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Te n n e s s e e Di s p e n s i n g O p t i c i a n s A s s o c i a t i o n
T HE TENNESSEE OPTICIAN
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Fall Hours Coming Soon!
As we all get ready for the busy back to school season we can’t forget that 2014 is winding down and
we need to get those last CE hours of the year. The
TDOA is offering two more chances to get hours in
2014.
First the Knoxville chapter hours will be on
Sunday, September 28, 2014. The hours will be in
the Wood Auditorium at the UT Medical Center.
The schedule for the day is:
Diane Drake – (All 8 Hours)
8:00 am Factors that Affect the Transmission,
Absorption and Reflection of Light 1 ABO Hour
9:00am Understanding the Need for Task Specific
Eyewear 1 ABO Hour
10:00 am Unequal refractive errors and effects on
vision. 2 ABO/NCLE Hours
Lunch on your own
1:00pm Getting Back To The Basics: For Contact
Lens Fitters 1 NCLE Hour
2:00pm Dry Eyes and Contact Lenses 1 NCLE Hour
3:00pm Fitting Soft Toric Contact Lenses 1 NCLE
Hour
4:00pm Focus on Presbyopia - Keeping Patients in
Contact Lenses 1 NCLE Hour
Then on Sunday, October 19, 2014 the
Nashville chapter hours will be at the Skyline
Medical Center. The hours are downstairs in the
rooms across from the cafeteria.
The schedule for the day is:
Jane Buckland – 4 NCLE Hours & 2 ABO Hours
8:00am Multifocals, Aspheres or Monovision:
What’s Best? 1 NCLE Hour
9:00am Toric Soft Contact Lenses: The Consultants Perspective 1 NCLE Hour
10:00am Contact Lens Options to Refractive Surgery 1 NCLE Hour
11:00am Wake Up to Modern Ortho-K 1 NCLE
Hour
UT Medical Center Knoxville, TN is the site for the September 28th hours.
Lunch on your own
1:00 pm Basic Ocular Anatomy & Physiology 2 ABO/NCLE
Hours
Chris Gallagher 2 ABO Hours
3:00pm Making Sunwear Important 1 ABO Hour
4:00pm Specialty Lenses for Driving 1 ABO Hour
You can register for these CE sessions by mailing or
faxing in the form on the back of this newsletter, emailing
Mellissa at [email protected], or through our website
www.tdoa.org. Registration for the September hours closes
on September 22nd and for the October hours on October
13th.
Don’t forget if you bring a friend (license, certified or
apprentice) to a CE session who is not a current member of
the TDOA or who has not been a member in the past 2
years your name will be entered to win your 2015 TDOA
dues for free! Also if you donate $100 or more to the Opticians PAC fund you will be entered in another drawing to
win your 2015 TDOA dues for free!
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Also in this Issue:
President’s message
Legislative update
Convention 2014/15
Chapter Registration
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TDOA Officers
and Board of
Directors
A Message from the President…
Hello Fellow Professionals,
Officers:
Have you ever had one of those days at work when a patient or
customer looks at you and says "I have a daughter/son that just
graduated from high school and needs a job. I think he/she
would like doing what you do. Where does he/she apply"?
President……………..………………..Joy Beth Foster
Vice-President………………………Charlie Bowman
Secretary…………...…………………….… Jay Taylor
Being a Licensed Dispensing Optician is one of the most misunderstood professions. How do you or how would you answer the
person who thinks everything you do consists of picking pretty
frames and putting some numbers in a computer? The person
who has such thoughts could be in the same mindset as a legislator who has a request to sunset (do away with) Tennessee Licensed Dispensing Opticians. These bills go across the desks of
legislators at a rapid pace. They usually sign and go on to the
next bill unless they are informed and have reason to stop and
not sign. That is our job and the mission of The TDOA and each
professional who cares to keep our career a profession, not a
frame styling job.
Treasurer………………………………....Felda Stacey
Sergeant at Arms………….LeRhonda Walton Hill
Past President…………………….………Greg DeCrow
Board of Directors:
Kathy Hawkins
Helen Owens
Larry Christopher
Brenda Blackburn
Shane Partain
Mikki Daniel
Diane McMurray
Randy Dishmon
Darrell Lassiter
Angela Lucy
Staff: Mellissa Misiak, Administrative Secretary
Your TDOA is trying hard to meet your continuing education
needs and provide an environment for a cohesive group of professionals who can consistently move forward toward a common goal. That goal is to keep Tennessee a licensed state with
professionals who participate in continuing education of various
and pertinent subjects presented by various professionals in the
industry. As professionals in The TDOA we can come together
as an association to make a difference for Tennessee Licensed
Opticians. As individuals we are one voice. As an association,
we are a united voice. It is our responsibility to educate the public and the legislators. It is our responsibility to brand the Tennessee Licensed Optician. If you are not a TDOA member or
know a LDO, apprentice or student who is not, we welcome you
into this association. We have benefits and camaraderie that
only our association can provide.
