Winter 2010 issue
MEMBERSHIP REPORT
Gene Ann Behrens, PhD, MT-BC
Send in Your AMTA Membership Fees for 2010!
The sooner AMTA receives them – the sooner the region’s budget will benefit.
Your membership fees assist us in serving you, the members!
Come re-charge your batteries by connecting with friends at the Regional Conference!
Look for the 2010 Conference Registration form on-line! Lower hotel and registration costs!
The third quarter membership numbers increased from the second quarter, but we continue to be down about 44 members from this time last year. We had 890 members as of 10/2/09 which was a 4.46% increase from the previous quarter, but a 4.71% decrease from the membership totals in 2008. Professional members increased by 3.65%, students by 5.65%, and graduate students by 5.81%. However, they also were down in comparison to 2008 by 4.88%, 9.66%, and 3.19% respectively. The greatest decreases have shifted back to within the area of student membership.
The national membership committee has elected to complete several projects to increase the membership this next year. One will be another callathon of approximately 100 people who did not rejoin AMTA since 2008. I also will be devising a plan to contact professors at the various schools to encourage student membership.
Highlights from AMTA.PRO – one of your membership benefits. AMTA.PRO can be found within the members only area of the AMTA website. It includes podcasts on a variety of topics important for music therapists. Did you know that you can listen to presentations on the following topics by fellow professionals?
- Detective Work in Music Therapy by Annie Heiderscheit, PhD, FAMI, MFT, MT-BC
- Music Therapy and Eating Disorders by Gloria McDaniel, MT-BC
- Music Therapy and Alzheimer's Disease, Larissa McHugh, MA, MT-BC
- Medical Music Therapy by Michelle Erich, MM, CCLS, MT-BC
- Keys to Effective Group Facilitation for Adults by Mary Morreale, MT-BC
- Music Therapy Reimbursement by Judy Simpson, MHP, MT-BC
Other noteworthy announcements for the membership:
- Professors and internship directors – Encourage your students completing their internships to complete forms for MAR and AMTA to receive discount coupons!
- New professionals - Complete the New Professional Membership Form on the website to obtain a one-time $75 discount coupon for the upcoming spring conference. We would like to recognize all new professionals attending conference for the first time with their professional status – make sure you indicate you are a new professional on the conference registration form.
- All members – Please let me know about any accomplishments or challenges for our members so that we can support them. Check out the new additions to AMTA.PRO. Contact Brian Abrams to volunteer for various positions within the MAR.
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