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AMTA Oregon Chapter Headline News
February 25th Annual
Meeting Summary
Bigger and Better than Ever!
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The 2006 version of the AMTA-OR Annual
Meeting was bigger and better than ever before.
Despite the usual unforeseen issues that arise at
any large event (one room was too cold, another
was too hot), the educational opportunities and
trade show were well received. Jon Hart taught to
a room stuffed to the ceiling with massage therapists;
Jessie Delozier provided a roomful of therapists
with plenty of information on insurance billing;
and others attended a panel discussion on
business success led by John Combe, Ted Adams,
and Diane Foster. MERT chair Leslie Giese also
provided four hours of training for those interested
in Medical Emergency Response massage
for disaster relief efforts.
The chapter also conducted elections for President,
2nd Vice President, and Treasurer. John
Combe was elected President, Jennifer Casey
was elected to the 2nd Vice President position,
and Brandi Walton was re-elected as Treasurer.
Delegates for the 2007 National Convention in
Cincinnati, Ohio are Mike Blackmore, Lisa Van
Alstine and Ted Adams, with Melinda Patterson,
Bethe Mack, Richard Ribar and Sara
Marvin as Alternates.
(See Annual Meeting Summary… continued on page 4)
Welcome
New AMTA-OR Members
— by Katie Martin, LMT #8312, Membership Chair
On behalf of the Membership Committee I want
to welcome the following New Members to
AMTA-OR:
January
New Professional Members: 6 total
Carlin Evans, Nita R. Heikell, Yti Reina Hettema,
Stephanie M. Laiteinen, Sarrah E. Meckel, Sheryl
Tilton
New Associate Members: 14 total
Debbie Barry, James Canfield, Crystal Chase,
Jonathan Denton, Rebecca Ellis, Ruth Ford, Alisa
Farlington, Brian Monger, Rebecca Nixon,
Melissa Orchard, Kevin Poston, Barbara Richard,
Brenda Stebbeds, Danell Sundstrom
February
New Professional Members: 6 total
Alfred Buehler, Jennifer Carroll, Evelyn Crist,
Robert Levin, Amanda Maier, Joshua Richardson
New Associate Members: 4 total
Lucas Bjornstedt, Lesley DeKoker, Stephanie
Letson, Sheryl Remillard
Also in this issue
Page 4
Important Message from
AMTA Nat’l Headquarters
Page 6
CVOP Announcement

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residential
Notes
by Nathan Nordstrom, LMT #7700
AMTA-OR President
I would like to say “Thank You” for the opportunity to
serve as your new AMTA-OR President for the next two
years. I am very excited to be involved in a growing and
dynamic Chapter.
With over 1150 members, we—the AMTA-OR Board of
Directors—need more members actively lending a hand. I
would like to invite any and all of you to Oregon’s 2006
Chapter Volunteer Orientation Program (CVOP) Saturday,
April 8, from noon to 3 p.m. More information is included
elsewhere in this newsletter. At CVOP we’ll be getting
members plugged into committees they would like to help
on.
I also want to say that the 2006 Annual Meeting, held Saturday,
February 25, boasted the LARGEST attendance for
an Annual Meeting to date. Thank you, Mike Blackmore,
for being the Chair of this event, and to all the members
who helped out. I would like to welcome the other newly
elected officers: Jennifer Casey, 2nd Vice President; and
Brandi Walton, Treasurer. Welcome also to Katie Martin
as AMTA-OR’s new Membership Chair.
After a very fun and full weekend at the Board Retreat,
March 10-12, I can say that this board seems dedicated to
serving its members! Please remember that if you have any
questions or concerns, please call or email any one of us.
AMTA Oregon News – 2
New Officers Introduced
Following elections on February 25, 2006
John Combe, LMT, NCTMB #7492
AMTA-OR President
AMTA House of Delegates Operations Committee
I would like to introduce myself as your new AMTA-OR
President. The last two years have been full of fun and challenges
as AMTA-OR 2nd Vice President. I have served as
Membership Chair for the last four years and have had a great
time getting to talk with all of the members. Serving as a
Delegate for the last two years, I was elected to the sixmember
House of Delegates Operations Committee. I have
been a Professional Member the last seven years, in which a
lot has change in the profession at both State and National
levels.
I am also involved with the Oregon Board of Massage Therapists
(OBMT), serving on two committees and helping with
the exam process.
I am the founder of Combe’s Wellness Center. I have specialized
in clinical massage the last seven years, working with
Naturopathic, Chiropractic and Medical doctors. In 2004, I cofounded
the Advanced Sports Therapy Institute. Most recently
I was named 2005 Oregon LMT of the Year.
