Local Chapter updates: Chapter leaders show state-pride at national

May 18, 2017

CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 23

Local chapter leaders from all over the country showed their ACDIS pride on Day 2 of the national conference in Las Vegas last week. (Read more about them in the special conference daily.)

Maryland chapter leaders arguably put the most creative energy behind their table decorations and Day 2 dress theme. Attendees wore the state flower, black-eyed susans, on their clothing and in bouquets. Leaders made stenciled letters reading Maryland decorated in the state colors and flag and ACDIS colored in purple and orange glitter. The team then stuck the letters to an expandable, ribbon coated, curtain rods with Velcro and help them upright so they could be seen from across the crowded exhibit hall. They took multiple photos including an exclusive with ACDIS Director Brian Murphy.

South Carolina and Florida both brought out inflatable palm trees, with the South Carolina group distinguishing their tables with the addition of battery-operated “SC” which light-up. The Utah folks brought golden Mylar balloon letters of their state and brought their own helium tank in the car with them to inflate them. Indiana had balloons, too, in a checker-board pattern to represent the finishing line flag at the Indianapolis 500. The team also had a race track and little cars as the table centerpiece.

The folks from New Mexico had special shirts made with “505” in orange glitter on the back with the center “0” a Mexican sugar-skull representing one of two area codes in the state, according to Anna Kramer who had the shirts made for the team.

After-hours, the California chapter gathered at the MGM Grand’s Top Golf and the Massachusetts folks headed off to the Linq for dinner at the YardHouse and a trip on Vegas’ one-and-only Ferris wheel.

There was such a tremendous outpouring of support from and for our local chapters, and far too many amazing stories to share them all. If you attended the conference and have a photo of your chapter gathering please pass them along to us for use in our special conference wrap-up section coming next month.

The following is a list of all the upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. If you have an upcoming event you would like to include, please email Melissa Varnavas (mvarnavas@acdis.org) and Linnea Archibald (larchibald@acdis.org).

May:

The California ACDIS Chapter set a tentative date of May 24 for their education conference call. For more information, visit their local chapter page and read Vol. 3 of their newsletter.
The Oregon ACDIS Chapter will hold their spring conference on May 19. For more information, contact Linda Dawson (Linda.Dawson@providence.org).

June:

The Kentucky ACDIS Chapter meets Thursday, June 1. For information, contact Leah Savage (Leah.Savage@nortonhealthcare.org).
The Alabama ACDIS chapter will hold their next meeting via webinar on Friday, June 2 at 12 p.m. More information and login instructions will be sent closer to the date of the event.
The South Carolina ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, June 9, at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center in Hartsville. For information, contact Mary Hopkins (mary.hopkins@hcahealthcare.com).
The Arizona ACDIS Chapter meets Saturday, June 17, at Honorhealth in Scottsdale. Chapter members should send suggestions and speaker recommendations to Chapter President Alma Yap at rnalmay@gmail.com.
The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter is tentatively planning a meeting for June 2017. For information, contact Deanne Wilk (dwilk@pennstatehealth.psu.edu).

Save-the-date

The North Carolina ACDIS Chapter holds its summer conference on August 25 at Wilson Memorial Hospital (Duke Lifepoint Hospital) in Wilson.
The Florida ACDIS Chapter meets August 26, at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Several speakers are already lined up for the event and a meet-n-greet time will be held at a local restaurant (place to be determined) on the Friday night prior to the event.
The California ACDIS Chapter holds its third-annual conference Friday, September 15, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Torrance Memorial Medical Center. For information, contact Rani V. Stoddard (stoddardrv@henrymayo.com).
The Alabama ACDIS Chapter holds an all-day fall event on September 15 at Baptist Shelby in Alabaster.
Missouri’s three ACDIS local chapters join for a full-day conference event on October 14, at the University of Kansas Hospital. For information, contact Michael McKelvey (michael.mckelvey@bjc.org).