at hand as of 03-31-2010: $1446.38

Bank: TCF (800)823-2265Account #: 4865427478

Non-interest bearing, no-fee account

Respectfully submitted;

Bhagwan Sharma; M.S., O.T.R.

Treasurer AAPOTA

(708)257-1199

Glimpses at AOTAAnnual Conference 2010

Top and bottom: Dr. Madhav Kulkarni manning the Multicultural Diversity and Inclusion Network (MDIN) re-source booth


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Top: Dr. Madhav Kulkarni at the MDIN resource booth

Bottom: Dr. J oe Wells presenting Dr. Madhav Kulkarni with the associationsService Award.


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Top and bottom: Dr. Jyothi Gupta receiving the award for theAnnual Distinguished Lectureship from Dr. JoeWells. Her lecture was titled : Where is the Evidence: Practitioners Roles and Responsibilities.


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Top and bottom: Dr. Joe Wells presenting Dr. Meenakshi Iyer with theOutstanding Achievement Awardand theDistinguished Lectureship Award (retroactively for 2009).


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Top: Mr. K. Kshepakaran receiving theService Award from Dr. Joe Wells

Bottom: A few of the attendees of the annual meeting (from left to right): Asha Asher, MAOT, MEd, OTR/L,FAOTA (AOTAs Chair of Developmental Disabilities SIS), Jayanthi Subramanian, MHS, OTR/L (AOTAs Geri-atric SIS Research / Education Program Development Coordinator) , K. Kshepakaran, OTR/L (AOTAs MDI Con-tact Person), Madhav Kulkarni, PhD, OTR (retd.), Joe Wells, OTD, OTR/L (AAPOTAs Membership Chair/ Edi-tor), Jyothi Gupta, PhD, OTR/L (AOTAs Chair of the Commission on Education), Gurunam Khalsa, MS, OTR/L,(AAPOTAs Immigrations Support Chair & Recruitment Coordinator for New Mexico) and Meena Iyer, PhD,OTR/L (AAPOTAs Vice President).


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ASSOCIATIONOFASIAN/PACIFICOCCUPATIONAL

THERAPISTSINAMERICA

By-Laws

ArticleI:Title,MissionandPurpose

Section 1.

The Name of the organization shall be Association of Asian/Pacific Occupational Therapists in America

Section 2.

The mission of the Association of Asian/Pacific Occupational Therapists in America is:

to advance a greater understanding of Asian/Pacific cultural issues affecting occupational therapy prac

tice, andto support career opportunities and advancements in occupational therapy by people of Asian/Pacific

heritage.Section 3.

The purpose of the organization shall be:

Serve as a liaison between occupational therapy practitioners with concerns about Asian/Pacific cul

tural issues affecting occupational therapy practice and the American Occupational Therapy Asso

ciation

Promote scholarly activities and research on Asian/Pacific cultural issues affecting occupational therapy

practice

Identify and work to achieve common goals and needs.

Promote and support learning and scholarship.

Support Occupational therapy practitioners emigrating from Asian/Pacific countries with transition and

integration into the North American occupational therapy practice.

Promote occupational therapy educational and scholarly exchange among respective Asian/Pacific

countries and North America.

ArticleII:Membership

Section 1.

The membership is defined by the payment of dues. The Executive Board of the Association shall determine

the amount of membership dues

Section 2.

Membership is open to all occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants and occupational therapy

students who support the mission and purpose of the Association

Section 3.

A voting member is one who has paid dues for that year.

Section 4.

Associate member is one who has paid dues for that year and is supportive of the mission and purpose of

the Association.

Section 5.

A record of the membership will be maintained by the Membership Chairperson and may be used for distri

bution with written consent of the members

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ArticleIII:OfficersandExecutiveBoard

Section 1.

The purpose of the Executive Board is to coordinate and facilitate the activities of the Association through

regional chapters and to direct the internal activities with other groups and individuals in the Association

Section 2.

The Executive Board shall consist of President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Membership Chairand four Regional Executive Board members.

Section 3.

The Executive Board members shall be elected by the voting members from the membership and shall serve

for two years on a staggering basis among the membership of the board.

President (elected in even number years)

Vice President (elected in odd number years)

Secretary (elected in odd number years)

Treasurer (elected in even number years)

Membership chair (elected in odd number years)

Executive Board members shall be elected by the regional membership (2 elected in odd number years

and 2 elected in even number years).

Section 4.

Should a vacancy occurs during the term of a member the President shall appoint a replacement

Section 5.

Executive Board members shall be voting members of the Association

Section 6.

The Officers of the association shall mean the President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. The Offi

cers shall have the overall responsibility to coordinate all association activities and to execute decisions re

quiring urgent action.

ArticleIV:Meetings

Section 1.Executive Board shall meet through conference calls and during an annual meeting in conjunction with

AOTA annual conferences

Section 2.

Agenda items shall be submitted to the secretary, three weeks prior to the scheduled meeting date.

Section 3.

A quorum shall consist of 1/3 of the members of the Executive Board for board meetings.

ArticleV:Local/RegionalChapters

Section 1.

Members of the Association may organize locally to promote the mission and purpose of the Association.

Section 2.The officers of the local/regional chapters shall be responsible for coordinating and consulting with the ex

ecutive board

ArticleVI:NominationandElection

Section 1.

The Membership Chair will be responsible for soliciting nominations and conducting election

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Section 2.

Nominees shall be voting members of the Association

Section 3.

The voting members shall elect the Executive board whose term expire.

ArticleVII:

Standing

Rules

Section 1.

In addition to the bylaws the Association shall be governed by standing rules adopted by the Executive

Board.

ArticleVIII:Amendments

Section 1.

Amendments to the bylaws shall be submitted in writing to the Executive Board and shall be voted upon by

the membership at the annual meeting.

Chana Hiranaka, MEd, OTR /LPresident/Founding Member

Meenakshi Iyer, PhD, OTR/LVice-President

Bhagwan Sharma, MS, OTR/LTreasurer

S.L. Rai, MHS, OTRSecretary

J oe Wells, OTD, DPMIR, OTR/LMembership Chair/ Newsletter Editor

M. R. Kulkarni, PhD, OTR, LPCMidwest Representative/ Founding Member

Marianne Mortera,PhD, OTREastern Representative

Vijay Suple, MA, PhD, OT (C)Representative for Canada

COMMITTEES:Research Liaisons:

Surya Shah, PhD, OTR/L , FAOTAJ yothi Gupta, PhD, OTR/LKinshuk Maitra, PhD, OTR/L

Immigrations Support:

Guru Nam Kaur Khalsa, MOT, OTR

Student Committee:Bill Wong

Membership Recruitment Coordinators:Sanchala Sen, OTR/L- North CarolinaSurya Shah, PhD, OTR/L , FAOTA- New Jersey

Vanitha J ohn, MOT- Washington

Guru Nam Khalsa, MOT, OTR/L - New Mexico

Vijay Mishra, OTR/L Michigan

Animesh Anand, OTD(stu.), OTR/L- Ohio

Board Members 2010

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