The Almacan 1975

Item Type Newsletter/Magazine

Publication Date 1975

Keywords Employee assistance programs--United States--Periodicals; Alcoholism and employment--United States--Periodicals; Drugs and employment--United States--Periodicals; Employees-- Counseling of--United States--Periodicals; Association of Labor- Management Administrators and Consultants on Alcoholism (U.S.)

Publisher Atlanta, GA: Association of Labor-Management Administrators and Consultants on Alcoholism, Inc.

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Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10713/8055 OCCUPATIONAL PROGRAMS: STRUGGLE FOR QUALITY WELCOME TO ATLANTA!

,~ ,i z•."~ ,;=~, A.1."Sully" Sullivan James D. Douglas, Jr. Charles N. Landreth There appears to be a similarity between this convention and designed to solicit your individual views concerning the goals flight training. As we start our fifth year, we find that things and objectives for ALMACA. The ALMACA Board and staff have like ground school and dual flight controls (and certainly, at spent considerable time in identifying the direction this as- times, blind flying) are behind us and we arrive at the moment sociation should take and the means through which we can of truth. Solo time! achieve our goals. We very much want your input to this asses- Because this is our first convention as a fully functioning ment of needs. I hope you will cooperate with this project and and separate organization, our maturity will be~tested. I am give us the benefit of your thinking. confident that this test will be met and that our position of Once again—welcome to Atlanta. If any of the ALMACA staff leadership in the field of occupational alcoholism will be can do anything to make your stay more enjoyable please let further enhanced by the energies to be both generated and us know. released in Atlanta during the last day of October and the first day of November, 1975. i Welcome, members and guests. i There is much here that we can learn, teach, and enjoy, especially new and renewed friendships in this most challenging field! James D. Douglas, Jr. L Executive Director

A.J. "Sully" Sullivan ~t n .. President Thank you for sharing your ideas and needs for this year's ALMACA meeting. The Program Committee has worked with the objective of obtaining your input to shape both the content and format of this program. Every attempt has been made to Welcome to Atlanta and welcome to the Fourth Annual address a wide variety of needs and interests and to allow a ALMACA Meeting. Everyone concerned with this two-day ses- maximum number of people to say, "This is our meeting". sionhas tried their very best to make your time here enjoyable, hope this meeting will help each of us in some way to get comfortable, and productive. I hope you will let us know how it together and to be on our way toward greater quality in we have succeeded, and, more important, how we can make occupational programming. Hopefully, you will gain here in the program for next year and the years to come increasingly Atlanta a clearer vision, some additional knowledge, and some attractive and meaningful. new acquaintances which will assist you in this task. A program such as the one you will be participating in re- would like to express my appreciation to the ALMACA quires the work of a lot of people. This year's Program Chair- staff, the Board of Directors, and the Program Committee for man, Charles Landreth, has spent many hours of voluntary, un- their valuable support and assistance in putting this meeting paid time in putting together the workshops and plenary ses- together. sions. Thank you most sincerely, Charles, for your efforts— without you we would have had no meeting. Many thanks also for the hard work of your workshop chairmen and plenary G _~ session leaders in putting together an outstanding variety of special-interest programs. Charles Landreth While you are here in Atlanta you will be asked to take a Program Chairman few minutes to fill out a short questionnaire which has been 1975 ALMACA Annual Meeting OUR LUNCHEON KEYNOTERS AND SPECIAL SESSION LEADERS

