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__________ TABLE OF CONTENTSAgenda2011 MinutesAnnual reports: Executive committee State President Page 3 First Vice President 5 Second Vice President 5 State Secretary 6 Treasurer 7 Executive Director 8 Immediate Past President 9 Chapters Big Bend Page 9 10 Brevard 12 Broward 12 14 Central Florida 15 16 Dade 17 18 Emerald Coast 18 19 First Coast 19 21 Flagler/Volusia 22 23 Gulf Coast 24 25 Heart of Florida 26 27 Keys 28 North Central Florida 29 Palm Beach Sarasota/Manatee Southwest Sugar Dunes Suwannee Valley Tampa Bay Treasure Coast Standing Committees By Laws Page Legislative Special Committees BOMT Liaison Page 31 31 Convention 34 35 FCA Liaison 35 Hospitality 38 38 Massage Insurance 39 39 Massage Message Magazine 39 40 Membership Professional Relations State Sports Massage State Store Successful StartFSMTA Financial InformationFSMTA Association ServicesFSMTA 2011 Award Winners List  1

AGENDAJune 27, 2012: Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate  Call to Order: Ralph V. Russ Roll Call Introduction of FSMTA Executive Officers, FSMTA Executive Director and FSMTA Staff: Ralph V. Russ Introduction of FSMTA Executive Board: Debbie Sieber Approval of 2011 Annual Membership Meeting Minutes: Debbie Sieber President's Address: Ralph V. Russ Treasurer's Report: Frank Ansel Legislative Report: Allison Carvajal & Janet Mabry - Lobbyists, Paul Lambert – Attorney Installation of 2012 - 2014 Executive Officers Questions and Answers Adjournment ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGJune 23, 2011: Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorldMeeting brought to order by State President Ralph Russ at 5:07 pmState Secretary – Debbie Sieber, recorded meeting minutes.Attendance was taken and a quorum was present.Debbie Sieber introduced the Executive Committee and the Executive BoardMinutes were approved and accepted as written.President Russ reported that the FSMTA is in good standing especially in these lean times.He stated that the benefits of FSMTA still give a great value.Frank Ansel gave the Treasurer’s Report. Bob Murray motioned to accept the Treasurer’sReport and seconded. Report was accepted as written.Legislative Report was given by Allison Carvajal & Janet Mabry. They reported on thepolitics involved in the recent attempt to pass the bills that tried to allow temporarylicenses in our profession. Questions and answers session.President Russ reminded everyone to stay for Keynote Speaker Marilyn Allen, AmericanMassage Council and to attend the reception in the exhibit hall.Meeting adjourned at 6:05 pm. 2

EXECUTIVE OFFICER REPORTSExecutive State President: Ralph V. RussWhat we saw in 2011-June 2012 and what we see as the future of FSMTA. It is the responsibility of the Executive Officers to conduct business between quarterly meetingswith the support from the entire Executive Board, State Committee Chairs, Chapter Presidents, ChapterOfficers and Chapter Committees. Additionally, FSMTA retains the services of Legal Counsel, two StateLobbyists, a CPA and a Publication Designer. We also employ an Executive Director and three full timeemployees. The housing of our employees had two problems this year. One was an accident that causedthe office to be closed for structural repairs. The other change was more acceptable. One blessing in ourpoor economy is that business real estate finally got to a point that with the careful listing of needs by ouroffice personnel and help of an excellent committee, we were able to purchase a unit in a businesscomplex. We used funds that had been earmarked for this purpose and the terms of the loan are veryfavorable. FSMTA has 5237 members at this writing. We have an excellent student recruitment program provided by the MPA Media. MPA providedmonies for 1000 student memberships in 2011. Many of those student members have now converted tofull membership. We will have the student oriented “Successful Start” program on Thursday, June 28 thisyear so that they may also experience the Exhibit hall and see more of the organization in process. Youmay confidently depend on FSMTA to continue to offer networking opportunities, continuing education,legislative protection, quality professional liability insurance in addition to providing a forum for theexchange of ideas among massage therapy professionals. FSMTA continues with its goal to establishrelationships with other professions in the health care field. During this past year, our members participated in an Annual Convention,Massage Therapy Awareness Days; we attended monthly Chapter Meetings offering low cost or no costCEs and we enjoyed access to many BOMT approved provider seminars. Our members challenge usdaily and I continue to be energized by the forward momentum of our association and the enthusiasm ofour membership. We are a membership driven organization in support of all aspects of the massageindustry.EXECUTIVE OFFICER REPORTS: Checklist of functions performed  The FSMTA Board of Directors held 4 quarterly meeting. The June board meeting is Thursday, June 28 and then there will be a convention follow-up that will evaluate the presenters and the total experience while the events are fresh in our minds.  Board members attended the Florida Board of Massage Therapy meetings in Tampa and Orlando. Maureen has filed email and Massage Message reports to keep our members aware of this important regulatory board functions. We have also consulted with the BOMT regarding the impact of current and proposed legislation.  This will be the 72nd year for FSMTA and our convention is returning to the Omni Hotel at ChampionsGate. Our message this year is Believe: Invest: Grow.  Our Annual Report was filed with the Department of State - Division of Corporation (Sunbiz.org) on January 5, 2012 for FSMTA, Inc. and FSMTA Association Services.  I traveled to Charleston South Carolina for the AFMTE Education Alliance, August 18-20, 2011. This group represents schools who are trying to work on protocols for massage therapy instruction. I talked with Dr. Ben Benjamin at this meeting and asked if he would be our 2012 Keynote Convention Speaker.  FSMTA had a massage booth at the Florida Chiropractic Association in Orlando August 25-28, 2011. Also, this year the FCA Liaison arranged for a massage booth at the Jacksonville FCA. This is an additional presence which will help in building bridges between disciplines. 3

 There were many Chapter functions during Massage Therapy Awareness Week October 23-29, 2011. Chapter activities were reported in our magazine and in Chapter Newsletters.  As part of the Massage Therapy Awareness Week there were multiple radio interviews to help with positive public information about massage therapy.  Our Executive Committee Members serve as liaison to Chapter Presidents. EC liaisons were available for questions or concerns and answered and resolved issues with efficiency. In addition, we traveled around the state attending chapter meetings, making membership presentations and guest speaking at massage school events and graduations.  We have Standing Committees for Bylaws: Sydney C. Sheaffer; Educational Standards: Elisa Di Falco; Legislative: Scott Hartsfield. All of these committees play an important part in our organization functions and responsibilities.  Our State Committees formulated individual plans of action. They set committee goals and proceeded to make those goals become reality.  We have added FSMTA Member Benefits. We have expanded our Professional Liability Insurance Program to include Colonic Irrigation and Massage Today’s student membership program.  The FSMTA.org website is still in need of renovation. I have asked but so far we have had no funds to do more than patch problems. We have a social aspect on Facebook but I am not happy with the idea that people can be “friended” or not for reasons other than keeping a chapter website open for its members. We still need a professional website that includes at least a brief description of each chapter, our bylaws, history, Massage Message in an better download style and of course good discussions of any matters pertinent to LMT’s.  Ten FSMTA Chapters held elections in January & February 2012. The officers will serve a 2 year term. A current list of all FSMTA officers can be found in this annual report. You will note that there are still some chapter vacancies. Volunteers for offices can be handled by our current by- laws and policies and procedures.  FSMTA encourages all our members to continue to get to know the legislators in your home districts. FSMTA is well represented in Tallahassee by General Counsel Paul Watson Lambert and lobbyists Janet Mabry and Allison Carvajal. Our Lobby Team continually monitors bills which may affect our profession. Due to the vested interest of Governor Scott in the hospital health care industry, we had an additional element to fight in our effort not to be excluded from PIP. I do not know the outcome of the PIP bill at this writing.  For the last trip of my term, I went to California. The cost to FSMTA was only for incidental fees. I attended the American Massage Conference in San Diego, April 19-22. This conference is open to other alternative medicine groups so that Chiropractors, Acupuncturists and Massage Therapists are having programs, Continuing Education and vendors. We need to meld our interests with other groups so that we are not as easily set aside in the future.  FSMTA fiscal year began April 1, 2011 and ended March 31, 2012. Membership dues revenue is the main source of Association income. FSMTA Association Services Inc. income is derived from the sale of liability insurance. Our association is financially sound. Executive Treasurer, Executive Finance Committee and Executive Director presented a conservative but workable budget for 2011/2012 in an effort to compensate for the economic realities  The approved budget will be presented to the general membership at the Annual Membership Meeting which takes place at 5 o’clock on Thursday June 28 during Convention 2012Each FSMTA Committee and Chapter has prepared a report to help you understand the health of ourorganization. This report has been respectfully submitted by Ralph V. Russ, FSMTA Executive StatePresident on June 28, 2012 4

Executive State First Vice President: Marion PadgettACTIVITIES:June 26, 2011 The Convention Committee met for the post-Convention meeting to discuss the outcomeof the event. Afterwards we held our Executive Committee meeting for the 2012 pre-Conventiondiscussions.September 10, 2011 I attended the Convention Committee meeting at the FSMTA home office in WinterPark, Florida to discuss potential presenters, themes, and logos to present to the Board.September 30, 2011 We set sail aboard the Monarch of the Seas leaving out of Port Canaveral, Floridawhere we held the Quarterly Board on Saturday - Sunday October 1-2, 2011. The Quarterly Boardmeeting consisted of discussion and attendance to all scheduled business as well as enjoying fellowshiptogether. At this meeting we assessed and selected the 2012 FSMTA convention speakers, theme,schedules, and chapter sponsorship.November and December 2011 Board members attended to usual FSMTA business by phone andemail. I hope everyone had a joyous and blessed holiday season!January 7-8, 2012 The Winter Quarterly Board meeting was held at the International Palms Resort in theOrlando area.January 22, 2012 The Executive Committee met with the American Massage Council to discuss newmajor insurance coverage’s which will be announced later this year.February 25, 2012 The Financial Committee met in Winter Park, Florida to formulate the budget forapproval for 2012-2013. State Presidential candidates were invited to be present at this meeting toobserve how this planning was implemented.During this Quarter we were able to finance and move into our new property which will house the FSMTAhome office.March 13, 2012 I attended the March meeting of the Sugar Dunes Chapter.March 14, 2012 I attended the March meeting of the Gulf Coast Chapter.April 19-20, 2012 I attended the Florida Board of Massage Meeting at the Doubletree Hotel in Orlando,Florida.I look forward to seeing you all on July 27-31, 2012 at the annual FSMTA Convention which will be heldat the Omni Resort in Orlando, Florida.Marion Padgett, Executive First Vice PresidentExecutive State Second Vice President: Donna Smith It is a privilege and honor to have served the board as your State 2nd Vice President this year. Weas a team, including our full board worked diligently for you, the member. The executive committeelooked for ways to be more efficient. Serving on the executive committee puts obligation on our part tobalance our state budget and present to the board for approval. We have worked hard to make thesenumbers stay within most of our proposed budget in this time of keeping our association strong andfunctioning. We have shown other organizations that we can maintain and hold our current membershipwhen other associations have had a decline in large numbers. Not only have we kept membership, butbroke our 5,000 mark in October. This year has pulled us in many different directions and new doors and opportunities opened. Ourhome office now has a permanent home. This required persistence to follow this through to completion. 5

We could see the benefits and money this will save our association now and long term. I want topersonally thank those who believed we could find the ideal property at an affordable price. We had agreat team oversee this project. We also met with American Massage Council and there is new coveragebeing added to what they have to offer our members. This plan should also help our membership growas facial specialist policies become available. Our board also voted at our fall quarterly meeting tochange some times for events at convention this year. We wanted to make sure the students attendingSuccessful Start had the opportunity to visit our vendor hall along with convention attendees. Theexecutive committee had daily contact with each other through e-mails, thus giving us contact on aregular basis. At this time I want to thank the members for allowing me to be involved in our association as State2nd Vice President. This is an incredible association with people who give selflessly of time and talents.Always remember that you are an important part and a vital instrument in the success of FSMTA. Thanksto each of you for the dedication at chapter levels as well.A brief recap of the past year include:  Attending all chapter meetings for Gulf Coast  Sugar Dunes chapter March 2012  Flagler-Volusia March 2012  Board of Massage meeting April 2012 in Tampa  All quarterly board meetings  State budget planning meeting February 2012  Post- convention meeting following 2011 convention  Convention planning for 2012 at Omni, August 2011  Attend our Open House and ribbon cutting March 2012  Met with American Massage Council in Orlando January 2012 I look forward to serving a second term on the executive committee. We have accomplished many things it has been a pleasure to be part of the FSMTA board. Many thanks for allowing me to serve to this capacity. Respectfully submitted, Donna SmithExecutive State Secretary: Debbie SieberMy second annual report as State Secretary makes me realize how much I have learned and experiencedthe past year and my two year term.The following is a recap of the year since our last annual meeting.July 2011, I attended Convention wrap up meeting.September 2011, I attended the Convention Committee Meeting.October 2011 I attended Quarterly Board Meeting and my local Chapter meetingFebruary 2012, I attended AMC’s 10 year anniversary meeting, the 2012-13 Budget Meeting, visited ourpotential and now current office building and my local Chapter meeting 6

