The 2013 FLASHA ANNUAL CONVENTION is just around the corner! FLASHA members will be Splishin' and Splashin' at the Marco Island Marriott Report and Spa on Marco Island, Florida May 23-26. 

• President: Celia Santini
  Immediate Past President: Rachel Williams
  President-Elect: Valerie Herskowitz
  VP for Convention: Lisa Garrett
  VP for Membership Services: Janet Line
  VP for Professional Practices in Audiology: Robert Fifer
  VP for Continuing Education: Carolyn Beaubrun
  VP for Educational Services: Laura Rogers
  VP for Professional Practices in Speech: Tim Kowalski
  VP for Communications: Shannon Hall-Mills
  VP for Governmental Education: Lisa Rock
  
  We are here to serve our members. If you would like to contact a specific board member, please click this link:
  http://flasha.org/executiveBoard.asp
   

• General Licensing and Online Renewal Questions:
  Email:
  MedicalQualityAssurance@doh.state.fl.us
  
  Telephone:
  (850) 488-0595
  
  Mailing Address:
  4052 Bald Cypress Way
  Tallahassee, Florida 32399
   

  To locate contact information (e.g., phone numbers, office locations, emails) for your respective legislators:
  Go to www.flsenate.gov/senators
  or
  Go to www.myfloridahouse.gov/sections/representatives/representatives.aspx

  
   

• Be a part of the FLASHA Experience. Join a committee. We currently have availability on the following committees:
  Ethical Practice, Communications, Public School, Early Intervention, Historian, Multicultural, Student Services, Reinbursement, Sponsorship and Grants, and Mentor Committee. If you are interested in joining a committee, please email, Janet Line at jline@flasha.org.

• In reference to our legislative activities, FLASHA received a $1,000 stipend awarded by ASHA to develop or further student participation in legislative activities. Through this grant from ASHA, FLASHA sponsored a statewide Student Advocacy Day in January, 2013.

• Check out the new Member Benefit-Discounts for products with SuperDuper! Click on this link to see how it works.http://flasha.org/mbSuperDuper.asp

• Did you know you can reduce your membership dues by referring your colleagues? For each new member referred, your dues will be reduced by 10% or $15.00; refer five members and your next dues billing will be $75.00 or ½ the regular dues payment!
   
• *Effective July 1, 2011 the ASHA CE Registry has a new eligibility requirement:

Individuals must meet at least one of the following conditions in order to be eligible to earn ASHA CEUs:
• ASHA Member (includes Life member and International affiliates)
• ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) Holder
• Licensed by a state or provincial regulatory agency to practice speech-language pathology (SLP) or audiology
• Credentialed by a state regulatory agency to practice SLP or audiology
• Credentialed by a national regulatory agency to practice SLP or audiology
• Engaged in a Clinical Fellowship under the supervision of an individual with their ASHA CCC
• Currently enrolled in a masters or doctoral program in SLP or audiology