Volume 21 ■ Number 2 ■ Spring 2012
The CAreer AsTrologer The Newsletter for Professional Astrology
T h e P r e s i d e n T’ s r e P o r T
BY ALEXANDRA KARACOSTAS
I N T H I S I S S U E
President’ s Report.............................. 1
OPA Elections........................................ 1 Astrology, Yoga & Service................ 4
Join OPA’ s Forum................................ 7
2012 FREE Conference Call Presentations.......................... 8
Musings on Career Development........................ 9
Message from the Dolphins........ 10
Using Voice Recognition Software........................................ 11
Our Next Retreat.......................... 12 OPA Shines at UAC........................ 13
As I write this report, Jupiter,
Venus, Mars and Pluto are in a grand earth trine enjoying a celestial dance. This is treating OPA kindly. After a couple of years of restructuring and making significant changes on our board, OPA has once again nestled comfortably into what it is; a small, but influential organization dedicated to the advancement and excellence of astrology students and professionals.
As Pluto continues its journey through OPA’ s first house, and transiting Saturn marches back and forth over our Progressed MC at 29 Libra and Progressed Sun at 23 Libra, we continue to grow while we endeavor to meet the needs of our membership and professional community. Jupiter’ s benevolent influence in our fourth house has assisted us in expanding and establishing our organization in new and meaningful ways.
One of our new ventures includes OPA’ s new Certification Program for Professional Astrologers. It is a unique hands on approach, holistic and comprehensive! Learn more about it on our new and improved web-site.
Equally significant is OPA’ s new Elections Committee, dedicated to our upcoming board elections this spring. We ask each and every one of you to vote! The Elections Committee will be sending out more information shortly. This is your organization and you have a voice. Please make it count. This is vital to our democratic process. We appreciate and thank you for your participation! It is a privilege and honor to serve OPA.
One of the essential parts of keeping our organization alive and healthy is maintaining our membership. This means the renewal of membership dues. If your membership has lapsed, please consider rejoining today. This is easy to do on our website. We benefit from and need one another.
We are also asking for volunteers to help man OPA’ s table during the five day long conference at UAC. It is a wonderful way to network, catch up with old friends, make new ones and have fun! If you are interested in more information and would like to help, please contact Maurice Fernandez, our Community Out- [ CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 ]
OPA is having an Election of Officers. The election will be set up with Survey Monkey.
Members who have paid OPA dues by April 14th will be confirmed as voters. If you get a notice from Christine Ferraro, OPA Membership Secretary, regarding your dues being delinquent or up for renewal in March or April, please renew so you can vote!
All paid members of OPA will receive an e-mail on April 21 with the link to Survey Monkey. The voting will close on May 18 at 11:59 pm. A report of the voting results will be submitted to the Board at their regular monthly meeting on June 4. An e-mail to all members will follow.
Last year ' s officers are running for positions, but not always the position they held last year. Read carefully and check out the candidates below. We have two candidates for OPA President and the Community Outreach Director. Note there is a new candidate for Publications and Products Director. It is wonderful that two OPA members threw their“ hats in the ring” to participate in this election.
As an OPA member please participate in this election by confirming your choice for OPA ' s Board. [ CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ]
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