Gulf Coast East District

GCED

Officers:

Interim Chair: Diane Collins
Interim Vice Chair: Sophie Rydin
Secretary: Erin Shirk
Treasurer: Kelly Parmet

Committee on Development:	Sharon Hennigan
Committee on Education:	Pei-Fen Chang
Committee on Membership:	Seneca Wilson
Committee on Standards & Practice:	Michelle Atanu
Committee on Legislative & Political Affairs:
OTA Representative:	Nikita Gandhi
Student Representatives:	Kyra Brown - TWU
	Sean Bomer - HCC
	Kailie Powder - UTMB
Liaisons:	Listed with Virtual Meeting Site Locations

News and Announcements:

The Virtual Meeting Site at Pima Medical Institute will not available for the May 15th meeting. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope you can join us at another meeting site listed below.

Meeting Information:

All regular district meetings will be held the third Wednesday of the month (except for the months of March and August which will be the last Wednesday). Networking begins at 5:45 p.m., with the meetings starting at 6:15 pm. A light meal will be provided at the meetings if sponsor is available.

All meetings are free to TOTA members, $20 for OT and OTA non-members and $10.00 for student non-members. Non-members, please bring exact change or a check. TOTA membership applications will be available at all meetings for all non-members or those in need of membership renewal. Attendees will receive 1 to 1.5 CE credits at all district and cluster group meetings.

Meetings are also broadcast at outlying locations throughout the state via Virtual Meeting. Cut your travel while receiving quality continuing education credits and participating in the activities of TOTA. Check the GCED schedule for location details.

For information regarding upcoming workshops, please contact interim district chair Diane Collins or visit the calendar.

Meeting Locations:

Main Location: Shriner's Hospital, 6977 Main St., Houston, TX 77030.

Virtual Meeting Sites:

Lonestar-Tomball Health Sciences Building 700 Graham Drive Tomball, Texas 77375 Contact Terra Ruppert, 281-826-5394 [email protected] Months Available: Sept, Oct, Feb, March	Memorial Hermann Southeast 11800 Astoria Blvd., 3rd floor classroom Houston, TX 77089 Contact: Jodi Jung 281-451-5712 [email protected] Months Available: Aug, Sept, Oct, Jan, Feb, March, April, May
Pima Medical Institute 10201 Katy Freeway Suite C, Room 139 Houston, TX 77024 Contact: Barbara Palmer 713-778-0778, Ext. 26148 [email protected] Months Available: Aug, Sept, Oct, Jan, Feb, March, April,	Tomball Independent School District Special Services Building 1302 Keefer Rd. Tomball, TX 77375 Contact: Eileen Garza 713-805-5147 [email protected] Months Available: Aug, Jan, April, May
University of Texas Medical Branch @ Galveston School of Health Professions 301 University Blvd., Room 2.304 Galveston, TX 77555 (corner of 13th St. & Mechanic St.) Contact: Diane Collins Cell 412-559-7249 Office: 409-772-3080 [email protected] Months Available: Aug, Sept, Oct, Jan, Feb, March, April, May	***Note*** The location previously hosted at Texas Children’s Hospital-West Campus is no longer active. If you live in this area and are interested in starting a new virtual site, please contact Eileen Garza.

Weather: The following numbers are provided to the members of Gulf Coast East District in the event that the evening of a scheduled meeting is accompanied by severe weather or some other emergency. If the weather is inclement, we will make a determination by 4:00 PM whether to cancel the meeting or not. If there are weather warnings (severe storms, flash flood, tornado, hurricane, etc) chances are high that we will cancel the meeting. Please call before driving to your meeting site.

Name	District Position	Phone Number / Email
Diane Collins	Chair	[email protected]
Eileen Garza	MegaMeeting	(713) 805-5147 C (281) 356-7559 H [email protected]