April 2012, I attended the Palm Beach Chapter Meeting. May 2012, I attended by local chapter MeetingI look forward to this convention and seeing all of you again! We have spent much effort in thepreparation for this convention. I hope you are excited about it as I am. I thank you for all the goodresponses to me regarding the Executive Board Meeting Minutes. I work really hard to give the bestsummary possible. I look forward to doing this for the next two years.I would like to thank each and every one of you that donate your time and efforts to this organization! Iknow life is busy and time is valuable. It takes a lot to give when we are all so active. Just know that youare appreciated no matter what your contribution it all matters!Respectfully Submitted, Debbie Sieber__________________________________________________________________Executive State Treasurer: Frank AnselA sound financial position is required of a professional organization so that the purposesof that organization can be accomplished through the actions of its membership. Ascan be seen from the consolidated financial statements by our CPA Joseph P Mitchell,there is a large sum of money required to provide education and information for ourmembership, as well as opportunities to promote and protect our profession of MassageTherapy. Not only do we do that for our members, our actions provide benefits for thenon-members as well.A key figure to look at when reviewing the consolidated financial statements is thechange in unrestricted assets. This figure for a “not-for-profit” organization likeFSMTA will equate to the net income/loss for a “for profit” organization like yours ormy business. Unrestricted Assets for the fiscal year ended March 2012 decreasedby $21,073, composed of $4,777 increase from chapters and $25,849 decrease fromCentral Office. As shown in the Consolidated Statement, compared to the prior year,income decreased by 4.8% and expenses increased by 1.1%. Fiscal year 2012, beinga non-renewal year, this decrease was not totally unexpected. It just shows that theFSMTA Board has some challenges to focus on.  Chapters Central Office ConsolidatedTotal Revenues  153,483. 713,319. 866,802.Management Expenses  ‐13,255. ‐148,157 ‐161,412.Program Services  ‐135,451. ‐591,011 ‐756.463. ‐25,849. Change  4,777. ‐21,073.Chapter’s revenues come from Dues, Newsletters, Meetings, and Events. CentralOffice revenues come from Dues, Convention, Legislative, Merchandise, Newsletter,and Other Income. 7

Management Expenses are the administrative cost of running the organization.Program Services are FSMTA activities and programs available for members andsupport the Massage Therapy industry.This fiscal year closed with FSMTA buying an office condo to house the administrativeoffice (FSMTA Central Office) and stabilize the Occupancy expenses. Although thismaneuver created some short term expenses, the Board believes that the long termbenefits will greatly outweigh the short term cash outflow. The FSMTA employees haveexpressed that they are enjoying the new location.FSMTA & FSMTA Services budgets for the fiscal year end of March 2013 has beenpresented and approved by the Financial Review committee and the FSMTA Board ofDirectors. Both budgets were developed with the idea of growth and a cautious eye onexpenses.Members, the benefit that you can receive from our professional organization canonly be enhanced by your involvements. Many of you have talents that can benefit alllevels of the organization and strengthen the Massage Industry. Our combined voicesstrengthen our presence.It has been an honor and pleasure to serve FSMTA as your State Treasurer this term.And your vote to re-elect me to this office again is appreciated. I will work again tomaintain the high standards of FSMTA in supporting members and the profession ofMassage Therapy. Thank you for your support and efforts of creating a strong FSMTAfor Florida Licensed Massage Therapists._________________________________________________________________Executive Director: Lynn Hupp2011 - 2012 was a great year for FSMTA and Central Office. We produced a successful convention atthe Renaissance Orlando Resort at SeaWorld, we fought a hard fight against PIP legislation, we boughtour very own office and we increased our membership by 1000 thanks to Massage Today and their FreeStudent sponsorship. We continue to revise and refine our liability insurance program based on theneeds of our members and now have what is probably the best liability insurance program in the country.We have worked with our third-party processor to cut costs related to credit card processing andstreamlined the procedure cutting down the time it takes to process membership and insuranceapplications.The Massage Message has improved in content, surpassed all advertising revenue projections, and isbeing delivered to members on time and often early. More members are using electronic means ofcommunication which means we can hold the line on dues – the last dues increase was in 2005. Thewebsite, email blasts and FSMTA Facebook page have helped to keep members informed of FSMTAactivities.FSMTA staff continue to look for more member benefits and we always strive for excellence as we servethe FSMTA members.Your FSMTA staff consists of the following individuals: 8

Lynn Hupp, Executive Director, hired May 1, 2006. Angela Capo, Administrator of Finance, hired October 3, 2005 Wilda Pickett, Administrator of Marketing, hired October 25, 2010 Laura Scully, Administrator of Member Services, hired August 31, 2009You have a very capable staff committed to making FSMTA the very best massage therapy associationever! We are proud of our service to the FSMTA members and hope that you will call on us wheneveryou need assistance. Thank you for allowing us to serve you.Respectfully, Lynn Hupp__________________________________________________________________________Executive State Immediate Past President: Maureen Gilbert FSMTA Convention 2011 \"Waves of Possibilities\" was a splashing success. My role asImmediate Past President began in July of 2010 and draws to an end this year July 2012. It wasa great pleasure to lead this wonderful association of volunteers as FSMTA State President and Iremained active and dedicated in my role as Immediate Past President. In accordance withFSMTA Bylaws, Immediate Past Presidents serve as voting members of the Executive Board ofDirectors to provide continuity for the Association. My primary duties have been to serve asadvisor and consultant to the President and other Executive Board members when requested. Ihave attended and actively participated at all Quarterly Board Meetings. I continued my positionas Liaison to the Board of Massage Therapy (BOMT) and also served on the followingcommittees: Legislative; Bylaws; and Successful Start Program.Until next time... enjoy each day!Maureen Gilbert, FSMTA Executive State Immediate Past President CHAPTER ANNUAL REPORTSBig Bend ChapterMembers: 76 Checking as of 3/31/11: $5,350.78Chapter Board Barbara BrownPresident: Alaine Solburg2nd Vice President: Salina RoeTreasurer:Committee Chairs Alaine SolburgHospitality Chair:Chapter Meetings The Big Bend Chapter meets on the third Saturday of every month from 10am-1pm at the COREInstitute School of Massage Therapy. We have 2 hour CE presentations at every monthly meetingexcept June, July, and December. All CE presentations are free for FSMTA members and $20 for non-member therapists. Our Hospitality Chair provides coffee for our meetings and members bring other 9

light refreshments to share. We have chapter pot-luck parties with door prizes in June & Decemberand do not meet during July. April 2011: Laws & Rules Update/Professional Ethics (4 Ces) – Philip Arcuri May 2011: Insurance Billing, Procedures, Laws & Rules – Larry Self June 2011: Chapter Awards PartyJuly 2011: Summer Break – NO MEETING!August 2011: No Presenter – Membership Meeting OnlySeptember 2011: Compassionate Touch – Larry SelfOctober 2011: How to Stretch Your Client – Teresa M. MatthewsNovember 2011: Intro to Ortho-Bionomy – Elizabeth BeesonDecember 2011: Christmas Party!January 2012: Poultice - Amy McCavour (Touch Education)February 2012: Inspiration & Execution – Matthew Howe (Touch Education)March 2012: Deep Tissue Techniques - Teresa M. Matthews During the last year our chapter began using MailChimp to email our members prior to eachmeeting as well as contact many of the non-member therapists in the area. We have also had a non-member volunteer make about 400 phone calls every month to remind members and area therapistsabout our meetings. As a result, we have more than doubled our monthly meeting attendance and gaineda number of new members. We are thrilled to have a 20%-25% non-member attendance at mostmeetings. Our Christmas party was a particular success last year as we had 20 therapists and 10 guests inattendance, and our wonderful sponsors donated 19 door prizes as well as some wonderful gifts for allwho attended. We were also excited to welcome almost the entire massage therapy class from Lively into ourchapter last year thanks to the Massage Today sponsored student memberships, and we look forward tomeeting new classes in the coming year. The Big Bend Chapter has had a fantastic year of growth, and we look forward to another year ofcontinued growth and greater participation of our members in chapter activities.Submitted by Barbara L. Brown, LMT, Chapter President_________________________________________________________Brevard ChapterMembers: 247 Checking as of 05/07/12: $12,648.38Chapter Board Joanna GodwinPresident: Carl Stewart1st Vice President: Babs Didden2nd Vice President: Gerald ChristopherSecretary: Dossy LawTreasurer: DeVarah LovettImmediate Past President: 10

Committee ChairsEvents/PR: Kha TaylorEducation: Dossy Law Charity: Laurie BaileyEthics: Ron McKendryHospitality / Catering: Barbara CrawfordLibrary / Video Preservation: Gerald ChristopherLegislative: Carl StewartMeeting Preparations: Melissa MadisonMeeting Reception: Lucinda DannMembership: Paula Panikowski / Babs DiddenNewsletter/Facebook/Email: Joanna GodwinPhone Tree: DeVarah LovettPhotographer: Jeff ChiapperianoState Liaison: Debbie SieberSports: VACANTWeb Designer: Selo Alkranfil The Brevard Board holds regular meetings to keep us on the same page.. Brevard is continuing to hold monthly chapter meetings alternating between South and North Brevard County. Our South Chapter meetings are being held at Space Coast Health Institute in Melbourne and our North Chapter meetings are being held at the Best Western in Cocoa. The attendance level continues to be very good and growing at both locations. We have had a great line up of CE providers during our chapter meetings and we are booked through October. In March we had a successful CPR class. We will be scheduling another CPR class, a Sports massage class and another Protection Awareness class after convention. Brevard is gearing up for convention and already created our chapter identifiers. We use Social Media to its full potential, Facebook, Twitter, Constant Contact, E-mail. We have quit sending out newsletters and instead we are keeping our members informed on a regular e- mail basis. Our website is www.fsmtabrevard.org which is updated by our webmaster and by our 1st VP Carl Stewart. The codes and entrance to the website are on file with the State. Our Brevard Board and our Committee Chairs are contacted via e-mail through a first name and website name. [email protected] which is forwarded to our normal e-mail address. We are regularly promoting the FSMTA and the benefits of Massage Therapy at local events and within the community. We accommodated 3 Teacher week events and we have 6 massage events scheduled for Nurses week. The Brevard Chapter just did a big massage event at Holmes Regional Hospital in April as well as a Veterans event. Brevard Chapter continues to have a dynamic synergy and an incredible team spirit.We are Bold, We are Bountiful, We are Brevard!Respectfully submitted by: Joanna Godwin, LMT, Chapter President 11

_________________________________________________________________________________Broward ChapterPresident: John Romano Ethics/Bylaws Chair: Bob Poulin1st Vice President: Felicia Jimenez Events/Sports Chair: Jason Latona2nd Vice President: Nanci Kersch Illegal/Unlicensed Alice Belusko Actv:Treasurer: Uzi Kira Hospitality Chair: Deborah DeJeanSecretary: Alexis Racine Sign-in Chair: Debra ShtulmanImd Past President: Craig PhilhowerMost meetings were held at Imperial Point Medical Center’s auditorium on the first Tuesday of everymonth from 7 – 9:30 PM. Secondary locations can be held at Everest University in Pompano Beach.There are no meetings for the months of July and December. Light refreshments are provided forattendees. 2 CEU’s are given to licensed attendees; Mandatory CEU’s are $10 for members and $40 fornon-members, regular CEU’s are free for membersand $40 for non-members.April 5: Iris Burman Prevention of Medical ErrorsMay3: William Muhlstadt Allied Performance Sports MassageJune 7: Dan McGovern Hands on, Whole Body ViewJuly: No MeetingAugust 2: Elisa DiFalco Lymphatic Drainage, Head, Neck and FaceSeptember Thomas Liberto Pec minor and its effect on neck pain6:October 4: Carrie Fischer Intro to Cranio-sacralNovember Laine Miller Intro to ETPS therapy1:December: No Meeting Intro to RelfexologyJanuary 3: Uzi Kira Infant MassageFebruary 7: Marie-Josee Berard Neuromuscular assessments and treatment plansMarch 6: Dennis PriceOur events/sports team members and events have increased by almost 150% since last year and we aretrying to make it even stronger.Our Holiday party for 2011 was a dinner cruise help upon the Muzette and left out of Fort Lauderdale,included were members of PBC Board and Miami/Dade Board. We are planning a combined chapterparty for 2012.CENTRAL FLORIDA CHAPTER Checking Balance: $12,519  Committee Chairs Elections, Lydia SmithMembers: 701 (as of March 1st) Hospitality, Lydia Smith  Membership, Mary SiegelChapter BoardDebbie Kirsch, PresidentCarolyn Walker, First Vice PresidentMary Siegel, Second Vice President 12

