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Convention 2013: June 27 – 30

YOU’RE INVITED! COME TO CONVENTION 2013, JUNE 27-30, PORTLAND, OREGON

Convention 2013

Portland, Oregon is the host city for Convention 2013, June 27 – 30.

Convention 2013 Registration is NOW Open! Start by visting http://www.hearingloss.org/content/convention.

Portland, the pioneer of “green” initiatives and sustainability, has so much to offer our Convention 2013 attendees. There are loads of parks, gardens, museums, theaters, tax-free shopping, wineries … the list is endless. So start planning now by visiting our “micro-site” created by TravelPortland – it is chock-full of information about the area as well as day-trips to Mount Hood (via the Columbia River Gorge), and the Oregon Coast (just an hour and a half away). TravelPortland now has a mobile app – visit the micro-site for more information.

Convention News
Stay up to date on Convention news by checking in on the Convention page, the HLAA FaceBook page, and on Twitter @HLAA(#HLAA2013).

HLA-Florida – Call for Board Applications

The Hearing Loss Association of Florida (HLA-FL) is seeking qualified individuals to serve on the HLA-FL Board of Trustees for a three-year term beginning October 6, 2013.

Who is Eligible?
All members of Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) who are Florida residents are eligible. HLA-FL is committed to assembling a board comprised of individuals with a diversity of skills, backgrounds, hearing loss, and ages. Hearing applicants with sensitivity to the needs of people with hearing loss will be considered. Ability to work with others is essential. Positive thinkers with the desire to improve the quality of life for hard of hearing Florida residents are encouraged to apply. HLA-FL members can nominate themselves for board membership or nominate another Florida HLAA member (with permission).

What is Required?
The board meets at least three times a year in locations that vary to provide equitable geographic access. Members are encouraged to attend all meetings. Costs of travel are the members’ responsibility. Members are asked to take active roles on standing and ad hoc committees. Meetings are presently held on Saturdays to accommodate employed members. Major committee work occurs between board meetings and is most often transacted by e-mail or chat room, and thus, Board members are required to have e-mail access. Reimbursements of previously approved expenses on behalf of HLA-FL are available to trustees upon request.

How to Apply for the HLA-FL Board
Application forms are available for download here. They should be returned to Richard Herring, 10214 Ashley Oaks Drive, Riverview, FL 33578-8846 or by scanning to rhmann@tampabay.rr.com no later than August 7, 2013.

2013 Board Application
2013 Board Application
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Hear Ye, Hear Ye Newsletter

Browse through our past and current issues and see what’s been going on in our great state since
its inception in April 2006. A big THANK YOU to our editor, Judy Martin, for her time, talent, and efforts to put this wonderful newsletter together.

Judy Martin and Barbara Kelley
Judy G Martin of Jacksonville, receives 2010 Best State Newsletter Award from Barbara Kelley, Deputy Executive Director

HLAA Best State Newsletter Award for 2007 & 2010

We publish 6 e-newsletters (November, January, March, May and July, September).
Circulation is 800. All editions are posted on the website and remain there.
Deadline is approximately the 15th of the prior month.
Contact the editor for current info:Judygmartin@bellsouth.net

Sign up for the HLA-FL E-Newsletter:hearye.hearye2006@gmail.com

Are you a veteran with hearing loss and a Florida resident?

The Hearing Loss Association of Florida (HLA-FL) would like to give you a gift of one-year membership with no strings attached.

To qualify for this offer, the following criteria is required:

  • You are a legal resident of Florida
  • You are a veteran of any war or conflict beginning with the current operations in Iraq and Afganistan going as far back as WW2
  • You have a hearing loss
  • You would like to gain the necessary information to help you adjust to your hearing loss
  • You have not previously been a member of Hearing Loss Assocation of America (HLAA)

Please view the printable flyer for more information.

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