AMTA FL Chapter Newsletter 
Spring 2016
Legislative Update                Education                     Advertising             Cranial-Sacral 
       
Letter From The Board Of Directors
AMTA President
Karen Roth, Chapter Preside

 
Dear Florida Members,
Well another year passed. How quickly time goes by.
Our annual meeting was absolutely fabulous. It was held at the Upledger Institute. There was complimentary breakfast each morning followed by afternoon snacks and a simply delicious lunch catered by Too Jays Deli. All of this was complimentary to the AMTA Florida Members and graciously donated as well as the space and the instructors by the very generous John Mathew Upledger.
The education was by far the most interesting astounding information delivered by the best in the field.
The classes were:
Visceral Manipulation taught by Dee Ahern RPT, BI-D
Nueral Manipulation taught by Dee Ahern RPT, BI-D
Cranial Sacral taught by Carrie Fisher,BS,LMT,CST
Total Body Balancing taught by Dr. Kerry D'Ambrogio DOM, AP, PT, DO, MTP
The annual meeting and elections followed. They all went beautifully with great questions asked by the Florida members.
Our election results are as follows:
                 Florida Board
Karen Roth ran for President       unopposed
Jennifer Washington 2nd V.P.     unopposed
Kathy Reid Secretary                   unopposed
                   Delegate's
Lia Baker
Kathy Reid
Marcel Coffman
                     Alternates by order of votes
Karen Roth
Debra Shultz
Jennifer Washington        
Congratulations to everybody involved!!!! Thank you for a wonderful turn out!! Donations and prize giveaways followed.  There were so many awesome donators and I would like to acknowledge all of them!!
Performance Health                                            
Sombra                                                  
Soothing Touch
Biofreeze                                                            
Therapy Career Guard                           
Biotone
Discovery Books                                                   
Oakworks                                              
Sacro Wedgy
Massage Warehouse                                            
Bon Vital                                                
Elsevier
and with special thanks to.................The Upledger Institute!!
All in all our annual meeting was a success, all went home with bursting bags of product , terrific prizes, and a head full of educational information to put in there tool box's,. I look forward to all of you and more next year!! Please keep in touch with the web site AMTA website  for upcoming events , news and information.
 
Sincerely,
Karen Roth
Florida Chapter President


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Legislative Update
Human Trafficking
It was with great pride that I stood Wednesday and waived in favor of SB 784 on human trafficking on behalf of AMTA. 
 
It is in this piece of legislation which is now ready for the floor in both the House and the Senate that we have finally got legislation that will help get the traffickers that hide behind massage establishment licenses.  We were joined by an august group of people that also spoke in favor of the bill:  the State Justice Alliance, the Children's Campaign, Religious Ethics Association, Pace Center for Girls, Family Florida Action, and numerous sheriffs and the Sheriffs Association.  Most Compelling was a trafficked victim now a PHD Dr. Brooke Bellow and the executive director of More to Life.
 
The section of the bill that was a direct result of AMTA's legislative efforts, starting this summer, is the following language. 
(7) If the place, structure, building, or conveyance that is owned , established, maintained, or operated in violation of paragraph (2)(a) is a massage establishment that is or should be licensed under s. 480.043, the offense shall be reclassified to the next higher degree as follows:
  (a) Misdemeanor of the second degree for a first violation is reclassified as a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 77.082 or s.774.083.
  (b) a misdemeanor of the first degree for a second violation is reclassified as a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(c) A felony of the third degree for a third or subsequent violation is reclassified as a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083 or .s 775.084.
 
Please, take not of the italicized language above where we were able to up the charge for not only licensed massage establishments but also those that should be licensed.
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