Vacant, Secretary Newsletter, Debbie KirschLinda LeBlanc, Treasurer Events Team, DJ Johnson Legislative, Hanna Jean EvansAccomplishments 2011  April – Tim Agnew presented Treatment of Aspecific Low Back Pain. We Celebrated Earth Day and the Chapter donated $30 to the Arbor Day Foundation to plant 30 trees.  April 30 – May 1 – CE Presentation by David Kent, Headaches: Types, Triggers and Treatment. We had a full class of 26 attendees and earned over $3,500 for our chapter.  May – Nancy Kenney Smith presented Intro to Scar Management. A much needed work to give relief to children and adults with restrictive scar tissue. We honored our Volunteers with a pizza party and presented them with lapel pins – “You Make a Difference.” June – Laurie Messina presented Himalayan Salt Stone Massage. Karen Lewis was our lucky winner for a complimentary massage at the néu lotus spa at the Renaissance Orlando SeaWorld Resort from those members registered for Convention. We collected first aid items in a joint effort with all the chapters for a medical trip to Haiti. Convention – Great turnout at Convention. We celebrated a chapter party with a Mexican Fiesta. Noreen Monticeux won a $200 gift certificate from Massage Warehouse in our Grand Prize Drawing. August – Pat Donahue presented Bindgewebsmassage. Excellent class on connective tissue release. Celebrated end of summer with pizza and popsicles. Paula Costantini began collecting clean used table linens, towels, t-shirts to be donated to wildlife shelters – great way to recycle our table linens. Monica Leibacher (her idea!) facilitated our first “Xchange for Change” (named by Paula Costantini) where our members can bring in gently used massage related books, CDs and DVDs to trade, sell or donate to the chapter. This was very successful for our attendees and we plan to have equipment for sale or trade several times a year, also. New Treasurer – Linda LeBlanc was sworn in as Treasurer at our August chapter meeting. October – Matt Howe presented Intro to Execution & Inspiration – Spa. Very well received – lots of ideas for easy spa add-ons. Good attendee interaction. Collected linens for animal rescue. MTAW - Chapter Volunteers celebrated MTAW with a t-shirt, 2 CE class in Seated Massage, lunch from Paneras, then provided Seated Massage to the residents at Harbor House (domestic violence safe house). Of our 25 volunteers, almost half were new student members. Big thank you to the Central Florida School of Massage for hosting our CE class. November – Deanine Piccione presented Pregnancy & Infant Massage. Celebrated Thanksgiving and last meeting of the year with food from Smokey Bones. Collected non-perishable food items for Harbor House. Harbor House – Donated four $25 Wal-Mart Gift cards from Nov. door prize and guest funds. Chapter Elections – Ballots went out on November 15th and voting closed on November 30th. Chapter members have approved the following Chapter Board Officers for 2012-2013 term: Debbie Kirsch - President, Mary Siegel - 2nd VP and Linda LeBlanc – Treasurer.Chapter Accomplishments 2012  January– First meeting at our new location in downtown Orlando. Bob Murray presented Tai Chi for the Massage Therapist. Excellent presentation! Tom Keegan kicked off our Student Mentoring Program, Katie Haley was present to sign her new book, “A Diamond for India,” and our Community Speaker was Chintana Auland with the Minerva Institute. This non-profit organization is heart-centered learning community that offers diverse programs in self-discovery. Our big raffle winner was Larry Stephens, who won a new massage table provided by Massage Warehouse. Michele Clendenin was the winner of an Early Bird Convention Registration in our Participation Contest.  February – Wanda Bonet-Gascot presented Massage Research Capacity. Excellent information. Terri Bettes with the Health Care Center for the Homeless was our Community Speaker. We 13

collected socks and underwear for the HOPE Project, which is their community outreach program.We have begun using a food truck, Eclectic Kitchen, to provide meals that our members canpurchase, $5-$7 at chapter meetings. March – Don McCann presented Intro to Cranial/Structural Core Distortion Release andCommunity Speaker was Valerie Greene, author and founder of the Bcenter.com - local resourcecenter for stroke victims (check it out!). The Chapter will sponsor a CE Class with Don in April. 1st VP – Carolyn Walker was selected to fill the 1st VP vacancy and will be sworn in at the AprilChapter Meeting. Sports Training – Teresa Matthews facilitated a Sports Team Training and Advanced Trainingclass at the Central FL School of Massage Therapy on March 31st. Sports/Events Team of 36 members participated in 10 sponsored events and provided supportfor 7 events: 11 triathlons 3 road races1 bike race 1 5-day senior soccer tournament (our most ambitious event) Switched to Square to process our credit card payments for CE classes and Sports Events.Chapter Awards were given to:Mary Siegel for Chapter LMT of the Year 2011Debbie Kirsch for Outstanding Chapter Service 2011Noreen Monticeux for Outstanding Sports Team Member 2011Chapter Meetings: Meetings are held the third Monday of the month at the Marks Street Senior Center,RDV Sportsplex, 99 East Marks Street, Orlando, FL. Our meeting starts at 5:30pm with StudentMentoring, refreshments and networking; announcements at 6:30pm; Speaker Presentation is 6:45-8:45pm. 2 CEs are awarded for each Speaker Presentation.________________________________________________________________DADE CHAPTERMembers: 281 Checking Acct. as of 4/30/2012 $ 10,587.56Chapter Board Angel OrozcoPresident: David Gonzalez1st Vice President: Jeffrey Brown2nd Vice President: Monica WeinholdTreasurer: Keith MillerSecretary: RoseAnne EliassonImmediate Past President: Renee SciovilleSports Chair:Dade Chapter was able to increase membership by 15% this year. We also just purchasedState of the Art translation equipment in order to attract new Spanish speaking membersthat do not speak English.Chapter Awards were given to:Renee Scioville for Chapter LMT or the Year 2011;Monica Weinhold for Outstanding Chapter Service 2011 Website : www.fsmta-dade.org Meetup : www.meetup.com/fsmtadade Facebook : FSMTA Dade Chapter Dade Chapter meetings are held on the first Tuesday of the month, usually at EducatingHands School of Massage 3883 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, 33137 Sometimes we have an additional meeting in Spanish at the Praxis Institute at 1850 SW8th Street, Miami 14

Chapter MeetingsDate Class Presenter4/5/2011 Ethics Viteeka5/3/2011 Medical Errors Iris Burman6/1/2012 HIV8/2/2011 The 11 Principles to Transform a Transition Ligia Houben9/6/2011` Ashiatsu Barefoot Massage Pilar Hook10/4/2011 Holistic Health for the Massage Therapist Angel Orozco11/1/2011 Foundations of MLD Elisa DiFalcoDade Chapter Annual Report for 2011 ! ! ! April 30th, 201211/14/2011 Terapia de Dolor ETPS( Spanish Class) Angel Orozco12/6/2011 Principles of Functional Assessment David Gonzalez12/16/2011 Holiday Party1/3/2012 How to communicate effectively Cary Byer2/7/2012 Biotensegrity Bodywork Avi Aberman3/6/2012 Introduction to Geriatric Massage Sharon PuzcoEMERALD COAST CHAPTER                 Committee Chairs  Pres. Chapter Officers  1st VP EC Chapter 25th Anniversary James Fritschle Committee- Andy Williams Andy Williams Hospitality – Lori Palileo  2nd VP Julius Daniels Sports Team- James Fritschle  Secretary Calhoun Stallings Legislative- Donna Stone  Treasurer Donna Stone Library- John Caro  Immediate Past Clara Brosnaham Current Membership 154 Pres. Bank Account Balance $2,701.00   Emerald Coast Positive changes here in the Pensacola area are stirring up huge interest. The chapter moved ourmonthly meetings to the Fortis Institute. Also, hosted at Fortis; our educational library is gatheringresources for our members to share, contribute and increase our knowledge base. A new website,www.ecfsmta.org, and our chapter Facebook group, have both spiked our online presence. An honorablechapter board and two new committee chairs were sworn into office in January and February this year.Thanks to Teresa Matthews, State Sports Massage Director, we now have a Stacy Shidemantle as thePanhandle region sports team trainer; we’re visualizing great things for panhandle sports team action inthe coming year. Also stirring major community excitement, the new waterfront MiLB arena, minor leaguebaseball, celebrated the grand opening, April 19, 2012. Beachgoers are coming in record numbers and itis hard great to see this community has lifted from the depression of the Deepwater Gulf oil spill April 10, 15

2010. Looking ahead, Emerald Coast chapter will be 25 years since being established back in 1988. Youall are invited to join us in the NW Florida, spring 2013, for an exciting full CE workshop a grand oldshindig on Pensacola Beach!FIRST COAST CHAPTERMembers: 258 Bank Balance 5/1/12: $5168.67Chapter Officers: Leiah CarrChapter President: Carolyn HughesFirst Vice President: Claudio LopezSecond Vice President: Sally BurtonSecretary: Joan PoatesTreasurer:Committee Chairs: Chere BernardMembership: Savannah Pipkins & Walter O’KonSports Team: Neal DeLaportaLegislative: The First Coast chapter is a vibrant and healthy chapter. Our meetings are well attended bymembers each month. We have had a variety of presenters in our chapter with CE’s offered free eachmonth as a member benefit. This year was a year of both integration and transition as new Board members became familiarwith the business of operating a chapter. We also had the transition of some chair positions, with freshnew perspectives and energy being added. For a chapter to be healthy there needs to be active participation by the membership. We have anactive healthy chapter in the First Coast. Our members participated in outside events for MassageAwareness Days giving back to the community through chair massage to staff members at the hospitalwhere we hold our meetings, as well as to families dealing with health crises at our local RonaldMcDonald House. We have also had growth in our Sports Team with new members joining and eventsbeing added for the teams’ involvement and benefit. Our members also enjoyed a festive holiday social where Santa, (Mr. Johnny Killebrew), evenarrived for a surprise visit and lively photo opportunities. Each First Coast chapter meeting has a fun theme with surprises for the members each month.Each month we have had delicious meals custom prepared for our chapter members with food and tabledécor to match the theme. Our Board members have worked diligently to use the percentage of membership dues allocatedto the chapter in the most conservative means possible. This conservative fiscal approach has allowedour chapter to remain on solid financial ground, with funds in reserve. We have established a high standard for our meetings in that we have a great reputation amongpresenters as being one of the liveliest groups, as well as one of the most hospitable groups they presentto. 16

I have personally served the chapter for seven years. Six of those years have been as thechapter President. I feel confident as I now move up to the State President level that the chapter willremain strong and viable under new leadership. It has been a tremendous time of growth for mepersonally as chapter President, and a great pleasure to have served and represented the members ofthe First Coast Chapter.Respectfully submitted, Leiah J. Carr, President_________________________________________________________________FLAGLER/VOLUSIA CHAPTERMembers: 244 Checking as of 3/31/2012: $6,838.21Chapter Board Gregory NeelyPresident: Jane Sharpe1st Vice President: Teresa Cavey2nd Vice President: Moises SztylermanSecretary: Krystal HaworthTreasurer: Mark BigelowImmediate Past President:Committees Gregory NeelyLegislative Chair: Moises Sztylerman, Tina BashlorRegistration Desk: Teresa CaveyEducational Chair: Judith AielloSports Team Coordinator: Krystal HaworthHospitality Chair: Francis LordNewsletter Mailing: Jacqueline A. Hillard, Betsy MorrisonNewsletter/Website: www.fsmtafv.orgWebsite:Equipment Purchased: Extra Long Stapler for Newsletters Volunteers have been fantastic with all positions filled and running smoothly. Our monthlymeetings continue to be held at the Keiser University in Daytona Beach on the second Wednesday of themonth. Attendance of licensed LMT’s averages 55 – 60, plus another 20 students. We continue toschedule the very best CE presenters in our profession. Within the past year we hosted Dan McGovern,Teresa Matthews, Thomas Liberto, William Muhlstadt, and Cary Bayer. We consider our chapter to bevery “provider friendly” and welcome their products and workshop information for our members to takeadvantage of. We thank all of them for coming from such long distances to help educate our members. Our Annual Christmas Party at Vince Carters in Daytona Beach was a huge success we gaveaway over $2,000 dollars in gifts and prizes to our members which, included a Massage Table, a mini prothumper, bon Vital products, bio freeze, Massage Warehouse gift bags and our very own FSMTA coffeetravel mugs for everyone in attendance. Our Chapter split the cost with members and paid for half of themeal as well. Big thanks went out to our many corporate sponsors who included TD Bank, EdcatEnterprises, and DiscountMugs.com. At our Annual Business meeting this year we showed our members that we had a surplus fiscalyear of over $900 dollars in our Bank Account. Membership had increased by 5% and we are a strongChapter for such a small population center. 17

