NEWS 8/12/2008 September Vendor Fair 2008 Registration is officially open for the 2008 vendor fair and seminar at Mohegan Sun casino. This program offers important up to the minute educational offerings along with a vendor fair that displays the latest in SPD/CSS related products & technology. There are also great raffles and giveaways! Specifics are under the PROGRAMS section of this website. Members are encouraged to register online by clicking the register tab while in the program area. Be sure it is the tech registration or you will be charged extra! Vendors are encouraged to register online by viewing the "vendor registration only" area in the program area of the site. While discounted rooms are not available this year a list of more affordable area hotels is available by emailing the CCSA president under the contact section of this website. If successful this year our hopes are to offer a two day event next year with discounted rooms. Help join us in making this year a success by registering as soon as possible (online preferably ) and by encouraging every vendor that you see to participate. Tell then to go to the website for more info. See you there! CCSA BOARD 6/19/2008 June 2008 The CCSA Board met on June 11th 2008. We made progress on a number of fronts. The board has resolved most of the banking issues related to transitioning the new officers. Our Account moved from Websters to Peoples bank. Short list of other buisness: Payment sent for the recent website updates. Secured our seminar date of September 27th 2008 with a deposit to Mohegan Sun. Discussed all aspects of upcoming Vendor Fair and assigned responsibilities to individual board members. Discussed need to finalize the CCSA's LLC status with the attorneys at an addfitional cost to secure our tax exempt status Discussed need to amend Bylaws on two fronts. First is for our pending affiliation with IAHCSMM. The second is for the need to change the role of President elect to Vice president. The commitment of 4years as President elect is too great of a burden on anyone interested in being elected to that position. The President title will be amended to include a 1 year “Past President” position. There would be no responsibility for the proposed position other than to act as a liaison to the newly elected board on questions of how business transactions occurred. The Vice president would still be encouraged to run for President in the election but the primary difference would be that it would not be automatic as it is now. Thank you and look back frequently for News updates in the coming weeks on the Big Vendor Fair in September. Submitted on behalf of the CCSA BOARD Dave Jagrosse CCSA President 4/22/08 May Meeting 5/17 Registration open for ST.Francis May seminar. see details under the programs TAB. We encourage members to register online.   Next - Last

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On behalf of the great state of Connecticut, we welcome you to the CCSA website. The Connecticut Central Service Association is happy to have you as a guest. We would like to announce the new board that covers 2008-2009.

• President, David Jagrosse
• Vice-President, Scott Pignatella
• Financial Officer, Robert Lucas
• Communications Officer, Kareem Wali

We are all very humbled by the opportunity to lead the association and are very grateful for the chance to direct the association to new heights. We have several great seminars planned for the upcoming months. The board cannot do this by themselves. We need and want your feedback. Contact any one of the members with your ideas and thoughts for upcoming educational endeavors. Once again, membership is free so we encourage everyone to join and participate. The website will go through some different design changes which will make the site more user friendly. The board is ready, are you?? Once again, thank you for your continued support.

The Connecticut Central Services Association, Inc. is a nonstock,
nonprofit organization pursuant to the Revised Nonstock Corporation Act
of the State of Connecticut Nature of Activities.

This Corporation's mission is to, through programs, education, scholarship, research, development and newsletters:

1) Bring about the close co-operation among hospital Central Service
personnel in order to promote efficiency in Central Service management;

2) Encourage and assist members to develop their knowledge and increase their effectiveness in the field of Central Service;

3) Provide a medium for the interchange of ideas and dissemination of material relative to Central Service;

4) Promote recognition of this service group, as being professional and aware of responsibility for both hospital and public safety and welfare;

5) Organize as a non-profit, educational association;

6) Develop a professional relationship with other related health care associations for mutual benefit.