New Format an Overwhelming Success for Attendees
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“ An informational session was held after the reference committee meetings , but unfortunately not all who needed to be there were able to attend due to being on a reference committee ,” Seventh District trustee Dr . Wade Newman said . “ This was a great time to have an informational exchange on a district to district level about things that are impacting on a district level , such as the IRS . I would like to see that section of time kept for purposes of that nature .”
A small minority of those surveyed expressed concern that a future Annual Session with more issues to discuss and resolutions to consider would not lend itself nearly as well to this format . They saw potential problems .
“ I think the streamlined format worked OK only because of our rather light
workload this year . If we tried this format for an issue-packed session , I think we will be in trouble ,” Dr . John Nase , a Second District delegate , said .
Others , like Dr . David Schwartz , Fourth District delegate , said he is confident that PDA should be able to adapt to whatever a particular year has in store .
“ As long as there is the flexibility of adding more time if a particular year shows that there is a need , I see nothing wrong with the current format ,” he said .
Overall , the new format was rated an overwhelming success with nearly all attendees wanting to see it continued .
“ I was surprised at how well things went ,” Fifth District alternate Dr . Harry Meyers said . “ I think you need flexibility in case ‘ mega issues ’ arise , in which case more time could have been needed . But so much ‘ down ’ time was eliminated [ this year ].”
16 July / August 2011 • Pennsylvania Dental Journal