I finally get it. I attended a class at a new school. The atmosphere was very different. Before the courses I took were designed to be enabling and catered...
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. -Groucho Marx Politics n. ......
Be careful to not get sucked into amending. You are not there to amend but to oppose. There is no need for licensure. Arnold might be of help. Barbara ...
Here's a Massage Politics Sheet Update One Way or the Other, Its Time to Voice an Opinion on AB 1388 Both the ABMP and the AMTA have sent out information to...
What are you doing for NMTAW? It starts on Sunday the 19th. This link, http://www.amtamassage.org/news/index.htm will take you to the AMTA website to find...
On the whole, history tends to be rather poor fiction -- except at its best. --Gore Vidal AMTA is celebrating an anniversary, a 'Diamond Jubilee', in Richmond...
... Thanks Frannie. I'm happy to know that someone's out their reading and using the opportunity to help shape the future of massage in California. ...Keith --...
I posted a new update to the Massage Politics Sheet tonight. Here's the short summaries and links to tonight's and several other recent entries. Just in case...
There's an important Massage Politics Sheet update tonight for those in California. ... Will AB 1388 limit your scope of practice to wellness and palliative...
Keith, ... The California Business and Professions Code section 2500 sets the guidelines for holistic, complementary and alternative medicine. The public ...
Keith, David Burmeister with Jin Shin Jyutsu, Inc. told me about 15 years ago, when you hear protect and preserve it really means restrict and limit. I was...
Amen Carl! Never amend. Oppose a law that has no proof of need, no matter the hype. Barbara __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your...
Barbara, I see this effort as a way to stamp out bodywork by folding it into the scope of massage. Today bodywork offers people treatments that are not ...
Please forward to folk that may be interested. Personal note to clients: For what it is worth, over 90% of the people, including you, would not know me if...
(1) As much as I would like to engage in a discussion with AMTA prolicensing forces, I cannot. Those bent on licensing are just that and immovable. The ...
The current AB 1388 is proposing a two tier system the second (highest) tier proposes 500 hours to meet other state requirements. I know that 500 hours will...
Growing an organization! Now that the AMTA has come fully out of the closet and is driving toward state licensing, I can resist and rest while gearing up to...
Several important updates are up this morning on the Massage Politics Sheet http://www.ramblemuse.com/blogger/index.html#031114 ... ABMP Creates a Valuable...
Keep track of the names of the educators and school owners. This is what makes the difference between the public, practitioners and those who profit. Point it...
5 commitments is the beginning of a gathering. Feel free to forward this to Bay Area colleagues and friends and feel free to invite colleagues and friends to...
... hey don't invoke our system to justify what you do. Yes we have some separation between massage therapists and massage parlours, but people still get us...
... And that is exactly what I am trying to do. It should be clear like it is in Canada, RMT massage vs licensed "adult" body rubs. Very clear distinction....
In response to asking for suggestions as to where to meet, Jthands wrote, "I don't remember the name of the place but it was on the same street and we sat in...
massage bill meetingThis bill http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=ab_1388&sess=CUR&hou se=B&author=kehoe deals with proposed massage...
Being a pacifist does NOT mean being passive. ... Politics is war without guns. -Mao The Rub is dead. Long live The Rubber.. [THE_RUBBER] Please get involved,...
Hello fellow listmembers, I am Michael Wolfes, LMT, CRP and have just joined and been approved membership in this listgroup which adds to my participation in...