Mrs. Marty Mann As we were ready to go to press, the following Annual Meeting Program change arrived for Workshop III—EVALUATING OCCUPATIONAL PROGRAMS: (all ses- Friday Luncheon sions to take place in Lancaster Room C): Friday, Oct. 31 9:15-10:30A Accessing the Impact of Occupational Programs—William Schlenger, Ph.D., Human Ecology Institute 10:45-12:OON SRI Monitoring and Evaluation System—Jean Eggleston, Stanford Research Institute. 3:45.5:OOP NIAAA Research Grant—Paul Roman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Tulane University John J. McManus Saturday, Nou. l Saturday Luncheon 9:15-10:15A A Computer Based Evaluation System—Marshall Goby, Ph.D., Coordinator, Evaluative Services, Lutheran General Hospital 10:30.11:45A Panel Discussion on Program Evaluation—Moderator: Gerald Somers, Resident Scholar, The National Center for Alcohol Education Panelists: Paul Roman; Jean Eggleston; William Schlenger; Marshall Goby; and John Clarno, D.D.S., Coordinator, Special Health Services, Caterpillar Tractor Company. Grant Chandler Friday Labor-Management Briefing Atthe very, very last moment, word reached the ALMACAN that a most signifi- ~.~ cant workshop has been added to the Annual Meeting Program: "THE THREAT OF COMPETITION FOR THIRD-PARTY DOLLARS TO THE OCCUPATIONAL AL- t•.w COHOL MODALITY: AVOIDING SHABBY CARE! The workshop will be conducted in the Hyatt Regency Essex Room B on Friday, October 31 at 10:45 AM to 12:00 Noon, and from 3:45 to 5:00 PM. Participants are: Wallace Mandell, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University; Fred Lincoln, Harvey Anderson M.S., Adm., Empl. Asst. Program, Johns Hopkins University; Howard Berkowitz, Research and Development, Blue Cross of Friday Labor•Management Briefing .

WHAT' DO YOU WANT FROM ALMACA? James Baxter ALMACA is striving hard to identify and respond to the needs of all persons Friday Plenary Session in the field of occupational programming. To specifically determine these needs, ALMACA is attaching a questiunnaire to the registration kit of each Annual Meet- ing participant. We are requesting all attendees to complete this survey form immediately after registering and return it to the registration desk. To act effectively, ALMACA needs the vital input from each of its members. Therefore, a copy of the survey form will be mailed to each member for com- pletionand return to ALMACA headquarters. We ask all those who do not attend the Annual Meeting to respond as promptly as possible. If you complete the Paul A. Sherman questionnaire at the Annual Meeting, please do not mail in a second response. Saturday 2:15 PM Plenary Session

Brayom Anderson Published Monthly by the Association of Labor and Management Administrators and Con- Saturday 3:45 PM sultants on Alcoholism, anon-profit organrzation, 350 Park Plateau. 300 Wendell Court, Atlanta, 30036. Telephone (404) 696 4391. Plenary Session A.1. Sullivan, President 1.D. Douglas Jr., Ezecuiive Director P. A. Sherman. Ph. D Vice President P. Fossen, Editor R. L. Austin, Secretary/Treasurer P.Smith, Field Coordinator 1975 ANNUAL MEETING- PROGRAM DATE/TIME EVENT ROOM THU R. OCT. 30 9:OOA-5:OOP OCCUPATIONAL PROGRAM CONSULTANTS ASSOCIATION (OPCA) ~ancasterA&B 1:OOP•9:OOP ALMACA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING Lancaster E 7:OOP-9:OOP RECEPTION &SOCIAL HOUR York/Stuart FRI. OCT. 31 8:30A•9:OOA OPENING SESSION Falcon WELCOME—A.1. Sullivan, ALAMCA President THEME—Charles N. Landreth, Annual Meeting Chairman

9:15R•10:30A WORKSHOPS See Next Page 10:45A•12:OON WORKSHOPS See Next Page 11:OOA-12:OON BRIEFING SESSION FOR LABOR AND MANAGEMENT Falcon Presiding: A. 1. Sullivan, Coordinator, Special Health Services, Standard Oil Co. of California MANAGEMENT: Grant Chandler, Senior Vice President, Associates Corporation of Nortli America LABOR: Harvey Anderson, Labor Consultant, Occupational Programs Branch, NIAAA 12:15P•1:45P PRESIDENT'S LUNCHEON Condor Presiding: A. 1. Sullivan, ALMACA President SPEAKER: MRS. MARTY MANN, Founder Consultant, National Co~mcil on Alcoholism

2:15P•3:30P PLENARY SESSION Falcon "Problems Encountered in Developing a Cooperative Labor•Management Insurance Alcoholism Program—A Case History" Coordinator: lames Batter, Director, Keystone, American Technical Assistance Corporation Panelists: Allen Ridgway, Vice President, Claims, Blue Cross of D.C. William D. Sellars, President, Amalgamated Meatcutters &Allied Workers of North America Jerry Donovan, Director of Personnel, Giant Food, Inc. 3:45-STOOP WORKSHOPS See Next Page 5:15.6:15P ALMACA BUSINESS MEETING Falcon Presiding: A. 1. Sullivan, President

