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Armed Forces – Alfonso Clemmings reports that the committee met on July 3, 2019 at 7:32am. The
members of the committee appointed Maria Sanchez, MT (CO) as the Armed Services Committee
delegate. Articles for the AMT Events were assigned as follows:
a. September 2019 - Hattie Gallon
b. March 2019 - Alfonso Clemmings
c. June 2020 - Maria Sanchez
d. September 2020 - Linda Weigand
Alfonso also gave an update on the Fort Sam Houston (METC) MLT Course.

Membership Committee – Nancy Barrow reports that the committee (formerly known as the Future
Planning Committee) met on July 2, 2020 with 24 members attending. Chris Damon was introduced and
reviewed reasons for the committee name change and the new directives for the committee. The
committee reviewed member benefits and worked with on the goal of creating better value for all
members. A comprehensive list of their suggestions was submitted. Some of the more interesting
suggestions include:

a. Is there a way to contemporize or modernize the word society - as in state society?
b. Family vacation packages for national conventions (childcare, children's programs, etc.).
c. New credit card program with AMT logo
d. Insurance programs with discounted rates for members
e. Renewal dues paid would include a value certificate to spend toward CEU's or other AMT
products
f. Member discount on scrubs/uniform sites
g. Discounted travel options
h. Discounted or waived membership renewal fee for long term members after a certain
number of years as a member {25 years, 30 years, etc.); currently waived for 50-year
members only
i. Add online chat for help at website
j. One-year free membership to students who pass certifying exams

Scientific/Speakers Committee – Anna Catron, MT (VA) reported minutes from the committee meeting
held on July 2, 2019 at 1pm. She reported 29 of the 36 members were in attendance. This year’s
education program offered 41 sessions in total including one keynote, four general sessions, two
workshops, and 34 breakout sessions, Anna reports that Maggie Highland presented a proposed “Call
for Programs” for the committee to consider for next year’s education program planning. This program
would offer an online form for speakers to propose a session to be delivered at the 2020 AMT National
Meeting. Committee members will review proposals as opposed to suggesting topics and turning over to
AMT Office Staff. AMT staff will communicate the “Call for Programs” to all AMT Membership and
provide resources to the committee for use during the process. The “Call” will be open for three months
and at the end AMT staff office will provide each subcommittee all programs submitted in their
respective tracks and provide the number of timeslots their subcommittee needs to fill. Benefits of using
a “Call for Programs” includes completing the education program further in advance and the scientific
speakers committee having more insight into the programming to ensure a balanced program. Anna
asked for volunteers for Track managers and Subcommittees members. Each Track Subcommittee was
filled and they’re ready to start this Fall.

Convention Committee – Tera Benefiel, MT (KS) Reported total registration for this meeting of 401. The
breakdown was as follows, keep in mind some members are registered with multiple disciplines:

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