When we did our inventory for the year we found that our Sports Team Tents are in disrepair andin need of replacement. So we are going to be planning a fund raiser to try and accomplish this goal inthe upcoming year. Awards: Chapter LMT of the year Betsy Morrison she works very hard at assembling my mess tooutput a very comprehensive newsletter. Chapter Outstanding Service Award Gregory Neely he keepsout Chapter informed of legislative issues, worked diligently as Chapter Treasurer and helps organize theChapter Meetings. Chapter Sports Team Member of the Year Joel Fears, has volunteered for everygathering of the Sports Team paid or not paid postings, has volunteered countless hours and worked onthe Sports Team promoting the FSMTA.Respectfully Submitted by Gregory Neely, LMT Chapter President_________________________________________________________________GULF COAST CHAPTERI attended all quarterly FSMTA Board meetings this year. Marion. Donna and I also attended the AprilBoard of Massage meeting, at the Double Tree in Tampa. I found the meeting very informative. This ourgoverning board and some of the cases were very interesting.This year we have tried to have at least 9 meetings with 2 CE credits, these are Free to FSMTAmembers giving 18 CE's total for attending meetings.At this time we are looking to fill our Secretary position as our Secretary Ray Koslicki is retiring from ourboard and working due to injury. He will be missed very much!We are looking forward to a new year and more interesting Classes!Nena Sudduth Gulf Coast Chapter President________________________________________________________________HEART OF FLORIDA CHAPTERMembers: 182 Checking as of 3/31/2012 $10578.29Chapter Board Jeri Gabbard Adele BoydPresident: Franko Triscritti1st Vice President: Debra Lynnette Marrero2nd Vice President: Pamela KendrickSecretary:Treasure:Committee Chairs: Adele BoydMembership & Website: Lynnette MarreroCommunity Outreach: Jeri GabbardEducational Chair:2011 was an awesome year full of exciting Presenters and good times! Volunteers have been fantastic at filling vacant positions on the board and displaying therededication to the chapter. Special thanks go out to Penny Mikkelson for stepping up from 2nd VP to the 1stVP position and to Charlotte Patterson who graciously filled the 2nd position to complete our board. As anew L.M.T., Charlotte brought new ideas and a lot of new energy to the board. 18

Heart of Florida Chapter Board meets the first Tuesday of every month to keep things up to datefor the chapter members and discuss new ideals. We hold monthly chapter meetings for CE’s at threePolk County locations, rotating among them to reach out to our entire chapter. The locations are: RidgeCareer Center in Winter Haven, Keiser University in North Lakeland, and Everest University in EastLakeland. The chapter board continues to look for more locations so they may reach all of the memberssince Polk County is so large of a rural area and spread out. We are a new board for 2012-2014 with the exception of the treasure, Pamela Kendrick, who hasonce again given us her support to the chapter, thanks Pamela for your loving dedication. The new boardlooks forward to the time ahead with dedication and exciting new ideals.Jeri Gabbard L.M.T. Heart of Florida Chapter PresidentBe the change you want to see in the world!________________________________________________________________KEYS CHAPTERMembers: 38 Bank Balance as of April 2012: $2,725.67President - Mary Ann Nelson Events/Sports Chair - Mary Ann Nelson1st VP - Amy Spielberg Bylaws/Ethics Chair - Bob Smallwood2nd VP - Leanora Stullken Hospitality Chair- Leanora StullkenTreasurer - Michael Abriola Sign in Chair - Amy SpielbergSecretary - Jody Gay We have been trying to have Chapter meeting every month for the past 6 months. It seemed tobe working well & we even got some new members. Then our March meeting had very poorattendance & cost us more than we can justify for the turn out we were getting. So, we had hoped ourApril meeting & event would generate a lot more involvement, but it got rained out. The Seven MileBridge Run is our biggest fund raiser of the year, so we felt bad about not being able to have thatevent & the social meeting we usually have after the race. The Bridge Run organizers said they will stillpay us our funds, because we did show up & tried to set up in the rain. We ended up having a smallbreakfast meeting & awards presentation for Dale Alexander & Leanora Stullken. Kristi Mitchell ourmassage therapist of the year was not able to make it due to the long drive & the very bad weather. Our plans are to go back to having our meetings quarterly due to poor attendance. I hoping thathaving a few great meeting will get people to come out & support the chapter.We are also trying to get more people interested in being on the board.Thank you & a pleasure to serve,Mary Ann Nelson________________________________________________________________NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA CHAPTERMembers 134 Checking as of 04/30/12 $ 7,618.34Chapter Board Bruce GonsethPresident: Larry Miller1st Vice President: 19

2nd Vice President: Donald MorrisTreasurer: OpenSecretary: OpenImmediate Past President: Mary KoontzCommittee Chairs: Becki RyanEducation: Amberly SnappSpecial Events: Tanesha MillsMembership: Donald MorrisWeb Administrator: This has been an interesting year. Our president at the time, Mary Koontz was bearing a baby andit brought on some hard times for her with the chapter to be active during this time but that didn’t stop herfrom doing what she could. The rest of the board had her back and kept the chapter running and building.She was upset to miss the cruise but Leslie Caswell had no problem taking her place. Bruce Gonsethtook the helm while Mary was unable to do much when it got close to giving birth and a few months aftershe had her new baby boy. Our chapter held elections in December and we had a shift in leadership. Mary said that sheneeded a break after having a baby and decided not to run for another term. Bruce Gonseth stepped upand ran for president with no other takers. Larry Miller ran for 1st VP and Donald ran for 2nd VP. Themembers running had no opposes to the positions. Bruce was sworn in office at the state board meetingin January. The other members were sworn in at our regular chapter meeting. This left the chaptertreasurer open but with Larry still helping with this along with Bruce keeping up with the books until wecan find another treasurer to take over. We say goodbye to our long time secretary Robin Wurth whichresigned in March due to traveling with her husband while he was going out of state for working andRobin wanting to spend more time with him by going with him, she will still be a great asset to the chapterbut she will be missed as our secretary.We had a great line up of CE providers for this year as follows; April- Michelle Manna on Thai Massage May- Karen Ball on Foot Reflexology July- Mercedes Jordan on Lypossage Aug.- Karina Braun on Get in Touch – Self Care Sept.- Nancy Keeney-Smith on Working With Matured Scar Tissue Oct.- Dr. Erica Olstein from Dragon Rises on Acupuncture and Cold Laser Therapy Nov.- Michelle Mace-Lambert from Bare Foot Massage on Ahh…Shiatsu Jan.- Paula Black on Insurance Billing Feb.- Georgianna Johnson on Reiki March- Teri May on Intro to Special Orthopedic MassageWe participated in several special events as March of Dimes for Babies, Hospice Bike Race. We have several events and weekend workshops planned for the year to come. Bruce promisesto have even a better chapter with an increase of membership and to restructure the way that the chaptermeetings are ran and to have more time for the members to participate with the chapter. Bruce willincrease our committee chairs, more chapter projects and participation at state meeting and Bruce will bevisiting other chapter meetings to help build and work with the sister chapters in the area. 20

We have moved from the CTAE, Community Technical Adult Education where our pastmemberships chair Greg Sharko teaches Massage to Marion Baptist Association. We thank Greg forhaving us there at the school to have a place to meet. We are happy that Larry Miller was able to find ournew place that they let us to meet with out cost. The Association is much larger and has all the amenitiesto go along with it. We meet on the 3rd Monday of each month at 6:30pm with fellowship and announcements afterour board meeting at 5:00pm. We are starting with having a weekend workshop in February andSeptember and on these months we will hold full membership meeting with food and fun.Bruce Gonseth, LMTFSMTA Chapter President_______________________________________________________________PALM BEACH CHAPTERMembers 314 Checking Account 2/21/12: $20,586.10Chapter Board: Katharine S. KingPresident: Michelle Getty1st Vice President: Alicia Brand2nd Vice President:Treasurer: Lesli LopezSecretary: Susan JensenImmediate Past President: Daniel GriefCommittees:Sports Team Coordinator/Chair Massage Team: Todd MoreyEvents Coordinator: Alicia BrandSchool Liaison: Richard SussanHospitality: Pam SmithMembership and Retention: Diane WebsterSpecial Bi Annual CEU Coordinator: Lesli Lopez The Palm Beach Chapter has been busy this past year. We have been planning more and moreevents to get the members involved. We held an After Renewal Bar B Q, and handed out embroideredtowels with the FSMTA logo. What a big hit! All who attended reported having a great time? The chapterhopes to do it again 9/2013. We also held a Drive Inn Movie Night, what fun; the board hopes to getmore to join in next time. We are also planning a Holiday Dinner Cruz with Broward and Dade Chaptersfor the end of the year 12/2012. Watch for details. We hope more and more will join in the fun. We had awonderful list of presenters with more great ones to come. Make sure you visit our Web Site pbfsmta.comfor a list of our presenters, meeting location and times.April 17, 2011 Denise Wickell - AromatherapyMay 19, 2011 Pete Pfannerstill -Myo SportsJune 16, 2011 Pete Whitridge -Ethics/AidsJuly 21, 2011 David Gonzalez -Medical ErrorsAug. 18, 2011 Debra Roberts - UE Assessment/TechniquesSept. 15, 2011 Sean Warden -Cervical AssessmentOct. 20, 2011 CancelledNov. 17, 2011 Bob Murray -Tai ChiJan. 19, 2012 Shelly Kalef- “K3D” TherapyFeb. 16, 2012 Larry Self – Insurance BillingMar. 15, 2012 Elisa DiFalco – Compression Garments 21

Reminder meeting are held the third Thursday of the month January through November 7-9pm.Comfort Inn 1901 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd, West Palm Beach, Fl 33409Thanks to all our members for a wonderful year and a better one to come.Katharine S. King OTR/L, LMTPalm Beach Chapter PresidentSARASOTA/MANATEE CHAPTER Checking as of 23 April 2012 $15,495.37Members: 575 Eddie Hooper, II Patricia Rogers Chapter Board: Casey Austin President: Amy Luycx 1st Vice President Evelyn Bishop 2nd Vice President Brian George Secretary - WebMaster Treasurer Immediate Past PresidentCommittee Chairs: Michele Weissman Sports Team Open Membership team Susan Klein Hospitality Chair Casey Austin Education Chair Patricia Rogers Legislative Chair Eddie Hooper, II Mentor Chair James Doss & Carlos Diaz Chair Massage ChairLMT Chapter Awards: Brian Smith Sports LMT of the Year Patricia Rogers LMT of the Year Eddie Hooper, II Service LMT of the YearPresenters: Pete Pfannerstil Kinesio Taping 04/2011 05/2011 Don McGovern Wholebody View 06/2011 07/2011 Jennifer Clarkson Destination Success 08/2011 09/2011 Susan Farhat Table Thai 10/2011 11/2011 Dr. Martha Huie Chinese Meridian Therapy 12/2011 01/2012 Bonnie Kissam Freeing Neck & Shoulder 02/2012 03/2012 Swap Meet & Pot Luck Aaron Mattes Active Isolated Stretching Christmas Party Gator Club Jen Funk Oncology Massage Dan Towey Access Bars Shannon Goossen Frequency Technique 22

