Category: NER Business

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Open board positions

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Are you a professional music therapist in New England who is interested in volunteering on the NER-AMTA board? If so, please contact NER President Adrienne Flight at president@neramta.org with questions and to explore opportunities.   Here are the current positions that we are looking to fill:   NER representative to AMTA’s Clinical Practice Networking Committee: Provide coordination for networking and mentoring opportunities for practitioners working in a range of settings and with different populations, and foster communication between…

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Ner board nominations

By Wed Admin | by Wed Admin

Hello, New England Region Music Therapists: The nominating committee is excited to share that 2019 is an election year for the NER Executive Board. We are currently accepting self-nominations for all voting Executive Board positions which include: • President-Elect: 6 year commitment • Vice President-Elect: 4 year commitment • Treasurer: 2 year commitment • Secretary: 2 year commitment • Assembly Delegate: 2 year commitment (note: a total of 9 candidates are needed to fill 4…

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NER Business Special Announcements

Welcome!

By Wed Admin | by Wed Admin

Please welcome our newest Expanded NER Board Leadership appointments: Joy Allen- Research Committee Representative Amanda Goff- Muse Newsletter Editor Caitlin Hyatt- Interprofessional Collaboration Committee Representative Kate Lamoureux- NER Historian Wendy Krueger- Standards of Clinical Practice Committee Representative Sarah Gagnon- Workforce Development and Retention Committee Representative There are several openings still available please email president@musictherapynewengland.org to inquire about: – Membership Support Committee member (national conference not required) -Membership Committee Representative -Continuing Education Representative -Diversity and Inclusion…

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NER-AMTA Bylaws Change

By Wed Admin | by Wed Admin

Hello NER-AMTA Members, Every year, members from the NER-AMTA Board participate in an internal audit of NER’s financial records. This involves verifying each transaction from the corresponding fiscal year and ensuring that the correct record keeping procedures have been followed. The NER-AMTA board would like to propose one small change to the Article VII. Section 1 of our Bylaws. This section outlines who is eligible to participate in the annual internal audit, and the change…

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NER Business Professional Scholarships Special Announcements

Scholarship Review Committee

By Wed Admin | by Wed Admin

Hello NER-AMTA Members, Rebecca Preddie, AMTA Scholarship & Grants Coordinator is looking for some willing Scholarship Reviewers (5-6 volunteers) that will be part of the AMTA Scholarship Review Committee.  This is a great opportunity for NER-AMTA members who do not have the ability to be involved in large, year round projects, but DO have the ability to work from home for short periods of time.   By agreeing to be a Scholarship Reviewer, you must be…

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NER Business Special Announcements

MLE

By Wed Admin | by Wed Admin

  Hello NER-AMTA, We are anticipating an exciting conference with the various concurrent sessions, annual Cabaret, and a plethora of CMTEs. This year’s focus is Uniting in Diversity: Bringing Together the Individuals of the Music Therapy Community. We are back at beautiful Water’s Edge in Westbrook, CT and hope to see you there! Master’s Level Entry (MLE) TOWN HALL On Friday April 20, 2018, the NER Assembly Delegates and members of the former MLE committee…

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NER-AMTA Call for positions

By Wed Admin | by Wed Admin

Calling all NER-AMTA Members, We are looking to fill several non-voting positions and we need you! Please share your passion for music therapy and willingness to serve. The NER-AMTA Extended Board is interested in finding the ideal candidates for these regional positions. Please send your Statement of Interest describing your qualifications and interest in being considered for these positions to Judy Nguyen Engel, NER- AMTA President, president@musictherapynewengland.org. All Submissions due by 4/10/18. NER Historian **This…

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NER board Openings

By Wed Admin | by Wed Admin

Calling all NER-AMTA Members, We are looking to fill several non-voting positions and we need you!  Please share your passion for music therapy and willingness to serve.  The NER-AMTA Extended Board is interested in finding the ideal candidates for these regional positions.  Please send your Statement of Interest describing your qualifications and interest in being considered for these positions to Judy Nguyen Engel, NER-AMTA President, president@musictherapynewengland.org. All Submissions due by 10/31/17. NER Historian **This is a…

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AMTA Scholarship reviewers needed 

By Wed Admin | by Wed Admin

Hello NER-AMTA Members, Rebecca Preddie, AMTA Scholarship & Grants Coordinator is looking for some willing Scholarship Reviewers (5-6 volunteers) that will be part of the AMTA Scholarship Review Committee. This is a great opportunity for NER-AMTA members who do not have the ability to be involved in large, year round projects, but DO have the ability to work from home for short periods of time.   By agreeing to be a Scholarship Reviewer, you must be…

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NERAMTA Bylaws and Constitution Merge

By Wed Admin | by Wed Admin

Hello NER-AMTA Members, The Bylaws Committee has been tasked with the BIG job of merging our two current documents the NER-AMTA Constitutions and NER-AMTA Bylaws which governs our regional organization. The merging of both documents is to streamline these documents into one; to follow AMTA’s model of their Bylaws, to avoid duplicity, and to make updates. Please review the newly merged document entitled NER-AMTA Bylaws to understand the rationale behind each change. However in summary,…

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