<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">I think this is an interesting idea. Perhaps by now we have the 'critical
<BR>mass' of CAUT techs to attempt this. The problem historically has been (both
<BR>for PTG and for CAUT) that we are a quite small professional association. An
<BR>organization of a few hundred (like CAUT) or a few thousand (like PTG) simply
<BR>has limitations of scale not felt by the AMA or ABA or NEA, or even NASM.
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<BR>In a message dated 3/15/01 6:30:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, Bdshull@aol.com
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Tangential to this discussion, but in my mind equally important: I have
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<BR>recommended that we begin to establish and meet curriculum objectives for
<BR>day-long CAUT annual events which provide all of us CAUTs with a baseline
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<BR>specialized training. Certainly the structuring and specialization of
<BR>Annual
<BR>Institute CAUT curriculum would enhance our position with NAMM, etc.
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