The Sarasota/Manatee Chapter along with Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades and Hardee Countieswere off a roaring start this year. With the help of Massage Today’s magazine offer for bringingStudents into the membership, we were able to sign up 167 new student members in our Chapter.The Sarasota School of Massage Therapy and the Florida College of Natural Health were eager toparticipate with FSMTA in this project. Our Chapter has a strong alliance with both schools. And weare building on that relationship. With that said, I have been visiting both schools and encouraging their students to participate inthis year’s convention, more specifically, the Successful Start program on Thursday. And, hopefullythe entire Convention. I do sense a great deal of enthusiasm from them, but the financial burdenseems to be their major problem. They are encouraging us to produce a “winning Chapter Identifier”so that we can maintain the Trophy for another year. I am pleased to announce that the Sarasota/Manatee Chapter Sport Team will be the recipient ofthe State Sport Team Award, as well as our chairperson, Michele Weissman, being voted the SportsMassage Therapist of the Year. Congratulations, Michele. And to add to the list of people receivingan Award this year, Our Patricia Rogers was voted one of the three people getting the OutstandingState Service award. Our Legislative team and the Sport Team have had an exciting year with Legislative issueshaving an unusually busy season. The insurance P I P legislation is still very much a current Hottopic. Please check our Webpage for updates.Submitted by: Eddie Hooper, II LMT, President________________________________________________________________SOUTHWEST CHAPTERChapter Board Members: Sherrie EasterlyPresident: Teo NikolovFirst VP: John GrahamSecond VP: Judy JohnsonSecretary:Chapter Committee Chair:Bylaws: Sydney SheafferLegislative & Insurance: Ron StevensMembership Service: Robyn BerrySports Massage Team: Teo Nikolov and Michael SchmettererTreasurer: Terry LowderIPP: Terry LowderWeb Site & Newsletter: Judy JohnsonEducation: Terry LowderTransition Team: Dolores GozziMembership: John GrahamBank Balance: $ Current Membership: 408 23

Chapter Meeting:Location: BASS PRO SHOPS, 10040 Gulf Center Dr., Ft. MyersTime: 6:30 – 9:00 P.M., First Tuesday of the Month with 2 CE hours per meet The Southwest Florida Chapter of FSMTA continued the current term with the officersinstalled in December 2011. With approximately three months in the new position of leadershipfor this chapter, the board was excited to work with one another in creating a level ofprofessionalism in which the board and membership meetings could be directed. Ideas wererecorded for when the board would be able to do sufficient planning. A Long Range Strategic Planning session was held in April 2012 with Mr. Wayne Gofffacilitating the program. Mr. Goff’s instructions of “What Is, What Might Be, What CouldBe, What Should Be, and What Will Be” enable the board members in deciding, analyzing,developing, evaluating and implementing a plan which will enable the Southwest Chapterto become stronger in the FSTMA Vision to promote public awareness of massage therapythrough education and professionalism. The board will continue in strengthening the chapterby planning, promoting and executing doable goals of accomplishment. The president has promoted attendance to the Quarterly Board Meeting, of the boardmembers to express the necessity of the knowledge and experience of how each chapterparticipates in leadership to their members. This will enable the upcoming new presidentand board members to easily transition into their leadership position in lieu of having to learneverything at the beginning of their term. This participate has also created a stronger boardand given us all the greater purpose of meeting monthly. Our education chair, Terry Lowder, has kept our monthly presenter’s agenda booked with a vastrange of modalities. Our members have responded with their approval of the subjectspresented and the variety of professional educators. We fortunately have not experience anydisrupting glitches. We were able the participate in the annual Massage Therapy Awareness Week, a varietyof sporting events, our member’s free Deep Sea Fishing Trip and member’s free AnnualChristmas Dinner. Our monthly chapter meetings, centrally located, are well attended by members. The no-rent costgreatly assists in the budgeting preparation. Teo Nikolov, Second V.P., a FSMTA Sports Instructor is preparing an agenda to trainingour members interested in the FSMTA Sports Massage protocol. The board is seriouslycontemplating the sports arena to see how involved the members wish to participate. We look forward to the continuance of the year, with new plans and expectation of how we may beof benefit the members by promoting the profession of massage therapy.Sherrie Easterly, President FSMTA Southwest Florida Chapter_________________________________________________________________SUGAR DUNES CHAPTERMembers: 93 Checking as of 3/31/12: $1,474.36 24

Chapter Board Members: Stacy ShidemantlePresident: Chris Gaines2nd Vice President: Caroline CookSecretary: Wendy BallaschSports Chair: www.fsmtasugardunes.orgChapter web site: I am so excited about how our chapter is growing and getting actively involved. I am so honoredto be part of such as amazing organization and specifically to be President of Sugar Dunes chapter. Our sports team has really come to life under the leadership of Wendy Ballasch! We haveparticipated in several sporting events and other local community events which give a greaterawareness of Massage Therapy and the FSMTA. Our new Legislative Chair, Judy Price, has beenawesome in keeping us informed about the legislative issues that have affected our profession. Again,we are excited to see continued growth and participation and look forward to next year being evenbetter. In the past year we have enjoyed such presenters as: Terri May: Psoas/Orthopedic Assessment;Teresa Matthews: How to Stretch your Client; Whole Body View; Lee Thompson: Requireds; AlfonsoOcasio: Self Defense for LMT; Larry Self: Compassionate Touch. We also had a wonderful end of yearcelebration. Thank you to Massage Warehouse and Biofreeze for your generous donations. We havealso had wonderful CE classes in the panhandle; we are so excited our presenters have not only comefor our meetings, but have offered our area some awesome new modalities to use in our practices. Thank you to both Soothing Arts Healing Therapies School of Massage and The Source Instituteor allowing us to have our meetings in their schools and allowing us to introduce the FSMTA to theirstudents!Respectfully Submitted: Stacy Shidemantle, PresidentSUWANNEE VALLEY CHAPTER Checking: $5000* (APPROXIMENTLY)Members: 101Chapter Board Elizabeth Killebrew Treasurer: David HennigPresident: Matthew Grubb Secretary: Elizabeth Hanselman1st Vice President: Vacant Immed Past Pres: Elizabeth Killebrew2nd Vice President:Committee Chairs Elizabeth Hanselman Legislative: Randi CareyBy Laws:Chair Massage: Vacant Membership: Board Collective EffortEducation: Matthew Grubb School Liaisons: Mary & ElisaElections:Sports Massage: Kennedy Moreland Greg Young Hospitality: Rotating Elizabeth Killebrew Webmaster: John French April 2011 to March 2012 was a productive year for Suwannee Valley. Growth continued incamaraderie, commitment, experience, knowledge and numbers. 25

Education: CE Presenters such as Laure. Freeman, Dr. Annie Morien, Teresa Matthews, VivianMahoney, Leaih Carr, Elisa De Falco, Laurie Messina and Greg Neely have enriched our fund ofknowledge.Special Events: We participated in community activities which highlight our FSMTA organization.Chair Massage or Sports Massage “showcased” members expertise and skill to potential new clients:March of Dimes Walkathon; U of FLA Butterfly Sanctuary Festival; Arbor House, AnnualDowntown Fall Festival and MTAW events in Lake City, Gainesville; had members of our event teamsbusy all over the State. We maintained involvement with the student body of the one local massageschool. We have made efforts for just plain fun, as well. Our Christmas Party raised everyone’s “spirits”with a feast, collection of toys in both Gainesville and shared collection from Jacksonville for Children ofTrauma situations and the annual visit from the “real-beard” Santa bearing gifts for all, silly games, andgreat fellowship. Fundraising: Sales of door prize tickets & Ernesto Fernandez’ book , members’ contributions tosupplies / staples of meeting food. Goals for the next year: As I expect a new 2nd vice president, secretary by-laws chair andlegislative chair to be seated in 2012-1, improvements in a more assertive outreach system for membersto be more cohesively connected, and recapture inactive members.Respectfully submitted: Elizabeth Killebrew, President__________________________________________________________________TAMPA BAY CHAPTERMembership 656 Bank Balance as of March 31, 2012 $18,864.31President: Diane Handley1st Vice President: Nelson Cacciator2nd Vice President: Kathy SouderTreasurer: Lauren RosenbergSecretary: Joyce PrahaskyEducation Chair: Kathy SouderSports Team Coordinator: Diane ForresterChair Team Coordinator: Mary Kennedy (As of 3/1 vacant)Web Master: Joyce PrahaskyNewsletter: Lauren RosenbergWeb Site www.fsmta-tampabay.orgDonations: Metropolitan Ministries Coordinated by Theresa Richardson. Raised monies for turkeys andfood for Thanksgiving dinners.Awards: Chapter LMT of the Year is Joyce Prahasky. She works very hard for our chapter asSecretary and Webmaster. She also attends the State Board Meetings and volunteers with the WestCentral Florida Medical Reserve Corp. 26

Outstanding Chapter Service Award went to Mary Kennedy. She did an outstanding job as ChairTeam Coordinator and organizing the large undertaking of the Florida State Fair. Outstanding Sports Massage Team Member Michael Hill. He was always there volunteering forevery event and helping with the set up and take down of events. The Florida State Fair was a great success this year. We had people looking for us and weoffered the vendors a discount rate at 1 dollar a minute. General Public at $1.25 per minute. We had 24LMTs that took shifts at 20.00 to 40.00 a 4 to 4 ½ hours. It was a great success with therapists generating$14,525 over the 10-day period. We want to thank Mary Kennedy for helping organize the fair andappreciate all the work she has done for us as the Chair Team Coordinator throughout the year. She hasstepped down from this position and it is currently vacant.Our Meetings:April 21 Judith DeLaney, Medical Errors-Required for State Renewal.May 19 Katie Haley, Cosmic Flower AromatherapyJun.22-26 CONVENTION No Monthly MeetingJuly 21 Elisa DiFlaco, Compression Garment Wear & CareAug. 18 Dr. Annie Morien, Beware of Bugs! How to Deal with Infestations in Your ClinicSept. 15 Debbie Ray, Insurance Billing Procedures, Laws & RulesOct. 20 Dr. Dallas Hancock, D.C., PhD, Introduction to CranioStructural IntegrationNov. 17 Jerry Konrad, Active Isolated StretchingDec. 5 No Meeting, We had a Holiday dinner in Clearwater for Chapter VolunteersJan. 19 Don McCann, EnergenticConnection of SET, Fully Treating your Clients!Feb. 16 William Muhlstadt, Introduction to Sports MassageMarch 15 Linda Crystal, Holistic Self Help with Jin Shin JyutsuRespectfully Submitted, Diane Handley, LMT, Chapter President_________________________________________________________________TREASURE COAST CHAPTERMembers: 208 Checking Balance: $7289.44Chapter Board Sheree BagensiePresident:1st Vice President: Ross Hoffman2nd Vice President: Molly RehyanskySecretary: Samantha ShoreTreasurer: LeeAnn BlackImmediate Past President: Bob MurrayCommittees Bob MurrayLegislative Chair: The chapter continues to hold monthly meetings at Indian River State College on the 3rdWednesday of each month. 27