7:OOP-9:OOP AUDIt~—VISUAL DISPLAYS TBn Coordinator. Miss Linda P. Hay, OPC, Georgia SAT. NOV. 1 7:OOA•9:OOA ALMACA DIVISION BREAKFAST MEETING (Four) TBA

7:OOA-9:OOA ALMACA CHAPTER OFFICERS BREAKFAST TBn 9:15A•10:30A WORKSHOPS See Next Page 10:45A•12:OON WORKSHOPS See Next Page 12:15P•1:45P HONORS AND AWARDS LUNCHEON Condor Presiding: Rowland L. Austin, Director Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Program, GMC, Secr. /Treas. ALMACA SPEAKER: IOHN 1. MCMANUS, Assistant Director, Department of Community Services, AFL CIO. "Labors Role in the Prevention and Treatment of Alcoholism."

2:15P-3:30P PLENARY SESSION Falcon "The Role of National Organizations in Occupational Programming." Coodinator. Paul A. Sherman, Ph.D., Director Special Programs, ITT, Vice President ALMACA Panelists: George Dimas, Executive Director, NCA, Inc. Donald F. Godwin, Chief, Occupational Branch, NIAAA Gus Hewlett, Executive Director, ADPA Raymond Kelly, President, OPCA Jim Douglas, Executive Director, ALMACA

3:45P-5:OOP PLENARY SESSION Falcon "Occupational Program Training—New Innovations" Coordinator: Brayom Anderson, Director, National Occupational Alcoholism Training Institute, Inc. Panelists: Dr. Dale A. Masi, Chairman, Community Organization and Social Planning Department, Boston College Graduate School of Social Work William E. Burke, Director, Personal Guidance, The Hartford Insurance Group.

5:OOP ADIOURNMENT 1975 ANNUAL MEETING-WORKSHOP SCHEDULE WORKSHOP TOPIC AND PARTICIPANTS FRI. OCT 31 SAT. NOV. 1 9:15A 10:45A 3:45P 9:15A 10:45A N0. 10:30A 12:OON 5:OOP 10:30A 12:OON Room Room Room Room Room ~ FUNDING OCCUPATIONAL PROGRAMS COORDINATOR: Jerome S. Becker, Coord. Occupational Programs, Office of LA = LANCASTER Room "A" Alcohol Program Management, State of California I•A Insurance—Donald D. Jones, Asst. Director of Research, Nealth Insurance Association of America LA LA I•B Accreditation—JCAH Leadership—Uwe Gunderson, Division Director, Joint ~A Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals I•C Public Funding— Robert W. Wilson, Chief, Health Benefits Division, Public Employee's Retirement, State of California LA LA II SELECTED PAPERS LB=LANCASTER ROOM "B" COORDINATOR: Frank Huddleston, Assistant Manager, Employee Counseling, Hughes Aircraft Co. II-A Systems, Motivators, and Alternatives—Don Phillips, Manager Alcoholism and ~B Drug Abuse Program, U.S. Civil Service Commission II•B The INROADS Approach to Marketing—The Employee Assistance Program for Industries With 15-5,000 Employees— Richard Wentzel, INROADS. ~B II•C The Systems Approach to Occupational Alcoholism—Ken Bennett, Regional Consultant, Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Research Foundation, Hamilton, Ontario. ~B II•D ATrueCostEffectivenessAnalysisforEmployeeAssistancePrograms— William ~B D. Thomas, Administrator, Employee Counseling Program, Northrop Corporation. II-E Evaluation—Proposed Model— Robert C. Temer, Director, Occupational Health Services, Inc. ~g III EVALUATING OCCUPATIONAL PROGRAMS COORDINATOR: Jerome B. Hallan, Dr. P.H., Director, The Human Ecology Institute LC=LANCASTER ROOM "C"

