11th District Newsletter
WINTER/SPRING 2019
Alaska. Idaho. Oregon. Montana. Washington.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
A MESSAGE FROM YOUR REGENT IDAHO NEWS
AWARDS AND ELECTIONS
MONTANA NEWS
WASHIHNGTO NEWS
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Hello 11th District Fellows, I have some good news and relevant updates from our Board of Regents meeting last spring in Portland,
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Maine to share with you. The Board of Regents created, a couple of years ago, through a by-laws change, the Advertising Committee and the Membership Committee. Both of these committees have been very active in their infancy. The Membership Committee, under the leadership of Dr. Gerald Karr of Tennessee has developed an extensive plan of operations regarding membership and fellowship which will soon be developed into an online manual for all of us to use to help us identify, propose, and assist new Fellows throughout their association with ICD. Included in this plan are new tools (read job descrip-
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tions) to assist District officers in fulfilling their responsibilities for ICD. The Advertising Committee is exploring opportunities to partner with corporate/business/individual sponsors and advertisers to provide more resources for our programs and to offset some of the costs of providing for a first-class convocation experience for our newly inducted Fellows. If you should have any leads or would like us to contact someone, please let me know. I would also invite you to
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go online and explore the many programs and ways in which you can participate and serve. In addition to the above, we tried to distill what makes us, us. Once broken down to its essential element, what we came up with was simply “Serving Others”. We felt this really says it all with regard to what we all do as Fellows of the ICD. This will
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Honor” and take a few minutes to give them the same opportunity that someone gave you. New members are our lifeblood! 7
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For your information, on the last page I have included the Action Plan that governs all of the decisions at the Board level. In closing, I would like to take this opportunity to let you all know that being the Regent for the 11th District has really been a
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now go on to the College-at-Large and hopefully will be included in the ICD branding efforts that are currently underway. As you are processing this new phrase, I would like you to remember to be on the lookout for deserving members of our profession out there in your communities and within your spheres of influence that would make outstanding Fellows. “Share the
wonderful experience. All of you have made this very rewarding. Our Vice Regent, Dr. Tom Pollard and our Deputy Regents, Drs. Phyllis Pendergrast - AK, John Kriz – ID, John Smith – MT, David Dowsett – OR, and Mary Krempasky Smith – WA and their counselors continue to do an exemplary job of helping you all find and propose outstanding candidates year in 8
and year out. Our Editor, Mrs. Sharen Grubb, does an amazing job of gathering and collating information from all of us and putting it all together in this publication. If you ever get the chance, please thank all of these folks for their hard work and dedication to making this a great District and organization.
In Fellowship, SEND YOUR NEWS AND PICTURES TO THE DISTRICT 11 NEWSLETTER EDITOR: SHAREN GRUBB SHAREN@NWI.NET
David E. Houten, DDS, FICD
David Houten, Regent District 11, ICD-USA Contact info: email – dehdds8@msn.com, phone – (360) 577-3625 (office) and (360) 431-3845 (cell). If you call my cell, please leave a message and I will call you back.