It is hard to believe that this will be our last newsletter of 2014.
We have two more continuing education opportunities this year.
Please look inside this newsletter for details. 2015 will be a very
exciting year for The TDOA. Go to our new website TDOA.org,
call, email, or fax headquarters, or the officers and directors on
our web page with any questions or suggestions about TDOA or
continuing education. We are looking forward to embracing
next year with you in The TDOA!
Sincerely honored to be your TDOA President,
Joy Beth Foster
HEADQUARTERS INFORMATION
TDOA
P.O. Box 210454
Nashville, TN 37221
Phone 615-646-5245
Fax 615-646-5780
Email [email protected]
Website www.tdoa.org
Check out the website for forms, legislative information,
classified ads and board member contact information..
T he T e n n e s s e e O p ti c i a n
Legislative UPDATE
On June 24, 2014 a special subcommittee of the
joint House and Senate Government Operations
Committee voted in favor to recommend passage
to the full TN General Assembly a six year extension for the Tennessee Board of Dispensing Opticians.
Senator Janice Bowling (R-Tullahoma) made the
motion for the six year extension plan and paved
the way fort the eventual passing of the motion.
This is wonderful news but the work is not over.
The recommendation made by the committee still
has to pass the House and Senate Government
Operations Committees, the House Calendar and
Rules Committee and the full House and Senate
in 2015. The TDOA will keep you up to date on
what we need to do to help the extension get
passed.
Thank you to all our members and board members who took time to call and email our state representatives on the board’s behalf. Thank you
also to our lobbyist, Theo Morrison, for bringing
this to our attention.
Facebook Friend of the Year
2014
This year the TDOA board decided to give an
award for the Facebook friend of the year. The
first award went to Kathy Ball who was very
active on the TDOA Facebook page in 2013/14.
Kathy received a $25 gift card to Target! Thank
you Kathy!!
The TDOA will have a table at the
ABO/NCLE OptiCon Conference on
September 6th. Stop by and say hello!!
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Don’t forget the internet!
Our website
www.tdoa.org has all the
information you need for
upcoming events,
licensing board news and
classified ads.
You can also find us on
Facebook! It is
updated frequently by
headquarters to give you
the play by play on
what’s going on with us!
2015 TDOA Convention Promises FUN!
At the 2014 convention in Gatlinburg the
TDOA board had a big surprise for 2015. The
2015 convention will be held at the Wilderness
of the Smokies resort hotel in Sevierville, TN!
The Wilderness at the Smokies is a large resort
on the edge of Sevierville with restaurants, a
golf course, an arcade and of course water
parks! The hotel has two outdoor and one large
indoor water park for your family to enjoy!
The Wilderness has agreed to give discounted rates to TDOA members who attend
the convention. The room rate will include
water park passes for everyone in the family.
There are also added discounts for those who
would like to extend their stay to Friday or
Sunday.
The convention will be on May 30, 2015.
More details on the scheduled speakers and
extra events will be announced in the spring
newsletter.
You can check out the hotel amenities at
www.wildernessatthesmokies.com
Wilderness at the Smokies outdoor water park Sevierville, TN.
Contribution to Opticians PAC
Name: __________________________________
Address: __________________________________
City: _________________________State: ______
ZIP: _________Home Phone: ________________
Work Phone
___________________Fax:___________________
Email: ______________________________________
Occupation: _________________________________
Employer: ___________________________________
This contribution to Optician PAC made by cash or check represents
my personal funds, is not drawn on an account maintained by an incorporation entity and will not be reimbursed by another.
Contribution amount enclosed
_________________________
Signature:
_____________________________________
Send this form along with your contribution to:
Carol Hearn, Optician PAC Treasurer
P.O. Box 1626 Hendersonville, TN 37077
Become an Active Optician
In order to show legislators and those who
oppose licensed opticians that you care about your
profession, you need to get involved. There are many
ways to show that your license is important to you.
