AMTA Assembly of Delegates
2024 Business Meeting
September 11, 2024 | Tampa, FL
Position Statements, developed through the AMTA’s Assembly of Delegates, are the cornerstone professional beliefs of the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) as decided by the membership population of over 100,000 professional massage therapists.
Each year the members are encouraged to formally submit a Proposed Idea for Position Statement (PIPS) and Discussion Topic Proposal (DTP) for the Assembly of Delegates to discuss and on which to possibly take action during their Annual Meeting.
- Position Statements (PIPS) that complete the approval process may say something about Massage Therapy: how it can/may assist in healthcare-positive results with special populations or medical conditions – all claims are thoroughly-researched and -studied, created by members with the most-current, scientific data. Position Statements, by Majority or Quorum Vote, may move forward to be considered for thorough vetting and final Approval by the AMTA’s National Board of Directors for publication, to the public, stakeholders, and allied professions, as a belief of the AMTA. Annually, since 2006, Member-approved Position Statements have become the beliefs of the leading, non-profit professional association in the United States. See all the currently Approved Position Statements.
- Discussion Topics (DTP) that are heard and discussed among the Delegates representing each State and the District of Columbia at the annual Assembly of Delegates’ Annual Business Meeting are topics that are contemporary and relevant to all Massage Therapists in the field and may include recommendations that are moved forward to the AMTA’s National Board of Directors for consideration and/or action.
This year’s DTP and PIPS were released by the AoDAC to the membership in early-July.
The function of the Delegate is to represent the member consensus on the National floor of the Assembly of Delegates (AoD) each year. Delegates poll the members, discuss the Discussion Topics and Position Statement Proposals with the members and take a Chapter consensus to the AoD.
When in the AoD Business Meeting at the National Convention, Delegates from all 51 Chapters have an opportunity to represent the support or concerns of their Chapter’s members and dialogue works toward a consensus of the state Chapters’ Delegates to vote for or against a Discussion Topic and/or Position Statement Idea.
If needed and based on information discovered at the annual AoD Business Meeting, a Delegate may change his/her Delegate vote to reflect the best interest of the Chapter membership.
Any AMTA member In Good Standing. The duration of a Delegate’s Term is 2 years.
Any AMTA member. Your current Delegate(s), Chapter Board of Directors, or fellow members can help you start and explore the process, edit, proofread, keep communication with the people that need to vet your document, and basically help you follow it all the way through the process. timeline
If you consider the impact that statements a professional association makes on behalf of its tens-of-thousands of members, to include empirical evidence and “by massage therapists, for massage therapists” method of governance, then it is truly a professional representation of who we are and where we stand – what we profess.
2024 Discussion
Every year, topics focusing on a wide range of issues affecting and pertaining to the concern &/or betterment of the massage therapy profession are submitted for Delegates to discuss &/or vote upon.
Assembly of Delegates (AoD) Proposals
Discussion Topic: Do you think having a set definition for each modality is a good idea?
Position Statement: Do you feel that massage therapy can help abdominopelvic pain?
We’ve heard our chapter-members!
Delegates are charged with gathering chapter member feedback and determining a Chapter consensus on the topics and statement based on that feedback.
Below and in early-August, our Delegate-Survey Respondents – our Nevada Chapter Members – weigh in on the Discussion Topic and Position Statement proposals:
These Answers (and more, contained in the Survey) to the Survey-Questions will be brought to the table, in a National, AMTA-forum: the Assembly of Delegates Annual Business Meeting.
2024’s AoD Timeline
- September 11, 2024 – Assembly of Delegates Annual Business Meeting
- ~mid-November, 2024 – Nevada Delegation Report … posted on this webpage: Stay Tuned!
The Nevada Chapter Delegates put together what happened at the AoD’s 2023 Business Meeting
…for 2025
If you are interested in becoming a Delegate or just starting a PIPS or DTP of your own: share it with us. Let us help and represent you in your professional Association, on a National stage, and so you can practice what you preach in your own Practice. Contact your Nevada Chapter Board today.
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