III-A '~ NOTE: SEE "STOP THE PRESS" COLUMN FOR EVALUATING III~B SRI Evaluation of I WORKSHOP PARTICIPANT AND SCHEDULE CHANGES _ LC III•C To Be IV COMMUNITY RESOURCES LANCASTER ROOM "D" COORDINATOR: Mrs. Judy Arnold, Executive Director, Red River Regional Council on Alcoholism, Texarkana, fX LD = IV-A Selecting Appropriate Treatment Resources for Troubled Employees—Gary F. Jensen, Lp M.S. Deputy Director, Council of State &Territorial Alcoholism Authorities IV-B The After Care and Follow-up Process—AI Lothrop, Occupational Consultant, Tucson, AZ; Edward L. Johnson, Coordinator, Employee Assistance Program, LD LD Firestone Tire &Rubber Company; James T. Wrich, Director of Consultation Services, IV-C Confidentiality Issues—Preston Martin, Occupational Program Consultant, State of California; Zolita Boysen, Chief Alcoholism Therapist, CAREUNIT, Mercy San Juan Hospital LD LD u LABOR LE =LANCASTER ROOM "E" COORDINATOR: William G. Livingston—Labor Management Consultant, Piedmont, CA V-A National &State Organizational Structure—George 1. Robinson, President & ~E General Chairman, District 141, IAMAW V-B Pros. &Cons of a Negotiated Contract—Bill Combs, Director, California Labor-Management Plan; Harold Mamola, Coordinator, Western Region, District 141, IAMAW Alcoholism Program. LE LE V•C Analysis of a Union Project—R. E. "Andy" Anderson, Project Coordinator, United Labor Committee Member Assistance Program. ~E LE VI CONSORTIA EA =ESSEX ROOM "A" COORDINATOR: Robert K. McGinn—Industrial Alcohol Coordinator, State of VI-A Consortium—Jim Pomeroy, Project Manager Alcoholism Counseling &Rehabilitation Philadelphia, PA Ep VI-B Consortium— Nelson Hodgkins—Industrial Counseling Service, Greensboro, NC EA EA VI-C Consortium—Maurice R. Davenport (formerly with Philadelphia, Pa. Consortium.) EA EA u~~ US CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION EMPLOYEE PROGRAM EB =ESSEX ROOM "B" COORDINATOR: Don Phillips, US Civil Service Commission VII•A Federal Supervisory Attitudes Toward Alcoholism Problems &Policies— EB Harrison Trice, Ph.D., Cornell University; Paul Roman, Ph.D,Tulane University VII-B Update on Federal Civilian Program Activity—Don Phillips EB u~~~ STATE EMPLOYEE PROGRAMS FA— FALCON ROOM COORDINATOR: C. P. Rabaut, Jr., Occupational Program Consultant, State of VIII•A State Employee Alcoholism Program—Dorothy Lou Johnson, Occu FA pational Program Consultant, State of Illionois VIII~B California State Employee Alcoholism Program—Preston Martin, Occupational FA Program Consultant, State of California VIII-C South Carolina State Alcoholism Program—Bob Charles,Occupational PrograrnConsultant, State of South Carolina Fp SOME OF OUR 1974 GROUP B WORKSHOP LEADERS Private Sector, Urban Moderator: Dick Rhyne, North Carolina GROUP C Public Sector Moderator: Barbara Banonis, Delaware Jerome S. Becker °`Lunch: 12:00-1:30 p.m.—On Your Own Workshop No. III. Workshop Continuation: 1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Break: 2:45 p.m.-3:00 p.m. IV. General Session: 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Small group reports key problem and solution, or new techniques shared. Group discussion and questions. Closing Remarks: President Ray Kelly, Adjournment-5:00 p.m. Jerome B. Hallan Workshop No. III NCA's LABOR/ MANAGEMENT TASK FORCE ACTIVATED IN ATLANTA . , :~,~ . Atlanta, Georgia, will be the first city to activate a program under NCA's ur~~ ~A Labor/Management Task Force. Working on a three-year NIAAA-grant, the NCA Task Force will implement occupational alcoholism programs in 10 target cities throughout the United States. A key link in the implementation is the mobiliza- tion of top business and labor leaders in each of the 10 cities as volunteers Mrs. Judy Arnold in the task of influencing their peers in major corporations and unions. NCA's national Labor/Management Committee will use their outreach to enlist co- Workshop No. IV chairmen for each city—one a chief executive and the other an influential labor leader. Following a series of interviews, the NCA Task Force has appointed Margaret Summey to the position Labor Staff Representative for the Atlanta operation, and James Cooley to the role of Management Staff Representative. Margaret Summey has a long career of active participation in Georgia labor circles. She joins the NCA operation under leave of absence from CWA/Southern Bell where she functioned as vice president and legislative chairman for CWA C. P. Rabout, Jr. local 3219. She is also a member of the Rome (Georgia) Central Labor Council. Workshop No. VIII James Cooley