In my spare time I am a very active runner and cyclist. I also
enjoy spending time with all of my nieces and nephews.
Again, thank you for allowing me to serve you!
Dr. Jennifer J. Casey, LMT #8183
2nd Vice President
AMTA-OR CORVALLIS UNIT
AMTA-OR’s Corvallis Member Unit will meet
Tuesday, April 3, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Osborne
Aquatic Center, 1940 NW Highland Drive
in Corvallis.
The gathering of AMTA members will view a
video on Thai massage and follow with discussion.
For more information call Jessica King,
541/231-7416, or Jenni Malm 541/752-1683. All
interested AMTA members are invited to attend.
I have been a massage therapist for over 20 years and specialize
in medical and rehabilitative massage in my private practice
in Lake Oswego, Oregon. I have taught at all three of the
major massage schools in the greater Portland area over the
past seven years, from Salem to Portland to Vancouver. I presently
teach Deep Tissue and Therapeutic Massage at the Oregon
School of Massage.
I hold a degree as a naturopathic doctor as well as a master's
degree in psychology. I was a member of the National College
of Naturopathic Medicine Board of Trustees for three years,
chairing several committees during that time. I am a member
of the Lake Oswego Chamber of Commerce.
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Community as Your Resource:
Vital for Our Profession
— by Ursula Popp, L.Ac., VCST, RC
Resources are the helpers that we draw upon, particularly in
times of stress. They are proven coping mechanisms that we
discover throughout our life. We use them consciously or unconsciously
to deal with demanding situations that pull us
away from our centered, confident sense of self. Resources are
support systems that allow us to expand our comfort zone by
venturing out into unknown territories. While our resources
change as our lives change, it is important to recognize what
resources we have, and how we can access them. And if we
don’t have them, it is vital that we develop them. In this article,
I would like to speak to one specific resource: community.
Bodyworkers and Massage Therapists do important and powerful
work. We receive our clients with open ears and open
hearts. We listen to their bodies, their words, and hear their
pain and discomfort. We use all our talents and skills and the
power of our undivided presence to ease their pain, to hold a
space in which they find a way back to health, and to themselves.
This is demanding, professionally and personally. Yet,
we often work alone in our private practices, with no one to
talk to about our work. We often believe that we can’t share
the stresses we experience through our work with clients because
of confidentiality reasons. We often refrain from talking
about our professional live with anyone, refrain from sharing
the insecurities we feel about our abilities or the worries we
have around the fluctuation of our client loads and business
income. We do not communicate our deep concerns around
clients and our inability to fulfill their demands of being made
better. Yet, these issues have proven to be the main sources of
the burnout commonly experienced amongst massage therapists
and other health care professionals. I propose that in order
to stay healthy, energetic and lively in this profession, we
need community.
We need a community of people that work in a similar profession
and face similar problems. We need to talk to each other
regularly. We need to express our fears and loneliness in our
practices. We need to talk about the one client that drives us
crazy, because she presses every single button we have, the
one that we don’t want to ever see ever again, and that still
keeps coming religiously every single week. We need to talk
about this other client that we want so desperately to get better,
and that we can’t seem to help. This same community that
is willing to share their and our professional despair, also
needs to help us remember who we truly are: caring, compassionate,
warmhearted healers. It proves to be of great value to
have access to peers that affirm us, support us and believe in
us as healers. Yes, it is wonderful when our clients get better,
when they praise us for our skills, but we cannot sustain our
self worth through that. If we relied on their praises, we would
be crushed when they did not appreciate us. We need other
professionals for maintaining our sense of professional self
worth and helping us to keep doing what we are doing. We
need this community when we want to grow, expand and explore
new territory, professionally and personally. We need a
community that believes in us, that helps us figure out exactly
what we are seeking in our lives, and where we are heading,
that cheers us on and helps us celebrate when we have accomplished
something challenging. Sometimes we need to draw
on the skills of more experienced professionals. The work
with these professionals with whom we discuss any aspect of
our professional life is called supervision, and is not therapy.
We also need peers for mutual support.
I invite you to take inventory for yourself: what community do
you have available? Who can you call or talk to when things
are hard in your practice? Who helps you sustain your identity
as a healer? And who cheers you on when you explore new,
challenging areas? Once you’ve completed your inventory,
make at least two phone calls. Either thank the people for their
valuable presence in your life, thereby reinforcing the connection
you have. Tell them that you will continue to support
them, too. Or, initiate such a connection with a peer or supportive
professional. Do this for yourself, do it for the profession,
and do it for the people you call. Do it for your clients who
will benefit from the strength you gain by having a supported
life.
