WDHA Newsletter - Fall 2009

2009 DHASNY Annual Session Delegate Report

I want to thank WDHA for the opportunity to serve as delegate for WDHA at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, NY Oct. 23-25, 2009. This year WDHA was entitled to send three delegates. We did not have a third volunteer to be a delegate.
Please consider this great volunteer opportunity for next year.

The 2nd House of Delegates was held on Sunday Oct. 25, 2009, and the following decisions were made:

• The Budget for 2010 was approved.
• The DHASNY Strategic Plan for 2010-2015 was approved.
• The DHASNY staff structure was changed back to Executive Director in the Bylaws. Beth Kruger is the DHASNY Executive Director.
• Annual Reports of the Officers and Directors were accepted and filed.

The Delegates elected its 2010 slate of officers to the DHASNY Board:

• President: Betty -Jean Roppolo, RDH
• V.P. of Governmental Affairs: Paula Fischer, RDH
• V.P. of Professional Development: Millie Thaw, RDH
• V. P. of Member Services: Denice Brown, RDH
• Treasurer (Two Year Term): Michelle Race, CDA, RDH, BS
• Secretary: Diana Stewart, RDH
• ADHA Delegate (2):Vermell Ford, RDH, BS, Marie Cramer, RDH

I am a New York State HY- PAC Trustee. I worked at the HY-PAC event, which is a fundraiser for New York State Dental Hygiene political issues. We held a dinner and played Pokeeno, which is a game similar to Bingo with a deck of playing cards.

The President’s Dinner was held on Saturday night. It honored our 2009 President Lucy Bianco, RDH. The event was great, and the dancing afterwards was fun. Before being honored President Bianco presented the following DHASNY awards:

The Award Winners for 2009 were:
DHASNY Excellence in Mentoring Award for Outstanding Activities as a Mentor:
Joyce Dias, RDH, BA, MPH
Saralyn Fanara, RDH
Robin Murphy, RDH
Janet Stager, RDH

DHASNY Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Community:
7th District Dental Hygienists’ Association

DHASNY Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of the Profession of Dental Hygiene:
David Lawrence, DDS

DHASNY Award for Professional Excellence in Dental Hygiene Through Volunteerism on the State level:
Betty-Jean Roppolo, RDH
Carol Pittinaro, RDH
Janet Stager, RDH
Respectfully Submitted,
Robin Grasso, RDH