comes to the NCA position from the Metropolitan Atlanta Coun- cil on Alcohol and Drugs where he functioned as industrial consultant. Prior to that he was an alcoholism counselor at Atlanta's Peachford Hospital and, before that, national sales manager for Rubbermaid Corporation. The Atlanta operation is scheduled for activation in October. The other cities chosen for the NCA Task Force are: Birmingham, ; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Cincinnati, Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, ; Houston, Tezas; , N.Y.; and Pittsburgh, . OPCA TO OFFER WIDE VARIETY OF Houston is next on the agenda for activation with operations expected to be WORKSHOP TOPICS AT ATLANTA MEET launched sometime in November, 1975. Personnel interviewing has been com- pleted for the Houston staff positions. Place: LANCASTER ROOMS A & B HYATT REGENCY HOTEL, ATLANTA, GA. Date: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1975 General Session: 9a.m.-10:30 a.m. Welcome and Remarks—Ray Kelly, President, OPCA Secretary's Report—Wayne Frey Program Format; Introduction of Speaker—Earl Agee OUR "PERSONAL" STRUGGLE FOR QUALITY "The OPC and the Clearinghouse"—Joyce Kelley, Southwest Sector Represen- Our efforts in "the struggle for quality" in occupational programming (OP) tative, NCALI during the past year will come to a climax at the end of this month. The oc- Break: 10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. casion, which will bring us all together to assess and evaluate these efforts, is Workshop Development: 10:45 a.m.—Noon the ALMACA Annual Meeting in Atlanta. At this time, each of us must review Each of these groups will identify and discuss areas of problems or pro- and determine our past, present and future effectiveness as professionals deliver- gress, with the group moderator suggesting topics if the group desires. ing services in the OP field. Only by utilizing this opportunity to begin evaluat- Tentative topics as alternates to group needs. ing the quality of our professional job performance can we expect to render quality services and programs. 1. Company Staffing Need for Effective Programs No matter what our individual roles might be, all of us are functioning as part 2. Supervisor Training—Getting Companies To Do It of the occupational alcoholism programming system, and all products emanating 3. Resolving Domain Conflicts from that system are a direct result of our job performance. If our overall 4. Peer Grouping for Diagnostic and Referral Resources deliver programs that are both and effective, Frontier system goal is to quality efficient 5. Human Resources Conservation—A New must function responsibly and accountably to Health Organizations, then we, as the service providers, 6. The OPC and the OSHA program, Maintenance that our daily activities represent quality, also. The time is nigh to Development ensure State Program measure the quality of our own professional job performance if we intend to GROUP A develop, market, and implement OP's. Private Sector, Rural Management has awakened to the need for facing up to its social responsi- Moderator: Bob Mason; New Mexico bilities. The corporate social conscience is aware that the treatment and rehabi- litation of human lives by means of OP's may be a sound business investment. Dale L. Dickerson (I)— Medical Administrator, AT&T Company, New York, NY Daniel 1. Driscoll (I)— Director, Nassau Cnty. Occup. Prog., Nassau Cnty. Dept. Drug & Alco. The opportunity exists, therefore, for us as OP personnel, to see our job efforts Addiction, East Williston, NY actualized, if we function responsibly. Purdeson 0. Dung (I)—Alto. Prog. Adm., Navy Public Works Ctr., EPO, San Francisco, CA To meet our objective of providing quality programs worthy of purchase by Mike Durant (I)—Assistant General Mgr. Earle M.lorgensen Co., Honolulu, HI industry, we must exhibit quality job performance and become accountable for Frank Charles Farrell (I)—Assistant Dir., Sobriety House, Inc., Denuer, CO Elizabeth B. Hainsworth (I)—Employee Couns. Prog., Corning Glass Works, Corning, NY the program operations. By basing our OP activities on competently developed Walter T. Husbands, Jr.