Theresa Matthews held a sports team training for our chapter. We had great attendance and areworking towards scheduling successful sporting events as well as chair massage events. Our legislative chair was actively involved in local and state activities, traveling to Tallahassee asnecessary. Many chapter members also participated locally.We currently have 3 FSMTA board members who serve on the advisory committee for the MassageTherapy program at Keiser University in Port St. Lucie.We held a day long class for the Required CEs, free to chapter members and charged $50 for non-members. Our goals for the coming year include retaining membership of our new student members andkeeping them actively involved in the chapter. We are updating our website to a version that will beeasier to maintain and consistently update. We plan to use Facebook more actively to keep membersinformed of all news and events.Submitted by: Sheree Bagensie, Treasure Coast Chapter President STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTSBy-Laws Committee Annual ReportCommittee Chair: Sydney C. SheafferCommittee Members: Maureen Gilbert Bob Poulin Ron Stephens Judy Johnson The By-Laws Committee was active this past year revamping, reviewing, and rewording ourAssociations documents in several areas. Thanks for all the input and opinions received from fellowmembers to assist in these matters. First, several changes were made to our financial accounts and reporting. All accounts weretransferred to Wachovia Bank which was then taken over by Wells Fargo Bank. This transitions wasgreatly facilitated by Lynn Hupp and her staff at Central Office. Such accounts shall be held in FDICCharter banks with deposits not to exceed the insurance limits of FDIC. Auditing and review provisionswere amended to provide the Board discretion when initiating a review or audit. Also, expense re-imbursement forms were reworded to clarify and simplify such reports. Much appreciation to Frank Ansel,State Treasurer for initiating such amendments. Amendments were also added to provide better guidelines to deal with complaints againstmembers and absenteeism by Board members. Notice of Chapter Board meetings was also clarified andupdated. Such additions shall allow the Board effective response options when such issues occur. TheBy-Laws committee continues to be actively involved with refining our organization promoting changeswhich will help facilitate the effective functioning of our documents. Finally, we effectively oversaw our State Elections process. Such an event was quite involved dueto the fact of three candidates running for State President (a first in our history). The process waswonderfully handled by Nominating Chair, Maureen Gilbert and State Elections Chair, Katha King. Fromthe steps to confirming candidate qualifications to the actual counting of mail ballots the elections course 28

was performed effectively and efficiently. Many thanks to all candidates and members involved in thisprocess. The By-Laws committee welcomes all members to familiarize themselves with our governingdocuments and make suggestions on any items which you feel need addressing.We wish to welcome our new President Leigh Carr on board at the State Convention and look forward tocontinue to upgrade and revitalize our organization.Respectfully Submitted, Sydney C. Sheaffer, FSMTA By-Laws ChairLEGISLATIVE ANNUAL REPORTCommittee Chair: R. Scott HartsfieldApril 1, 2010 - March 31, 2011 Thank you for allowing me to serve as your State Legislative chair. Fiscal year 2011/2012certainly proved to be challenging with the variety of changes presented to Licensed Massage Therapistsand FSMTA. Below is a snapshot of the items that were addressed during this time period.FacebookDuring the previous fiscal year, a number of communication vehicles were used to share updates aboutlegislative changes. However, we needed a tool to get to the masses and to use the tools that were morecommonly being used. Thirteen of the chapters had some semblance of a Facebook page. With theformality and creation of Facebook pages for each Chapter, the communication will only increase andimprove.Personal Injury Protection The massage profession worked fast, feverishly and unrelenting regarding CS/CS/HB 119 - MotorVehicle Personal Injury Protection Insurance. The Senate companion bill of CS/CS/SB 1860 was equallyemotional and trying. We were unsuccessful in our quest by one vote – keeping in mind that we were upagainst the Governor and his determination for passage of this very bad bill.Human Trafficking HB 7049 - Human Trafficking passed this year. FSMTA has worked diligently with RepresentativeBurgin and other dignitaries to help with this long-overdue issue. This legislation, which amends480.0535, will help both law enforcement and the department. This new law will require personsemployed by a massage establishment (or person performing massage therein) to present validgovernment identification upon the request of an investigator of the department or a law enforcementofficer.HIV Continuing Education HB 4163 - Continuing Education for Athletic Trainers and Massage Therapists was initiated byAthletic Trainers and supported by the Board of Massage Therapy and the FSMTA. AMTA, too, agreedwith the removal of this requirement as a continuing education renewal practice.Law Enforcement – Investigators 29

FSMTA continues to foster relationships with local law enforcements. We currently have contactsin Jacksonville, St. Johns County, Orlando, Polk county and Fort Lauderdale.BOMT Being represented at the Board of Massage Therapy has been a key element to establishingrelationships with the BOMT, students and other key professionals in our profession. FSMTA has beencalled upon by the BOMT in many situations to help with legislative issues, monitors, “456.0635” relatedapplicants, etc.Legislative Conference Call Because the legislative session was going to be different in 2012, we started this year off with aLegislative Conference Call on Tuesday (Jan 10) at 10am. The call was well attended and our Lobbyistsand FSMTA Attorney helped to guide what the landscape would look like during the session.Zeel Networks, Inc. Zeel.com approached the FSMTA leadership about offering their services as a member benefit.After thorough research, it was determined that we would not consider this member benefit at this time.There were a host of issues that could compromise a Licensed Massage Therapist and potentially violatea number of advertising laws.APPLE Tim Cook, CEO, received a formal letter from FSMTA regarding Siri and the \"Happy Endings\"offering. Siri is the intelligent, but automated assistant that speaks back to you (from the iPhone 4s). Ifyou requested of Siri where to obtain a “happy ending”, Siri would refer you to a local Licensed MassageTherapist. Because of petitions and letters, APPLE has removed those associations from the iPhone 4s.Reflexologist Sandra Sigur, Reflexologist, LMT, CYI, SCS, Aromatherapist REALISTIC HOLISTIC continues torequest of FSMTA and BOMT to allow Reflexologist to be removed from underneath Chapter 480. TheBOMT, nor FSMTA, supports this move.Legislative Awareness Days (LAD) LAD was held earlier than normal on February 14 and 15, 2012, due to the earlier legislativesession. Communications were sent to all FSMTA and were highly encouraged to visit their legislators(locally or in Tallahassee, FL). An email was sent on Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 with details and options toconsider. FSMTA has been fortunate to have Senator Jones file a formal Senate Resolution for FSMTA(and AMTA) to formalize these dates via a bill.2012 Legislative Session The 2012 Legislative Session concluded on Friday, March 9. A full report of the 2012 SessionSummary can be found at http://myfloridahouse.gov/ and http://www.flsenate.gov/.The Numbers Data is very important to FSMTA. It is important for us to see the high-level number of growth (orreduction) in our LMTs as well as the establishments. Data is provided by the Department of Health oneach active LMT at the time of the report – as well as establishments. This data is sent to each Chapter 30

President as well as our Central Office. As of February 21, 2012, Massage Establishment 9735,Massage Therapist 31764 and Massage Therapist Apprentice were at 3.Unlicensed Activity and other infractions The landscape is changing with BOMT. Ms. Alsobrook, Deputy General Counsel, ProsecutionServices Unit, advised the Board that Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) methods such as Mediation,Notices of Non-Compliance, and Citations have been identified by statute as appropriate methods ofresolving minor violations. Authority to determine which violation may be resolved by ADR has been givento the Boards. The Board of Massage Therapy has rules authorizing use of Citations, Mediation, andNotice of Non-compliance for specific violations. Enforcement is requesting amendments to rules 64B7-30.004, 64B7-30.005 and 64B7-30.006,F.A.C., to allow more violations to be handled through ADR and in turn save the Board money and focusmore resources on more serious allegations. Ms. Karen Ford inquired if Lee Ann Gustafson, Esq., and Ms. Burke-Wammack would draftlanguage using the proposed Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) methods and prepare a draft to bediscussed at the next Board meeting July 25-27, 2012. Again, thank you very much for allowing me to serve on behalf of all licensed professionals.Thank you for your calls, email and support during these very arduous times. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTSBOARD OF MASSAGE THERAPY (BOMT) LIAISON REPORTCommittee Chair: Maureen Gilbert LMT, NCTMBCommittee Members: R. Scott Hartsfield LMT, CPT (State Legislative Chair)Note: State President Ralph Russ is an ex-officio member of this committee and attends most BOMTmeetings. Executive Director, Executive Committee, Chapter Presidents and other Board members alsoattend some of the BOMT meetings.Duties and Responsibilities: Attend all BOMT Meetings. Report to FSMTA Board of Directorsquarterly and communicate relevant information to FSMTA members and interested parties throughMassage Message magazine, FSMTA Website and email communications.Committee Goal: Monitor and keep up to date with changes and regulations pertaining to the massagetherapy profession. On behalf of our membership, FSMTA maintains a cooperative working relationshipwith the BOMT staff and Board members to help improve the massage profession.What is the Board of Massage Therapy? The Board of Massage Therapy protects the public byregulating the practice of massage. The BOMT is strictly regulated by the Florida Department of Health(DOH). The board adopts rules for licensure; establishes a minimum training program for apprentices;specify areas of competency to be examined; govern the operation of massage establishments; set fees.The Board consists of seven members; five LMT members and two layperson members selected by theGovernor's office and confirmed by the Senate. Board positions are for a term of 4 years, with a two termlimit or until a successor is appointed; BOMT Executive Director and five very efficient staff members whotake care of the administrative requirements. The governing body also includes Board Counsel andProsecuting Attorney. It is a big commitment and responsibility and we commend all those who serve. 31

Who are they?DOH/BOMT Staff: Anthony Jusevitch - Executive Director; Paula Mask - Program OperationsAdministrator, Taimour Chaudhry, Alexandra Alday; Eva Chauche, Regina Decker, and MarquitaEdwards.All staff review Massage Therapy and Establishment Applications, Apprenticeships, Colonics Certification,Continuing Education Providers, Problem Renewals and Reactivations; General Questions; Exam Scores(National and MBLEx); Voluntary Relinquishments; and General Questions.LMT Board Members: (as of 1/2012)Karen Ford, LMT-Chair, Bridget K. Burke-Wammack, LMT-Vice Chair, Lydia Nixon, LMT,Consumer Board Members: Lisa OliverBoard Counsel: Lee Ann Gustafson, Esq. Assistant Attorney GeneralProsecuting Attorney: S. J. (Sam) DiConcilio, Assistant General Counsel, DOHBoard Changes during this previous year:Amy Hagen, LMT resigned her position; Robert D. Smallwood, LMT and William F. Stoehs, ConsumerMember completed their terms. Replacement members have not been appointed by the Governor's Officeas of this writing. FSMTA sends a sincere thank you to the outgoing members. Their outstanding serviceto the Board of Massage Therapy has been admired and appreciated; they each served with fairness andintegrity.The Board also warmly welcomed Lee Ann Gustafson, Esq. as Board Counsel replacing Jaime Liang,Esq. Ms. Gustafson previously served as Board Counsel for the BOMT. Meetings Attended by Committee Chair and one or more committee members and Executive Director:♦April 21-22, 2011 – Tampa♦July 28-29, 2011 – Jacksonville♦October 19, 2011 Rules Workshop♦October 20-21, 2011 – Tallahassee♦January 26-27, 2012– Sunrise/Ft Lauderdale(Remainder of 2012 schedule: April 19-20 Tampa; July 25-27 Orlando; October 25-26 Naples)Conference Call Meeting Attended: conference calls are only conducted if necessary♦ May 23, 2011 ♦ June 13, 2011 ♦ July 11, 2011 ♦ September 12, 2011 ♦ December 30, 2011♦ March 5, 2012 ♦ March 13, 2012. You may read full reports of each meeting in our FSMTA Massage Message magazines and onour fsmta.org website. Minutes to all BOMT meetings may be accessed on the BOMT web site BoardMeeting Minutes The BOMT Laws and Rules are found in Chapter 480 - Florida Statutes; Rules Chapter 64B7 -Florida Administrative Code and Chapter 456 - Florida Statutes. All may be accessed on line athttp://www.doh.state.fl.us/MQA/massage/ma_statutes.html.A few points of interest... April 2011 32

Hydro-beds - Question for clarification from investigative office: “Are businesses allowed to advertise formassage if they have the hydro-beds but no massage establishment license or a licensed massagetherapist?” This item was researched by Board Counsel Ms. Liang, Esq. After a lengthy discussion, theconsensus of the board was if a person or place advertises massage then they must have a massagetherapist license or a massage establishment license as it falls under Chapter 480, Florida Statutes. May 2011HB49/SB584 Temporary Permits. After a hard fought battle during the 2011 Legislative Session, this billwas defeated. If the bill had passed, it would have allowed students to work on the Public beforecompleting the required course of study and before passing the required exam. July 2011Educator Summit. During convention 2011, FSMTA hosted the sixth annual Educator Summit. Educatorsand school owners from all over the state attended.Out of State exam candidates. BOMT voted to repeal the Transfer of Credit Rule 64B7-32.004. TheBoard reached a consensus for the Board to review all out-of-state exam application.Legislative Report: The Board voted not to propose legislative amendments to Chapter 480 during the2012 legislative session. August 2011ALL Massage licenses expired August 31, 2011. Many renewed on line and the process was fast andvery efficient. Next renewal period expiration date is August 31, 2013. October 2011Introductions. Many of the DOH/BOMT administrative staff and members of the law enforcement andinvestigative team attended the Tallahassee meeting along with several representatives from theDepartment of Education. They were introduced and applauded, very nice to put faces to names.Recognition: The Board also took a few moments to surprise and honor an outstanding member ofBOMT staff - Paula Mask. Anyone who has ever communicated with Paula on BOMT business orpersonally will agree that she is a delight to know, no matter how many times we pester her ... she isalways so pleasant and helpful. The Rules Workshop on Wednesday was super productive. Rules: Chapter 64B7 FloridaAdministrative Code. Several rules were noticed with the Florida Administrative Weekly. A brief preview... Definitions: several were discussed for clarification- classroom hour, direct supervision, distancelearning; Fees: all fees will be listed in one rule; License Display defined to help law enforcement; ProBono: new forms and rewording to simplify the process; Schools: establishing a pass/fail rate andmaintaining for period of time and the penalties for non-compliance, reducing some documentationrequirements, electronically sending proof of graduation; Disciplinary Guidelines: stiffer fines for fraud. The BOMT is continually reviewing Laws and Rules and making changes as necessary. It is ourresponsibility to keep up to date with changes and work within our scope of practice. Exact wording maybe found on line. Go to your BOMT Website: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/massage/ma_statutes.html.You may view and/or print the BOMT 2012 Complete Laws and Rules Packet. FSMTA attendance at every BOMT is very important. It shows that the Association appreciatesthe fact that we are regulated under the Department of Health. Reporting BOMT Meetings in our MassageMessage and at FSMTA.org keeps members informed and up to date with changes that may affect ourscope of practice. FSMTA Chapter Presidents have been requested to attend at least one BOMT meetingduring their two year term of office.If you have never attended a BOMT meeting…think about doing so, you may find it very educational. 33

