Annual Meeting October 29 & 30 at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino Click Here for Brochure and Registration Form Quarterly Meetings January 9, 2009 Patty Miller Wins National Honor Patty has been a member of the CNY Chapter of CLMA since 2004. During that time, she has contributed to the organization in many ways: Board Member Education Committee Co-Chair Vendor Relations Committee Member Patty is always willing to give her time. If we need a volunteer, she is one of the first to respond. Patty started our chapter’s Laboratorian of the Year award. She uses all her resources with her company and contacts with others to get speakers and supplies for our meetings. She is responsible for Vendor Website Development on our chapter’s website. Her ideas were responsible for getting more vendors to participate, and has worked to organize the vendor piece of our annual meeting. Her idea for changing the way we pay for meals at our annual meeting saved our chapter approximately $4,000! Patty works hard to find locations for our meetings, books the rooms and plans the meals. She assists in developing meeting announcements and agendas. Patty is always cheerful and upbeat. She encourages laboratorians to become involved in CLMA. She approached the local TV station about doing a story about our profession, and they agreed. It was aired September 2007. Patty has also offered support and is assisting the Niagara Frontier CLMA chapter. She attended their October meeting and helped out there. For all of these reasons, Patty was selected CLMA's Member of the Year! CNY CLMA Laboratorian of the Year Individuals may qualify for the CNY-CLMA Laboratorian of the Year Award by exhibiting outstanding performance in two or more of the categories listed below: Leadership - acts as a leader in their field of expertise, provides guidance and support to co-workers Quality - performance consistently surpasses industry standards, exhibits outstanding attention to detail Community Involvement - acts as a leader in the community (church, civic organization, charity), volunteers time, represents profession in a positive manner in the community AND THE WINNER FOR 2007 IS ... Susan Graham, M.S., MT(ASCP)SH Associate Professor and Chair Department of Clinical Laboratory Science Upstate Medical University