(I) —Mgt. Prog. Dir., Labor/Mgt. Task Force, NCA., Arlington, VA skills and methods and not exclusively on humanitarian gestures, we will be Robert S. Husted (I)—Occupational Consul., Penna. Drug &Alcohol Agency, Wellsboro, PA capable of developing program products which will represent a sound business M. Eileen Jones (I)—Lead PAR Counselor, United States Postal Service, New Brunswick, N1 and management investment. Additionally, by becoming product-oriented in the Alice Tate Ketcham (A)—Prof. of Alco. Sciences, Gou. State Univ., Park Forest South, IL Robert S. Kincheloe (I)—Assistant to Personnel Dir., Swift & Co., Chicago, IL human service delivery field and by aligning our OP goals with those of in- Philip G. Kraft (A)—Counselor, , Brighton, MI tlustry, we may begin to penetrate the market and to deliver improved and in- A. J. Lazuk (I)—Alcohol Counselor, Southern New England Telephone Co., New Haven, CT creased numbers of OP's. Kenneth 1. Majcen (I)—React Coord., Cleveland Trust Co., Cleveland, OH By combining the invaluable personal insight, experiences, energy and dedica- Ruth Maxwell (A)—Counselor Therapist, Roosevelt Hospital, Smither's Alcoholism Rehabilita- tion Ctr., New York, NY tion which we bring to the alcoholism field, with professional quality skills, we Metcor, Inc.(0)— Memphis, TN may develop the OP product which rewards all OP system components—em- Karin H. Murray (I)—Civilian Prog. Coord., Dept. of the Army, Ft. George G. Meade, MD ployers, employees and service providers, alike. Corporate employers will realize James McCaffrey (I)—Counselor, Tunnel Workers Local 147, Yonkers, NY decreased financial losses as a result of the employees increased job perform- Michael 1. O'Brien (I)—Dir. of Comm~mity Resources, Westchester Cncl. on Alco., White Plains, NY ance and productivity. Employees will realize and receive quality-efficient OP Eileen C. O'Connor (I)—Coord. of Alco. Treatment, Booth Memorial Med. Ctr., Flushing, NY services. And we, as the OP service providers responsible for these program ;ohn F. Pelligrino (I)—Mgr., Employee Personal Svs., Mead Packaging Corp., Atlanta, GA products, will realize greater personal satisfaction from our quality job per- Barbara W. Phillips (A)—Assoc. Staff Psychologist, Beverly Manor Hospital (Alcoholism & formance. In essence, to make these rewards real and to move forward in our Drugs), Long Beach, CA Edwin M. Rogers (I)—Asst. Dir., ,ARU and Dir. of Ther., The Carrier Clinic, Havertown, PA 'Struggle For Quality', let us make our first priority the development of quality lames 0. Rooney (I)—General Mgr., James 0. Rooney &Assoc., Marietta, GA in the job performance of all OP personnel. Armand L. Salerno (A)—Mgr., Labor Rel., Chevron Oil Co. Eastern Diu., Perth Amboy, N1 John 1. Shevlin (I)—Alcoholism Counselor, Illinois Bell Tel. Co., Chicago, IL William A. Schirmer (A)—Asst. Director, Mercy Medical Ctr., Dubuque, IA Paul F.Soergel (I)—OPC, The Lincoln Cncl. on Alcoholism and Drugs, Inc., Lincoln, NE State Alcohol Council, State of (0)—Hartford, CT Raymond G.Stewart (I)—Executive Dir., Sobriety House, Inc., Denver, CO Trish Smith Patrick Francis Sweeney (A)—Asst. Director, Alco. Cncl. of San Fernando Valley, Canoga Field Coordinator Park, CA Kenneth van Doren (I)—Exec. Dir., Alco. Trmnt. Ctr., S.E. Comm. Hlth. Org., Chicago, IL Vincent 1. Vi11a (I)—Deputy Project, Roy Littlejohn Associates, Inc., , UL Washington Center for Rddictions (0)—Boston, MA Wade H. Williams, Jr.(I)— Executive Dir., Westinghouse Hlth, Systems, Cleveland, OH CDR.1. D. Williston, USN (A)—Personnel/Recruiting, U.S. Navy, Marietta, GA Michael W. C. Wong (I)—Associate Dir., University of Hawaii-School of Medicine-Dept. of Psychiatry, Honolulu, HI Jacqueline M. Yost, Ph.D.(I)— Director, Atlanta Health Care Facility, Austell, GA Daniel 1. Yovich (I)—Oct. Alto. Consultant, Kankakee, IL In a letter dated September 25, 1975, ALMACA President Sully Sullivan in- formed members in the Greater Detroit Metropolitan Area that their petition for Chapter Status has been granted and that the proposed by-laws of the new chapter have been approved by the Board of Directors. The following ALMACANS signed the petition (bold type indicates Individual Voting Membership): OCTOBER 30, OCCUPATIONAL PROGRAM CONSULTANTS ASSOCIATION Jeffry M. Forsythe (Chairperson) William Parsons (Vice-Chairperson) 1975 (OPCA): Meeting, Lancaster Room, Regency Hyatt House, James Francek (Secretary/Treasurer) Donald Channing Atlanta, GA. For further information contact Mr. Ray Kelly, lack Oliver Bill Lockard OPCA, Suite 1900, 188 West Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois Phyllis Tuttle Donald McDonald 60601. Phone: (312) 793-2912. Robert Doran Thomas Matlas Jack W. Schinderle George Turek David R. Smith Roland Austin Joan Gorski OCTOBER 31- ALMACA: Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia. NOV. 1, 1975 See pages 3 and 4 for meeting and program details.

