NDA Journal 22 Lori Benvin nnds@nndental.org News from the Northern Nevada Dental Society NNDS Executive Director’s Message MEMBERSHIP: The state of belonging to an organization, or an agreement by which someone joins an organization. A body of members, a community, an association or group, an alliance. All of these represent YOU, our loyal and new tripartite members of the American Dental Association, the Nevada Dental Association, and the Northern Nevada Dental Society. As winter came in with record amounts of snow this year, the NNDS has come in strong with our membership renewals. We hope to continue to retain our strong membership and gain others who may now know the value, the importance as a unified group, and the camaraderie we all felt at this year’s Holiday Mixer. Our momentum is building, and we want you to feel a part of organized dentistry, a sense of community, and partnership with your fellow colleagues. THANK YOU to all that have renewed, we VALUE you. I also want to recognize our new Director of Member Services at the NDA, Marianna. Marianna probably gave you all a call this year, her assistance and commitment to the importance of membership has been incredible and she is owed a BIG THANK YOU as well! Our Executive Committee will be reaching out to other colleagues this month directly. We encourage your return to the NNDS or to join us and why it is so important for you to be a member; the importance of increasing our associations’ numbers was very evident at our last NNDS dinner meeting. If you attended in January, you were educated on what your lobby team Tri-Strategies, the NDA Executive Director Michele, and your CGA Committee volunteer members are doing legislatively this year. We had some great wins in 2021 but this year bigger ones are in the works. We can only accomplish this with larger numbers of members statewide to boast to our legislators and new Governor about the changes and reform that needs to happen for our community of patients and the dental profession in Nevada. For more info on our coming events and opportunities, go to our website at www.nndental.org and watch for our eNewletters and other e- communication. BIG NEWS: We are bringing back the NNDS Mystery Bus Trip this year, hoping for a May date— don’t MISS out. The NDA is hosting their summer meeting at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe in late June. There will be some very fun social events for you, your spouse, significant other, and family. Watch for more information to come. We have a NNDS New Dentist event in early August, the annual NNDS Open House Picnic in mid- August, a New Dentist Achievement Award Night, and other incredible continuing education opportunities and social events coming in 2023 and early 2024. Don’t miss out!0 Kirk Arritt, DDS–General Katharina Fung, DMD–Orthodontia Grady Gores, DDS–General Natalya Jones, DMD–General Debra Peterson, DMD–General Niki Rahming, DMD–General Johnny Winfield, DDS–Prosthodontist Welcome Newest NNDS Members
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