— Editor’s Note: Remember, AMTA is YOUR community!
Chapter Reports
Treasurer’s Report
Submitted by Brandi Walton, LMT #3218
Balances as of February 24, 2006:
Washington Mutual Checking: $34,042.17
VanKampen Investments Total: $14,888.25

AMTA Oregon News – 4
Annual Meeting Summary…
(Continued from front page)
Other News from the Annual Meeting: The 2006 budget
was passed, and our new Lobbyist Cindy Robert spoke to the
membership. Certificates of Appreciation were presented to
Brandi Walton, Nathan Nordstrom, Glenath Moyle and
Ted Adams, who spent the past year volunteering on committees
and projects. John Combe was given the LMT of the
Year award for his continued efforts as AMTA-OR Membership
Chair, as well as serving as 2nd Vice President and working
continuously for the benefit of AMTA at the chapter and
national levels.
Attendance at this year's event was up tremendously over the
past few years. Fifty-six professional members, along with
student and associate members, and many non-member therapists
who attended, made the event the largest yet. Close to
120 attendees and 9 vendors made this a great event for learning
and networking. The chapter board thanks all of the vendors
and companies who provided items to the raffle. We look
forward to another great annual meeting in 2007 at the
Crowne Plaza in Lake Oswego.
— by Leslie Giese, LMT #5975
MERT Oregon Chapter Rep
A MERT training was held at the AMTA-OR Annual Meeting
this year and we now have seven new people interested in rebuilding
our team in earnest. Additionally, we have a training
scheduled for May 21 in the Tillamook area to get a group
started there.
Two or three teams along the I-5 corridor, one to two teams in
the eastern area, and one to two teams in the mid and southern
coast are our goals. If you are interested in becoming part
of the Massage Emergency Response Team, please email me
at bodybunch@msn.com, or call me at 503/736-0144. I would
like to come and conduct a training in your area.
The training is really a way for us to all start out on the same
foot, so no matter what your background, when we come together
to work as a team we know what is expected of us. It
has taken a few years to get really started again, but it is happening
and we are ready to roll.
Important Message from
AMTA Nat’l Headquarters on
Email & Phone Scams
Dear AMTA Member,
The AMTA National Office has received several calls from
members about a telephone solicitation they received for a
study on sneezing or “sneezing to lose weight.” We want all
members to know that AMTA is not involved with any such
research and that we believe someone is fraudulently using
AMTA’s name for illegal purposes.
Callers have stated that they are affiliated with AMTA and
that they want to involve AMTA members in their study.
They claim massage therapists will be paid for their participation
and for the participation of their clients. Some AMTA
members were told that AMTA would be sending them a
check. None of this is true.
It is unclear how the callers are getting the names and telephone
numbers of members. It does not appear to be through
AMTA’s Find a Massage Therapist national locator service,
as not all of the members who have been called are listed in
the service.
AMTA is continuing its investigation of these phone calls and
will take legal action if we can find who is doing it. If you
receive one of these telephone calls, please do not make any
commitments and do not provide any personal information
(such as your social security number).
Unfortunately, there are many unscrupulous people attempting
to find ways to prey on others. We encourage you to always
be cautious in responding to such unsolicited phone calls and
in responding to unsolicited emails.
AMTA Member Services Department
— To respond to this message, you can email
info@amtamassage.org or call Member Services toll-free at
877-905-2700.
(541) 937•2611
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Dear AMTA Member,
We would like you to know that several spam emails
have been sent recently to AMTA members listing
AMTA in the subject line or stating that the sender
knows the recipient is a massage therapist. None of
these people have permission to use AMTA’s name
and AMTA did not provide your email address to
them. AMTA does not give or rent member email
addresses to anyone.
People who send these emails have become very sophisticated
in the way they acquire email addresses. It
(See Scams… continued on page 5)

AMTA Oregon News – 5
Scams…
(Continued from page 4)
is similar to identity theft. They attach programs to email lists
and to computers, which they then use to steal information.
There is no way for you or AMTA to know where these people
found your email address. It could have been from anywhere.
AMTA encourages you to be careful opening emails from
email addresses you don’t recognize. You can be sure that
AMTA will not give your email address to anyone.