NOVEMBER Addiction Research Foundation: "INPUT '75"—First Canadian 17-20, 1915 Conference on Occupational Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. Holi- Canada. For further informa- = Individual; A = Associate; O = Organizational day Inn/Skyline Complex, Ottawa, tion, contact Mr. W.E. Bayes, Planning Committee, "INPUT Carl 1. Arak (A)—Clinical Psychologist/Administrator, New York, NY '75" Humber College, P.O. Box 1900, Rexdale, Ontario, Canada Charles Michael Barry (I)—Indus. Cons., Brevard Cnty. Comm. MH Center, Rockledge, FL 5L7. W.G."Chief" Brant (I)—Labor Prog. Dir., National Council on Alcoholism, Arlington, VA M9W Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse (0)—Carson City, NV William R. Byers (I)—Social Worker & Empl. Counselor, Kelsey~Hayes Co., W. Bloomfield, MI INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS: Mary B. Carper (I)—OPC, The Lincoln Council on Alcoholism &Drugs, Lincoln, NE Ann M.Conroy (A)—Employment Counselor, Dept. of Social Services, Pelham, NY OCT.26- Internatl. Conference on Alcoholism &Drug Dependence Sao Jim Cooley (I)—Industrial Cons., Metropolitan Atlanta Cncl. on Alcohol &Drugs, Atlanta, GA Owen Cort (A)— Health Plan Rep., Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Oakland, CA NOV. 1, 1975 Paulo, Brazil Terrence E. Cowley (I)—Employee Assistance Coord., Lincoln Cncl. on Alcoholism &Drugs, Inc. Lincoln, NE Lloyd Randall Cromarty (I)—Counselor, The Carrier Clinic, Lambertivill, NJ NOV. 29• Internatl. Symposium on Aicohol &Drug Dependence 3ahrain, Michael1. Crowley (I)—Counselor, First National City Bank, New York, NY DEC. 5, 1975 Arabian Gulf Richard D. Daetwiler (I)—Alto. &Drug Abuse Coord., Denver Reg. Cncl. of Governments, Denver, CO Edward 1. Daly (A)—Alcoholism Counselor, NYC Health & Hosp. Corp., Jackson Heights, NY Information about the international meetings may be secured T. Albert Davis, M.D., P.C.(A)— Atlanta, GA Russell Dearing (I)—Credit/Administrative Mgr., Industrial Ins. Co. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI by writing to: International Council on Alcohol &Addictions, John L. Desmond (I)—Personal Staff Supervisor, New England Tel. Co., Boston, MA. Case Postale 140, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland