PRESIDENT MESSAGE
NANCY LIZON, CMA (AAMA)
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President Message #2- November 2025
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Hello to all of my California Society of Medical Assistants (CSMA) co-members! I hope this finds all doing well as the holidays are creeping closer. I apologize for getting this out to you a bit late. I retired last year, but I seem to be busier now than I ever was when working.
I hope to bring everyone up to date with what CSMA has done thus far and has coming up in the future. For those of you that didn’t attend our 2025 annual meeting, and in case you didn’t read the minutes on the website, we discontinued the offering of free CEUs effective April 2025. We found out many weren’t aware of this with the November CEUs offering, so hopefully you’re now updated if you read this. I’m excited that some of the newer attendees at this year’s annual meeting have joined a committee or two and show an interest in moving up within the Society. At the moment there’s only a few of us pretty much trying to cover everything. Without more member involvement I think our Society could be in trouble. Some of us are getting up there in experience years and, at least I, would like to see some of our younger members get involved, bring new ideas, and become leaders. In June, V.P. Marquette and myself went to the open session of the Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting held in Reno, Nevada at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino. It was interesting to see how they worked, not totally unlike our own annual meeting with reports and upcoming news, etc. I think the item most members might find interesting and helpful is that the BOT approved a four-payment plan with PayPal for members to aid in paying our annual dues. They’re hoping it will be up and running for the filing of this year’s dues. In July Vice-President Marquette and I, along with a couple of other Society members met up and attended the Southwest Regional (SWR) meeting held in Salt Lake City, Utah. I had the opportunity to meet some new people, pick up some new ideas on how to approach different challenges I might encounter and got some CEUS. The SWR is hosting the 2026 70th AAMA National Conference September 17-20th in Reno, Nevada. It will be held at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino. We’ll post information on our CSMA website as we get it, you might also check the AAMA website, at aama-ntl.org, periodically for information. If you’re attending the AAMA National Conference and are not a delegate, there’s usually an opportunity to pick up quite a few CEUs. If you do go and might need some assistance to find a roommate to help keep your costs down, please contact anyone on the Executive Committee (EC) and I know they’ll attempt to help you. In September, CSMA sent myself and two other delegates to the AAMA National Conference in Arlington, Virginia. We were able to connect with three other California members that were attending, as time allowed, while we were there. It was a very busy time, but we were able to enjoy each other’s company off and on. We even had the opportunity to spend time outside after climbing about five flights of stairs when the fire alarm went off just before the reopening of the House of Delegates (HOD). After the fire trucks and firemen gave the all clear, we were able to finally reenter the hotel and continue with the HOD. I hope everyone was recognized for their hard work and contributions to the workplace by their employer during MARWeek in October. Medical Assistants are the backbone of medical practices and should be recognized. Our CSMA Annual Meeting Committee has been busy planning the 2026 meeting and finding presenters for the 10 CEUs that will be offered at the meeting. Our meeting will be held April 17-19, 2026 at the Hampton Inn at Mills Mall in Ontario, California. I encourage you plan ahead, add it to your calendar now, and that this allows you enough time to start saving so you can attend the meeting. I would love to meet more of you. Our CEU/Education Committee has worked on finding knowledgeable speakers and interesting topics for CEUs for our members. Please let us know if there’s specific topics you might be interested in. CSMA is always looking for qualified, knowledgeable and interesting speakers, and we welcome any suggestions you might have for topics for future CEU offerings. Our Certification Committee welcomes newly certified CMA (AAMA)s each quarter. Our Membership Committee contacts members who didn’t renew their membership last year. They usually ask for insight on why that member didn’t renew and invites them to renew their membership, providing information on the steps needed to be taken to do so. Our Nominating Committee has been diligently attempting to find members who meet eligibility requirements and might be interested in serving our Society in some capacity. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you would like more information regarding this. 2026 is CSMA’s turn to host the SWR Annual Meeting. Because the SWR is hosting the September AAMA conference, we’ve decided to make the SWR meeting a virtual meeting. There will be some CEUs offered at this meeting as well, so check the previously provided websites. It will probably be only a 1-day meeting so that more time can be directed to finalizing things for the National Meeting. Again, keep an eye on the CSMA and/or AAMA websites for updates and more information. Don’t be afraid to step up and volunteer for a committee that might interest you, or be afraid to offer up any new ideas for our organization. We’re only as strong as our members. We’re trying to keep the information on our website up to date to keep you informed and with resources we hope you find helpful. Our website committee is working on ideas for updating the website and trying to keep up with changes as they need to be done. If you haven’t checked it out in a while or at all, please go to our website csma-medassist.org. I’ve probably rambled on long enough. I hope everyone has a wonderful, joyful, and safe Holiday Season. If you want to contact me for any reason, feel free to email me through the CSMA website or at [email protected]. I will try to get back to you within a day or two, as long as I’m available. I will be out of the country January 13-30th, but there will be someone covering for me, it will most likely be V.P. Marquette, if anything urgent comes up needing attention. Please remember to renew your dues by December 31st. Respectfully Nancy Lizon, CMA (AAMA) President California Society of Medical Assistants |
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