One email in particular has been sent to many massage therapists
with the subject line “American Massage Therapy Association
Announcement: Investment Opportunity Once In A
Lifetime,” asking for people to invest in Iraq. AMTA has filed
a complaint through the Federal Trade Commission. If you
have received these emails, we encourage you to file a complaint
at http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/consumer.htm. Just click on
“File a Complaint” to fill out the form, or forward the email
you received to spam@uce.gov.
You can also access the E-commerce and Internet Section of
the FTC web site for helpful info on internet fraud/scams, or
go to http://www.ftc.gov/spam/ for more specific spam info.
Communications Department
AMTA National Office
Helpful Email Tip: When you are skeptical about the
contents of an email, whether it be an announcement on
the latest offer from Microsoft, a request to send a card to
some individual fighting cancer, a computer virus warning,
or even a petition, check it out first before responding.
Visit www.snopes.com or www.urbanlegends.about.com.
Know your stuff!
AMTA-OR Board Retreat 2006
The 2006-07 AMTA-OR Board of Directors visited the Mt.
Hood area March 10-12, to meet, plan and discuss what they
hope to accomplish during this next year. New Chapter President
John Combe led the gathering. Over the weekend, committee
liaisons and chairs were assigned, including Education,
Government Relations, Membership, Website, Newsletter,
MERT, Budget, and others.
New to the board this year is Dr. Jennifer Casey, as 2nd Vice
President. Re-elected as Treasurer is Brandi Walton. Rounding
out the board are 1st Vice President Mike Blackmore, 3rd
Vice President Leslie
Giese, and Secretary
Michael Dukart. New as
Membership Chair is
Katie Martin.
Time was spent on
planning for the 2006
AMTA National Convention
in Atlanta,
Georgia, and the 2007
AMTA-OR Annual Meeting next February, as well as a variety
of committee work. In 2005 the board held its retreat at the
same location as this year. Last year they had temps in the
70s, this year they had snow all weekend.
2006 AMTA-OR Board Retreat
L-R: 1st VP Mike Blackmore; 3rd VP Leslie Giese; 2nd VP
Jennifer Casey; President John Combe; Treasurer Brandi
Walton; Secretary Michael Dukart.
The 2006 AMTA-WA Chapter Convention heads to
the shores of Washington State! From the keynote
address to the closing circle, this convention is designed
to motivate and inspire you in your life’s work.
For complete details, and to register, go to
www.amta-wa.org. Or call
425-487-1031 to request a brochure by mail.

CALLING ALL MEMBERS!!
Grow As A Professional
By Contributing
Your Time & Energy
To
AMTA-OR
Mark Your Planners For AMTA-OR’s 2006
Chapter Volunteer Orientation Program (CVOP)
Saturday, April 8
12-3pm
at the
Crowne Plaza
14811 Kruse Oaks Drive
Lake Oswego, OR 97035
The AMTA-OR Board of Directors is seeking volunteers for committee
work, including Education, Government Relations, Newsletter, National
Massage Therapy Awareness Week, Website, and others. Please join us!!
FREE LUNCH!
For DIRECTIONS Call (503) 624-8400

13 Hours of Continuing Education
*Lunch is served from
12:00pm to 1:00pm
(included in your registration)
and Board meetings precede
lunch from 10:00am to
12:00pm (anyone may attend
at no charge).
For those
who knead
to know
2006 Schedule
June 10
Ethics (Instructor TBA)
Location: East West College of Healing
3-Hour CE from 1:00 to 4:00pm*
Members: $45 Nonmembers: $60
August 12
Arthritic Pain Relief
with Dr. Minga Guerrero
Location: Western States Chiropractic & Massage
3-Hour CE from 1:00 to 4:00pm*
Members: $45 Nonmembers: $60
October 21
Cancer & Massage (Instructor TBA)
Location: Ashmead College, Portland
4-Hour CE from 1:00 to 5:00pm*
Members: $60 Nonmembers: $80
December 9
Russian Massage
with Margo Bowman, LMT
Location: TBA
3-Hour CE from 1:00 to 4:00pm*
Members: $45 Nonmembers: $60
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date(s) you wish to attend:
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Amount Enclosed: $____________
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Please list your choice of workshops to the left
and mail this form and non-refundable fees to:
AMTA-OR, PO Box 2142, Lake Oswego, OR 97035-0645
For more info contact: Nathan Nordstrom, 503/706-2480

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As massage therapists, we are skilled in communicating through
our hands. As editor, I know that many of our members are also
skilled in communicating through words. You may respond to
any article in this newsletter (please specify the article by title,
author and issue printed), or you may discuss new topics of your
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