SANPPAA
Dear Colleague,
Thank you for your interest in the Sacramento Nurse Practitioner Physician Assistant Association (SANPPAA). In 2008-2009, SANPPAA enjoyed an active continuing education calendar year. In addition to monthly dinner meetings and updates regarding legislation and practice, many SANPPAA members actively participated in lobbying their local Senator and Congressmen at the capitol on Lobby Day. SANPPAA continued the publication of our chapter newsletter, and supported the California Association of Nurse Practitioners (CANP) and the California Academy of Physician Assistants (CAPA) with donations for government relations.
Welcome! We invite you to join your local professional organization today and make SANPPAA one of your practice partners. Membership extends from July 1st to June 30th of the following year. This membership coincides with the CANP membership. If you are already a member, it's time to renew. As a SANPPAA member you will receive:
In order to cover the costs of running our chapter, SANPPAA charges an annual fee of $50.00 to its members. For NP members, you only pay one set of dues to CANP. The $50 SANPPAA dues are included in the amount you pay for that membership. PA members pay $50 for annual dues as well; however, this is in addition to the annual dues you pay to CAPA. SANPPAA dues are not included in your CAPA membership. Your membership fee will support annual contributions to CANP and CAPA to support legislation to promote NP/PA practice, NP/PA scholarships, and holiday donations to local charities.
This year's educational dinners will cover a wide variety of topics and occur in different locations throughout our region. In return for the increase in dues, we will be decreasing the amounts per dinner meeting to $5 for members, $40 for nonmembers,and free for student members. Students are expected to join their state organization to continue participating in free monthly dinners. This fee is used to provide financial support to CANP and CAPA, scholarship for a NP or PA student to attend the annual conference of their state organization, to subsidize costs for state representative meetings, and to fund SANPPAA administrative costs.
Our chapter is committed to supporting students, and each year we give a scholarship to a NP or PA student to attend the annual conference of their state organization, as well as pay dues for a 1 year membership to their state organization.
Our SANPPAA bylaws have required this for some time; however, this policy had not been enforced. If you are not a current member of CANP or CAPA we encourage you to join now. CAPA has a quarterly payment program. These programs alleviate the burden of having to come up with a yearly payment. You can either join or renew your statewide membership using the payment plan that best suits you by contacting CANP or CAPA at their web sites:
If you are interested in being involved with the NP/PA student scholarships, have ideas or sponsors for our educational dinners, or would like to join the board, we welcome your involvement.
We welcome your membership and support for your professional organization. We encourage your attendance at educational dinners. They provide a FUN, dynamic networking opportunity for the attendees. Remember, our memberships in CANP/CAPA and SANPPAA are very important in helping to advance our practice.
For your convenience, we have provided a member profile form for you to complete and include with your annual fee. If you have any membership questions, please contact Alisa Dieterich, NP, Membership Chair at 'sanppaa@sanppaa.org'. If you have any other questions, please contact Devin Harris, NP, President at 'sanppaa@sanppaa.org'. We look forward to your membership helping to make this another great year!
Sincerely,
Your SANPPAA Board of Directors:
General Membership - $50/year
Full members are NPs and PAs who subscribe to the goals, purposes and objectives of SANPPAA, are members of their statewide organization (CANP or CAPA), and have paid required annual dues. Membership is established through presentation of a current professional license and current membership in the statewide professional organization. There is a minimal fee of $5 per dinner meeting.
Student Membership - $20/yr
NP/PA students are also entitled to membership and must maintain student membership in their statewide organization. Students are expected to join their state organization to continue participating in free monthly dinners.
Good Standing
Any member who shall be in arrears in payment of dues more than sixty days after the due date shall not be in good standing and shall not be entitled to a vote as a member or enjoy an other benefit of membership. Good standing may be reinstated by the payment of the current annual dues.
Voting Eligibility
Each member in good standing is eligible to vote.