Be SWATA

When I make a blog post it’s typically a long one and while these posts contain what I feel are important information I think that some people may quit reading just because of the sheer length. Since one of my 2009 resolutions was to try and be a better communicator I’ll try and make this one a little shorter and more to the point.

This morning at the First Baptist Church of Stephenville our minister talked about how to "Be the church". He said that while it’s important that for the overall church to have programs aimed at the various groups and needs that it’s more important for the individual church member to represent the church and their faith in their everyday life using what they gather from their church experiences. That got me to thinking and the more that I thought the more I came to the realization that we should all look at SWATA in a similar fashion. It is important for your elected and appointed leadership of SWATA to do what they feel is important for not only the long term stability of the association and the profession and also to give the member some value for their membership dues. That being said it is just as important for the hard working general membership of SWATA to represent themselves and their profession in everyday life. While the Executive Board helps to guide policy and projects to benefit the association and the profession what each member should do where they live and with their employer and community are just as important.

Examples of what the general member can do to insure the long term growth and improvement of the profession and SWATA would be to ask your employer to recognize National Athletic Training Month. Members that are knowledgeable about the candidates that are running for 2nd Vice President this year will be able to make the most educated decision when then vote in the upcoming election. And in the upcoming weeks I also ask that each SWATA member take a few minutes to read the proposed new constitution that will be voted on at the business meeting at the annual convention.

It’s important to remember that SWATA is more than just a four day convention every July. Don’t just go to SWATA. Be SWATA.