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[email protected] www.perg-cemassage.com Design by Killer Creative Group, Raleigh, NC 919.832.5073 killercreativegroup.com Dear Colleagues, As the massage and bodywork profession becomes more and …. In this article I want to stimulate your thoughts, your input more regulated, it is important that we all make sure we are and your involvement. …. it will be best, and most infl uential, aware of decisions being made that we will all have to live with if you send your input to: the FSMTB (
[email protected]), in the coming decades. Once regulation comes to pass, it is ABMP (
[email protected]), AFMTE (admin@ diffi cult to undo it. By being aware, we can prevent regulation afmte.org), and AMTA (
[email protected]) as well we don’t want and support regulation we do want for our as other stakeholder organizations. This is your chance to be profession. One big topic is Continuing Education- should heard, to have real input on the future of this, your profession. A it be mandatory or voluntary? What really is its purpose? I stakeholders meeting is coming up soon…. Seize the moment recently read a thought provoking article called “Challenging and let somebody know your ideas and concerns. If you don’t, Sacred Cows” by Ralph Stephens in the November issue of you have no grounds to complain later.