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JOYCE NAKANO, CMA (AAMA)
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President’s Message #2
11/3/2022
What has been happening with CSMA? Your CSMA Officers and Committee Chairs have been
hard at work to maintain our organization on a status quo level with the few volunteers we have.
CSMA has completed its Audit from last year and Minutes from this last Annual Meeting.
Our CSMA Certification Committee has sent out congratulatory emails to newly certified CMAs
(AAMA) from January to June and are working on July to September. This becomes very
important with California only recognizing medical assisting credentials from certifying bodies
accredited by NCCA and ISO. Any organization certifying medical assistants will have until
2027 to obtain this certification by NCCA to be recognized in California, to my knowledge.
Our Membership Committee sent out surveys to all nonrenewals to find out why they did not
renew and see if there were suggestions on what we need to do to bring them back or provide for
future members.
Our CSMA Virtual CEU Committee planned a session for August; however, the physician
canceled because of surgery. Another session on Interventional Pain was held in September and
another is planned on Vertigo for January. CSMA closes the months of November and
December to allow our members to enjoy the holidays with their family. October was the
AAMA National Conference so attention was directed towards voting issues during this month. .
T/he Southwest Regional was held in New Mexico but the time and expense of travel prevented
attendance. Next year, the SW Regional is to be held in Texas.
The 66 th AAMA National Conference was held in Myrtle Beach, SC. This became a challenge to
get there, book sleeping rooms for our delegates and planning for the HOD (House of
Delegates). The area is beautiful, relaxing and tempting to enjoy this relaxation but I can assure
you that your delegates were hard at work for CSMA. There are some important issues we will
discuss at our Town Hall on November 4 and our Annual Meeting in April 2023. See the reports
of the Conference when they are posted to the website. One unfortunate occurrence was that two
of our delegates caught CoVid and are in the stages of recovery. Another case was eBlasted to
us by AAMA. There were over 800 people there.
On November 4, we will have our second Town Hall Meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.
Notifications were sent out a few days ago. If you need more information, please contact me.
Our Town Halls are an open meeting to answer questions and discuss issues for all our members.
We have asked our officers and Chairs to be in attendance. As many officers and Chairs as can
be present will attend to answer specific questions on their committees
Plans for our Annual Meeting are underway. We hope to have several administrative sessions.
There will be no Zoom meeting. It will be an in-person meeting in Northern California in the
San Jose area. We will notify you about the arrangements when they are finalized. We are
having some difficulties in planning this meeting. It will be posted to the website once contracts
are signed and basic plans made.
Please try to attend our Town Hall so we may answer any questions you have and let you know
more about the AAMA National Conference. Listed below is the link directly to the meeting.
We hope you can attend. We are open to your questions.
California Society of Medical Assistants, Inc. is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: CSMA Town Hall Meeting #2
Time: Nov 4, 2022 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 825 4091 5819
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Joyce Nakano, CMA (AAMA)
CSMA President
11/3/2022
What has been happening with CSMA? Your CSMA Officers and Committee Chairs have been
hard at work to maintain our organization on a status quo level with the few volunteers we have.
CSMA has completed its Audit from last year and Minutes from this last Annual Meeting.
Our CSMA Certification Committee has sent out congratulatory emails to newly certified CMAs
(AAMA) from January to June and are working on July to September. This becomes very
important with California only recognizing medical assisting credentials from certifying bodies
accredited by NCCA and ISO. Any organization certifying medical assistants will have until
2027 to obtain this certification by NCCA to be recognized in California, to my knowledge.
Our Membership Committee sent out surveys to all nonrenewals to find out why they did not
renew and see if there were suggestions on what we need to do to bring them back or provide for
future members.
Our CSMA Virtual CEU Committee planned a session for August; however, the physician
canceled because of surgery. Another session on Interventional Pain was held in September and
another is planned on Vertigo for January. CSMA closes the months of November and
December to allow our members to enjoy the holidays with their family. October was the
AAMA National Conference so attention was directed towards voting issues during this month. .
T/he Southwest Regional was held in New Mexico but the time and expense of travel prevented
attendance. Next year, the SW Regional is to be held in Texas.
The 66 th AAMA National Conference was held in Myrtle Beach, SC. This became a challenge to
get there, book sleeping rooms for our delegates and planning for the HOD (House of
Delegates). The area is beautiful, relaxing and tempting to enjoy this relaxation but I can assure
you that your delegates were hard at work for CSMA. There are some important issues we will
discuss at our Town Hall on November 4 and our Annual Meeting in April 2023. See the reports
of the Conference when they are posted to the website. One unfortunate occurrence was that two
of our delegates caught CoVid and are in the stages of recovery. Another case was eBlasted to
us by AAMA. There were over 800 people there.
On November 4, we will have our second Town Hall Meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.
Notifications were sent out a few days ago. If you need more information, please contact me.
Our Town Halls are an open meeting to answer questions and discuss issues for all our members.
We have asked our officers and Chairs to be in attendance. As many officers and Chairs as can
be present will attend to answer specific questions on their committees
Plans for our Annual Meeting are underway. We hope to have several administrative sessions.
There will be no Zoom meeting. It will be an in-person meeting in Northern California in the
San Jose area. We will notify you about the arrangements when they are finalized. We are
having some difficulties in planning this meeting. It will be posted to the website once contracts
are signed and basic plans made.
Please try to attend our Town Hall so we may answer any questions you have and let you know
more about the AAMA National Conference. Listed below is the link directly to the meeting.
We hope you can attend. We are open to your questions.
California Society of Medical Assistants, Inc. is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: CSMA Town Hall Meeting #2
Time: Nov 4, 2022 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82540915819?pwd=TE1PekFnY1M3MWlIZllQUUVFWFQzQT09
Meeting ID: 825 4091 5819
Passcode: 698563
One tap mobile
+16699006833,,82540915819#,,,,*698563# US (San Jose)
+16694449171,,82540915819#,,,,*698563# US
Dial by your location
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 669 444 9171 US
+1 719 359 4580 US
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 564 217 2000 US
+1 646 931 3860 US
+1 929 436 2866 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
+1 309 205 3325 US
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 360 209 5623 US
+1 386 347 5053 US
Meeting ID: 825 4091 5819
Passcode: 698563
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kc5worT8cs
Joyce Nakano, CMA (AAMA)
CSMA President

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