Go to a licensing board meeting and give your
opinion. The meeting dates are August 6 and November 4, 2014. The TDOA also recommends members so
if you are interested in serving let us know.
Contribute to the Opticians PAC fund for helping
our legislation. We always update members when
anything happens to threaten the licensing of dispensing opticians. (see page 3) Our lobbyist is watching everything that comes through on the hill on our
behalf.
Join the TDOA and become an active member!
Serving on the board, a committee or just helping us
out at the chapter hours shows that you are willing to
take an active part in your profession.
Don’t forget the licensing board has a new address!!
665 Mainstream Drive, 2nd Floor
Nashville, TN 37243
We have heard that the board has no full time administrator right now. If you need something it may take
more time for questions to be answered.
T he T e n n e s s e e O p ti c i a n
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Convention 2014 Full of Surprises
This year the TDOA convention started off
with a bang. The welcome reception sponsored
by Steve Daniel of Cherry Optical was a wonderful start to the weekend. Steve ended up surprising everyone by drawing numbers and handing out 8 Visa gift cards! The prizes ranged from
$25 to $50.
On Saturday Jill Luebbert spoke to the group
for the first time. She was an engaging speaker
and really enjoyed her time with the opticians of
Tennessee. B.W. Phillips wrapped up the session joking that he just had to keep everyone
awake for 4 more hours.
During the sessions a large silent auction was
laid out in the hallway. Items ranged from jewelry and sunglasses to a weekend get away at the
Wilderness at the Smokies. The auction money
all goes toward the education fund.
Also during the sessions the TDOA gave out
door prizes. This year the prizes were all $25
gift cards to Target, Bass Pro Shops and Subway.
The other big winners of the weekend were
Terry Mink, Charlie Bowman and Andy Renfro
who won their 2015 TDOA dues in drawings.
Terry brought in a new member and won his
membership. Charlie and Andy donated $100 or
more to the Opticians PAC fun and won theirs.
Right before lunch there was a business meet-
A group gathers around the
piano to hear Mark Foster
play and Peggy DeCrow
sing at the TDOA Welcome
Reception sponsored by
Steve Daniel.
Andy and Jim Renfro of Knoxville Optical
pose with Monty the Moose from the Wilderness at the Smokies.
ing to elect new members to the TDOA board of directors. The new board members are Angela Lucy, director from Memphis and Darrell Lassiter director from
Nashville. Jay Taylor the former Chattanooga director
was moved into the Secretary position. During the
voting these positions were reinstated Joy Beth Foster
(President), Charlie Bowman (Vice President), Felda
Stacey (Treasurer), Director Johnson City Mikki
Daniel, Director Chattanooga Shane Partain and Director Knoxville Brenda Blackburn.
Everyone was treated to a buffet lunch and dessert
by Essilor Labs/Southern Optical. It was a great time
to hang out and chat with other opticians without having to fight Gatlinburg traffic!
It was a fun year at the Park Vista and we hope you
all join us next year in Sevierville at the Wilderness at
the Smokies water park resort. It will be a new interesting environment that is fun for the whole family.
The TDOA education and convention committees
are working hard to make all the CE sessions for 2015
enjoyable and interesting. If you ever have any questions or suggestions never hesitate to contact us! Contact information for headquarters is on page 6 and contact information for specific board members is on our
website at www.tdoa.org. We also would love to hear
from you on our TDOA facebook page!
TENNESSEE DISPENSING
OPTICIANS ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 210454
Nashville, TN 37221-0454
Phone: 615-646-5245
Fax: 615-646-5780
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.tdoa.org
Don’t forget:
Pre-registration for the
Knoxville hours ends on
September 22, 2014 and
registration for the
Nashville hours ends on
October 13, 2014!
I would like to attend :
_______ Knoxville Chapter Hours September 28, 2014
_______ Nashville Chapter Hours October 19, 2014
NAME
PHONE NUMBER:
ADDRESS:
CHECK ONE:
LDO
DPO OR REGISTERED APPRENTICE #
VISA
MASTERCARD
(CIRCLE ONE) #
ASSOCIATE
APPRENTICE
STUDENT
EXP. DATE
SIGNATURE
AMOUNT DUE $
SEND THIS FORM TO THE TDOA ADDRESS ABOVE NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 FOR THE KNOXVILLE HOURS AND OCTOBER
13, 2014 FOR THE NASHVILLE HOURS.

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