The BOMT meetings take place quarterly and in four different locations around the State.Please plan to attend when there is a meeting in your area.Respectfully Submitted by Maureen Gilbert, BOMT LiaisonCONVENTION COMMITTEE REPORTCommittee Chair: Marion Padgett I have confirmed with the hospitality chair regarding her responsibilities and to ensure that she hadvolunteers in place for state store, legislative booth, sports booth, successful start and registration forFSMTA Convention 2012.She said that everything is coming along fine and I have offered my assistance, as needed.Budget: None Expenses: NoneFLORIDA CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION2011 NATIONAL CONVENTION REPORTFSMTA/FCA Massage Therapy Room Florida Chiropractic Association (FCA) National Convention took place at the Peabody Hotel,Orlando, FL August 26 -27, 2011. All registered attendees were offered a complimentary chair massagein the FSMTA/FCA Massage Therapy Room. This service was made possible by the generous support ofScripHessco Chiropractic Equipment & Supplies, Hygenic Corporation/Performance Health ,manufacturers of Thera-Band® resistance bands and BioFreeze® pain relieving products and the FloridaChiropractic Association.Lynda Solien-Wolfe coordinated with FSMTA to bring major sponsorship and supporters for this event.ScripHessco and Performance Health provided the funds to operate the FSMTA Massage TherapyRoom. FCA welcomed our participation and provided us with space and additional support. In addition to the financial support, Performance Health provided a variety of Biofreeze productsand ScripHessco provided various product samples for therapists and attendees. FSMTA sincerelyappreciates our sponsors, the dedicated coordinators and therapists for another job well done. The Massage Room was organized by Executive Director Lynn Hupp, FSMTA State PresidentRalph Russ and six skilled LMTs: DJ Johnson, Noreen Monticeux, Tina Stoufer, Larry Stephens, KhaTaylor and Joe Williamson. The Massage Room has proven to be a excellent tool for skillfully delivering our message thatChiropractic and Massage Therapy are complementary modalities.AwardCongratulations to Kathy Reid, LMT, for being recognized as the LMT of the Year by the FloridaChiropractic Association at its 2011 National Convention.AMTA-FL Chapter and FSMTA jointly hosted a dinner honoring the \"FCA LMT of the Year\". PerformanceHealth and ScripHessco provided lovely table gifts for all attendees.Respectfully submitted by Lynn Hupp 34

HOSPITALITY COMMITTEECommittee Chair: Stacy Shidemantle First and foremost, I would like to say thank you to ALL the volunteers who dedicated their timeand service to making the 2011 convention a great success and a special thank you to ALL my volunteerswho specifically assisted me at the Successful Start Sign in and Hospitality Booth! You guys are awesome! Again, there were many who assisted me this year, but I want to thank afew of the volunteers who dedicated their time at convention to work the Hospitality Booth each day,passing out convention t-shirts and the tickets for raffles, assisting with directions, being there with asmile banquet, plus so much more! Thank you, Carl Stewart, Matt Grubb, Roseanne Eliasson, DonnaDeMilt, and Lydia Smith. Also, thank you to Joanna Godwin for assisting me in scheduling volunteers forthe convention. You guys are a blessing to me and the FSMTA… again, thank you for all you do and yourfaithful service! And helping hand, greeting members and guests at the The Successful Start Sign in Desk and Hospitality Booth are both wonderful places to volunteer. It is great to see the excitement on the faces of the students and new therapist as they check in forthe Success Start Program! And, the pleasure of helping out all the convention attendees at theHospitality Booth is immeasurable! It was a privilege to serve as your Hospitality Committee Chair; thank you for the opportunity.Respectfully Submitted, Stacy Shidemantle, Sugar Dunes Chapter PresidentMASSAGE INSURANCE CONSULTANTCommunications with LMTsI continue to respond to FSMTA Members questions to help them when they have insurance billing orother practice management questions. Calls seem to be much more complicated in that they are runninginto problems not of the ordinary. With a little research I have been able to answer.Task Force Project on hold:I set up a group for a Task Force to create: “Massage Therapist’s Insurance Billing Practice Guidelines,Rules and Laws.” However I questioned at the board meeting to see if we could (as an association or theBoard of Massage) move forward to set Documentation Standards first as is required especially if one isto do insurance billing. This did not go anywhere at this time so the task force is on hold until we canestablish within our profession the need for this to get up to speed with other health care practitioners.This will be of utmost importance as we move ahead in the health care arena, (if we will continue in thatvein at all).Investigative Concerns: I am still getting reports and questions from investigative agencies including adetective and Captain Byrnes from the FL Dept of Insurance relating to massage therapists and their 35

suspect working relationships with clinics and doctors’ whom the LMT’s hire. Another investigator keepsme posted on all LMT arrests in FL for their involvement in fraudulent activities.Doctors, Clinics & LMT’s.I have been receiving calls nearly every week from Doctors, Doctors offices and Medical Directors askinghow they can work with LMTS and bill for their services. As most of you know, for years on end I havekept vigilant eyes and ears on massage related insurance and other health related issues. The pros andcons of working in physician’s offices, independently by referrals, in “clinic” settings where some massagetherapists are being USED or where they are knowingly involved in fraud and abuse.Workers’ Compensation Annual Educational Conference:John & I attended the 63rd Annual Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference in Orlando at theMarriott World Center. Debbie & Frank Ray (Debbie is my instructor for insurance billing and is fromPlant City, FL) were there for one day to the meetings and visit the exhibit hall. They enjoyed it immenselyand had hurting arms from carrying so many freebies given at the booths. They were sorry they missedthe Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery live from the Orlando Regional Hospital. These live surgeries arealways a highlight of the conferences. Maureen and her husband Joel enjoyed the opening ceremoniesand exhibits with us the year before! Check it out!Dates were August 22nd, 23rd and 24th 2011. It was interesting as always. In addition to many breakouts ofa variety of medical and legal subjects, I also attended the Work Comp Division Breakout on Wednesdayfor a variety of sessions. This was my 27th or 28th year to attend this great convention.ELECTRONIC BILLING: The most prominent piece of information here was that Electronic Billing isgoing to be a thing of the near future for all. I will keep all posted as to when it will be mandatory as it nowis in MN and TX.ICD-10 CODES: The other thing is that the ICD-10 CPT Coding is not mandatory until October 2013.ICD-10 Codes are the Diagnostic Codes used by physicians. When they are current I will notify of thosechanges that may pertain to our services. For those not familiar with this, the Diagnostic Code changesare to be more specific in the diagnoses by detailing the most intricate body region of the diagnosed area.EVIDENCE BASED MEDICAL SERVICES: Every year this is a big issue while all are still trying to sortout what it means, how it can be accomplished and so forth, there is still no solid guidelines that we needto be worried about, just be mindful of it and investigate all avenues of this as it pertains to our services.Last year I attended the Chiropractic Breakout on this subject. Bottom line, information I gleaned fromthat, is that each profession has to create their own guidelines as to what is “Evidence Based MassageTherapy” in our case. Who will tackle this?FL PIP FRAUD BILL/ LAW FIASCO:As always I have been keeping on top of issues such as the FL PIP bills, the health care environment andother such situations as they pertain to our profession I have a keen sense and intuitions of what canhappen if we do not take things serious and create rules or make changes ASAP.Relating to Insurance Fraud and LMT’sIn relation to massage therapists and insurance fraud issues, I have worked with attorneys as an expertwitness on a 3 major cases in the 14 months, presented 3 or 4 times to fraud investigators, FBI and 36

undercover agents, insurance adjusters and medical claims defense network. (MCDN). I presented to agroup at Geico Headquarters in Lakeland including the CEO Jeff Atwater from FL Insurance Division, theState Attorney and two assistants.I was fortunate to have been able to see the inside workings of what the real fraud issues are and howmassage therapists for the most part are being exploited. But this was all to no avail with legislativeefforts this year because Governor Scott and the Insurance Industry knew the direction they were goingto take which ultimately led to exclusion for massage therapists’ and acupuncturists’ ability to accept andbill for auto cases in FL.We were the fall guys, the guinea pigs so to speak. But we WILL come back!!Because Robin Smith Westcott had been appointed by Dept of Ins. CEO Jeff Atwater to head the PIPWork Groups last year, which I knew nothing about unfortunately, I asked for an appointment to share theLMT Side of the fraud and abuse in the PIP System. As I was heading to her office I received a call fromSenator Simmons office. He asked his office staff to have me stop by there to explain our side to thembecause he was “Very Interested, but he too was apparently under the thumbs of Gov. Scott and hisagenda to help insurance companies.Renee Scioville, LMT from FSMTA Dade Chapter, came all the way from Miami to be with me.Jonathan Walker at the suggestion of Scott Hartsfield also went with me to the meetings to share ourconcerns. Renee, Jonathan and my husband Jon were all outstanding in their assistance! We werewelcomed with open arms (literally, receiving hugs and pictures from both Robin Westcott and Diane),Senator Simmons Staff member before we left there.I wish I had been able to have had the time and finances to have stayed and arranged to meet everysingle Senator and House of Representative’s office staff to build rapport and camaraderie to let themknow REALLY WHY LMTs are TARGETED! We as a group from FSMTA all did this with the LAD in thepast, and we need to figure how to be doing this again in the future, even if we cannot provide hands onmassage therapy.LEGISLATIVE COMMUNICATIONS:I wrote every massage therapist I have email addresses for (FSMTA members or not) to ask them to doas we have all been faithfully doing, emailing, writing, faxing and calling Legislators. I had mailed a fewpriority letters, some certified and mostly emails along with Fraud, Abuse and OverutilizationPrevention Solution ideas for them to consider. These solutions would not have harmed us in anyway,but would have been able to put us in a better light with those fighting fraud as suggested by FraudInvestigators, etc. However all of this along with all the calls, emails, letters and petitions that werepresented to legislators went on deaf ears and blinded eyes. Only after the PIP Bill was passed did theywrite to rub it in that they got what they wanted! All other responses were canned and basically the samefrom all.FUTURE LEGISLATIVE EFFORTSWe do need to get the list from FSMTA Central Office and thank those legislators (in your districts) for allthey tried to do to help us to remain in the system and vote the others OUT! 37

MASSAGE MESSAGE MAGAZINE  Our state magazine is one of important connections for our members. We have some ofour top educators in our profession taking time out of their busy schedule to submit articles on aregular basis. These articles are informative to therapists and enhance skills and knowledge.We provide this magazine as a member benefit. Although we have no expectation of this beinga profit, our profit margin is at higher rate because of ads sold and accounts receivable that arecollected in a timely manner. This has been possible even with higher postage rates. Weencourage chapters to submit events in their area that are of special interest to be published. Massage Message is a magazine that keeps us connected to other therapists andchapters throughout the state. This is an important part of our association to keep everyoneinformed. Our magazine has come a long way and a thank you to the past chairs who haveadded their input. Enjoy reading and keep the articles coming!! I have truly enjoyed serving onthis chair and it is an honor to oversee production of our magazine.Respectfully submitted, Donna SmithMEMBERSHIP COMMITTEECommittee Chair: Leiah Carr, LMTCommittee Members: Elizabeth Killebrew, LMT Ron Stephens, LMT Scott Hartsfield, LMT Angel Orozco, LMT The membership committee was formed at the end of 2011. We began connecting withone another to share ideas and suggestions on methods to grow our membership. The FSMTAhas tremendous potential for membership growth across the State. We have licensed massagetherapists that are not familiar with the FSMTA. We also have massage therapy studentsgraduating on an ongoing basis which may not be aware of the benefits of membership. The Executive Board recently voted on and approved a new referral fee program for allmembers. Each member that refers a new member to join will receive a $15 credit with theFSMTA. These credits can be used towards membership renewal or on products purchasedthrough the FSMTA State Store. The Board decided to implement this program permanently, asopposed to a brief membership drive program of the same nature. The committee is researching additional options to propose to the Board for approval togrow our membership. Our strength is in our numbers, and each and every member can helpthe association grow by spreading the word about FSMTA to other LMT’s across the state. 38

PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSCommittee Chair: Joanna T. Godwin I have been the Professional Relations chair since the October 2011 board meeting. I so far havebeen fortunate enough to find sponsorships for both of the executive board meetings. During the January2012 board meeting Erik Dalton sponsored $1,500 plus donated an autographed copy of his book “TheDynamic Body”, as well as a discount on his products.Anna Rodriquez of The Florida Coalition against Human Trafficking was able to present at our January2012 board meeting, and will have a table during our 2012 convention. During the March 2012 Paul Hagen of Vacupractor sponsored $1,500 plus 3 Vacupractors whichwere won in a drawing, all board members were offered a 2 free CE course, our members were offered abig discount on the course and the product. Stephanie Beck presented us a complimentary Webinar on Facebook 101 at the March 2012board meeting; we’ve since then hired her to build all of our 19 chapter pages to create uniformitybetween the chapters within our association. Total cost $950 / $50 per chapter page. Donna Loader of Royal Support Services provided us with two Constant Contact training webinarsin April 2012.STATE SPORTS MASSAGE COMMITTEECommittee Chair: Teresa M. MatthewsI started this fiscal year July, 2011. Here is a quick review of what has been accomplished from Julythrough March 2012: First quarterly meeting in October 2011. Held a “Train the Trainers” class in Jan, 2012. Presented Chapters with pricing for the 4 hour Basic and Advanced classes at January quarterly. The sports instructors are: David Gonzalez, Bob Murray, Teo Nikolov, Michele Weisman, John Graham, Stacy Shidemantle, and myself, Teresa Matthews. Created a 2 hour Sports training for chapter meetings to encourage members to join the team. Created a 4 hour Advanced Sports Training for all instructors to teach the same material. Revised Basic Sports Manual & professionally printed. Annual Sports meeting at Convention June 30, 2012 sponsored by PHI & Bon Vital. Sports Trainings for: Tampa & Keys, Oct. 22, 2011, Brevard Dec. 2, 2011, Treasure Coast Dec. 10, 2011, Jax March 26, Orlando & Tampa March 31, 2012. First Advanced Training in Orlando, March 31, 2012! Generated $70 from Advanced Training for State Sports Budget. Ordered dri-fit shirts for sports team members. Relinquished William Muhlstadt from FSMTA Instructor status. Collected pictures from chapters for sports booth at convention. 39

I look forward to moving forward to provide our members around the state quality Sports Massageeducation. The members on the Sports Massage Team will promote public awareness of massagetherapy by having education and professionalism._____________________________________________________________________________STATE STORE ANNUAL REPORTCommittee Chair: Brian GeorgeWell, it’s been a year since I stepped into the position of Chair of the State Store. And what a year it hasbeen. At last year’s convention, we broke all daily sales of the previous years and were successful indepleting our long term inventory items. We have started a new line of ladies cut shirts; Men’s Polo’s andreleased the new and extremely popular Messenger Bags.So now we are increasing more of what worked last year and adding items such as; Name Tags, Travelcups and light weight jackets. Also we are introducing fundamentals such as a in booth credit cardprocessors and computer printed receipts in order to speed up the processing time and making it easierfor our members at the Vendor Hall. Central Office and I are also working on making it easier, for ourmembers that can not make to convention, to purchase online through our website.I am certain that as time goes on that together we can make the state store just get better and better.Thank you for your support and thought throughout last year and I look forward to working with you all theupcoming year.Namaste, Brian George_________________________________________________________________________SUCCESSFUL START COMMITTEE REPORTThe Successful start program was held June 22, 2011 at the Renaissance Orlando Wave of Possibilitiesconvention.SSP Committee: Lynda Solien-Wolfe-Chair, Mike McGillicuddy, Maureen Gilbert and Marion Padgett2011 Successful Start Program Sponsored by the Florida State Massage Therapy Association,Performance Health Inc. and Massage WarehouseThe FSMTA office reached out to all the member and non-member schools and students were required topre-register for this event. The program was sponsored by the FSMTA, Massage ware house andPerformance health. Over 300 students attended this event. Students and LMT practicing for 2 years orless were eligible to attend this special program at no charge.Bob Poirier was once again the MC for the program. Joanna Goodwin was new to the program this year.Lot of special prizes were donated by the FSMTA, Massage warehouse and Performance Health tomake the event special. 18 new members signed up at the event and a special package was raffled justfrom the group.President Ralph Russ played the prize referee and all speakers were asking questions after eachpresentation. 40

A write up was written by the Committee chair on this event for the Massage message.Photos were taken my Paula Panikowski of the Brevard Chapter.This program has become a highlight at convention and planning takes plans all year to make this a greatevent. Thank you to all that played a part in the success of this event and the future of our profession withfostering the growth of our students and future members of the FSMTA.Lynda Solien-Wolfe LMT, NCTMBSuccessful Start Committee chairmanFSMTA Member since 1993The following speakers were part of the program Master of Ceremonies → Bob Poirier, VP of Operations for Performance Health Ralph V. Russ, LMT, FSMTA President → Association Involvement Lynn Hupp, FSMTA Executive Director → Association Benefits Karen Ford, LMT, Chair, BOMT → Good Therapists Can Get In Trouble Jay Edinger, CPA → Taxes and the Massage Therapist Heather Zdan, VP Marketing Scrip Companies → Marketing Tips for Massage Therapists Lynda Solien-Wolfe, LMT → Retailing and Massage Therapy Michael McGillicuddy, LMT → Self Care & Wellness for The MT Maureen Gilbert, LMT - Out-Calls & Safety with Angie Patrick, Massage Warehouse David Kent, LMT → Tips On Setting Up Your Office Joanna Godwin, LMT → Grow Your Practice with Community Outreach Angie Patrick, Massage Warehouse → Massage Therapy Research - A Story of Love 41

FSMTA ASSOCIATION SERVICES, INC.April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012  Comprehensive Coverage for your Massage Practice Joining the FSMTA gives the FSMTA member exclusive access to reduced rates on comprehensive coverage for their massage practice, including professional and premises liability insurance, general liability insurance and property coverage.  This specially designed coverage program is available to FSMTA members only and includes coverage required by Florida for massage establishments. Coverage Highlights: Comprehensive Member Policy        Optional Coverage Enhancements    Professional Liability Coverage for:        Special Coverage:  Massage Therapy               Skin Care                  Movement Therapy               Nutritional Specialists  Energy Therapy               Colon Hydro‐Therapists                      Spa Therapy                 Personal Trainers                         Hot Stone Massage    Premises Liability Coverage:          General Liability Coverage:        Bodily Injury                 Personal & Advertising Injury        Property Damage               Medical Expense Reimbursement    Limits of Liability:            Business Personal Property for:         $1,000,000/$1,000,000             Equipment         $1,000,000/$3,000,000            Supplies  History of the FSMTA Malpractice Insurance Program        FSMTA is the only state massage association in the country offering a malpractice insurance program for its members.  Unlike national groups, FSMTA is able to customize its coverage program to meet the unique needs of Florida massage  therapists.  Since the program’s inception in 1997, FSMTA has worked tirelessly to ensure our coverage is responsive to  the evolving needs of our members. The coverage program we offer today is the result of that initiative – the broadest  choice of professional coverage options available anywhere, at a price affordable for everyone. The Insurance Company:        The FSMTA has the most established program for massage insurance in the nation. The FSMTA professional liability  coverage program is underwritten through Allied Professionals Insurance Company, a Risk Retention Group, Inc.‐‐‐the  nation’s largest alternative health Risk Retention Group.  Allied’s programs have been serving alternative healthcare since  1986, and the program is rated A‐ (Excellent) by AM Best and A Prime (Unsurpassed) by Demotech.  All coverage is  reinsured through Lloyd’s of London, the world’s oldest and most prestigious insurance underwriter.  Lloyd’s is also the  underwriter for the FSMTA’s optional property coverage. School, Faculty and Student Coverage        Whether you are a school owner, faculty member or a student attending massage school, FSMTA has a program that will  work for you.  Total Revenue Generated        The FSMTA Professional Liability Insurance program has been financially productive. Ron Stephens, Sr., MBA, LMT Professional Liability Insurance Program   42

FSMTA Association Services, Inc. $ 16,556 Balance Sheet - Modified Cash Basis 398 March 31, 2012 16,954 ASSETS $ 16,954Current Assets $ 4,000 Cash 4,000 Prepaid income taxes 4,000 Total Current Assets -TOTAL ASSETS 12,954 12,954 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY $ 16,954Current Liabilities Due Affiliate $ 331,445 331,445 Total Current Liabilities Total Liabilities 250,395Stockholders' Equity 80,752 Common stock, $0 par value, 100 shares authorized, issued and outstanding 331,147 Retained earnings 298 Total Stockholders' Equity 45TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Deficit) $ 253 FSMTA Association Services, Inc. Statement of Operations - Modified Cash Basis For the Year Ended March 31, 2012Revenue Insurance Revenue Total RevenueCosts and Expenses Costs of insurance revenue Selling, general and administrative expenses Total Costs and Expenses Net income before income tax Income tax Net income

Florida State Massage Therapy Association, Inc. Statements of Financial Position - Modified Cash Basis March 31, 2012 and 2011 ASSETS 2012 2011Current Assets 259,181 169,362Regular Checking $ 204,256 $ 261,606Chapter Cash 174,137 3,513 -Money Market Account 163,695 10,982Merchandise Inventory - 704,645Due from Subsidiary 4,000Prepaid Expenses 21,371Total Current Assets 567,459Property Plant and Equipment 271,996 41,490Furniture and Equipment (41,380) (40,491)Less Accumulated DepreciationTotal Property and Equipment 230,616 998Total Assets $ 798,075 $ 705,643 LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETSLiabilitiesDeferred dues $ 57,642 $ 51,231Mortgage Paayble 125,000 -Convention deposits 74,316 92,224Total Liabilities 256,958 143,455Net AssetsUnrestricted Net Assets 541,117 562,188Total Net Assets 541,117 562,188Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 798,075 $ 705,643Statements of Activities and Changes in Net Assets - Modified Cash Basis For the Years Ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 2012 2011UNRESTRICTED REVENUES $ 215,000 $ 203,725ConventionLegislative Contributions 2,232 3,932Membership Dues 479,940 506,778Merchandise Sales 4,061 1,859Newsletter Sponsorships 45,682 65,839Meetings and Seminars Receipts 18,603 22,734Other Income 101,284 105,948Total Revenues 866,802 910,715EXPENSESManagement and General 161,412 150,662Program Services 726,463 673,497Total Expenses 887,875 824,160Change in Unrestricted Assets (21,074) 86,555Net Assets - Beginning of Period 562,190 475,632Net Assets - End of Period $ 541,117 $ 562,188

FSMTA 2011 AWARD WINNERS LIST STATE AWARDS:State LMT of the Year: Iris BurmanOutstanding State Service: Mark Bigelow, Vivian Mahoney and Patricia RogersState Sports LMT of the Year: Michelle WeissmanState Sports Team of the Year:` Sarasota/Manatee ChapterCHAPTER AWARDS:Chapter LMT Service Sports Alaine SolburgBig Bend Jonathan Walker Paula Panikoski Robert Meyer Robert Poulin Noreen MonticeuxBrevard Jeffery Chiapperino Debbie Kirsch Monica Weinhold Savannah PipkinsBroward Nanci Kersch Terry Brightwell Joel Fears Joey MadridCentral FL Mary Siegel Gregory Neely Leonora StullkenDade Renee Scioville Cathy Mook Brain Smith Dale Alexander Wendy BallaschEmerald Coast Mary Koontz Michael Hill Susan JensenFirst Coast Joan Poates Eddie Hooper II Judy JohnsonFlagler/Vol Betsy Morrison Melissa WaltersGulf Coast Mary Kennedy Molly RehyanskyHeart of FL Maria SanchezKeys Kristi MitchellN Central FL Bruce GonsethPalm BeachSarasota/Manatee Patricia RogersSouthwest Terry LowderSugar Dunes Sandra AtkinsonSwannee ValleyTampa Bay Joyce PrahaskyTreasure Coast Bob Murray 45