Hi Bill Welcome to the list. I have been following the discussion with interest. I am very curious about what prompted your questions and am guessing that you wanted to see what sort of group we are.
For myself I would say that some of the best OT talk I have had has been on this list and I thank you for kicking off another go round of what are we as occupational therapists all about anyway. Some of the best and most thoughtful insights have come from Susanne in Denmark - beware of devaluing the unfamiliar Bill. I especially enjoyed Jeannie rising so effectively to Ron's challenge of what is so amazing about OT as a profession. Jeannie your OT life has been different in content from mine but oh so similar in feeling. I'm four years older than you. I've been an OT for 18 years. It was a mid life change. I will be 70 next month. I wonder if this is a gender issue in part with females taking satisfaction from the particular order to cope with the frustrations of the general and males focusing on the frustrations of the general which prevents enjoying the positives of the particular. They make us think though. So there I go making an invalid ? generalisation from meagre data. Bill, I know you said you were not interested in OT in the rest of the world but I am going to answer your questions anyway. I hope you have read this far. I belong to the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (Hi Michael), the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists and the Alberta Association of Registered Occupational Therapists (soon to become the Alberta College of Occupational Therapists - a regulatory body with mandatory membership in order to practice legally). Until now I have had complimentary membership in SAOT (guess what that stands for) as our association split the professional and regulatory functions to comply with new provincial legislation. I am a member of the board of the Allen Cognitive Network (Allen Advisors LTd.) www.allen-cognitive-network.org to put in a plug for my passion and what has really kept me going as a committed OT. I am struggling with whether to pony up the fee for SAOT as I'm not doing much paid work and my fees eat up a big check of it. I've been committed to CAOT and WFOT from the beginning. Joan Riches > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Bill Maloney > Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 3:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [OTlist] questions > > This is my first posting to this list. I am curious > about a few things, so please feel free to respond: > > How many of you reading this are currently members of > AOTA? Your state OT association? Use designation of > OTR, indicating that you are current with the NBCOT? > How many of your colleagues (same questions as above > if you know)? > > Thanks, > Bill Maloney, OTR > > -- > Unsubscribe? > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Change options? > www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com > > Archive? > www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > Help? > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.1/312 - Release Date: 4/14/2006 > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.3/317 - Release Date: 4/18/2006
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