Paula, 
 
I was notified Thursday that I was (by acclaimation) voted 
the state Rep for AANP this next year and I think I am 
going to end up if no one else runs the regional director 
for the Region F (districts 4, 5 & 19) for MONA unless 
someone else puts their name in the hat over the summer. My 
main goal is getting ALL Missouri NPs coordinated and 
informed of what is going on both nationally and in 
Missouri. We have just got to get coordinated so that a 
Massive show of NP interest and support is coordinated on 
Jefferson City instead of 20 different small groups heading 
up there at a time. I am going to try and do some traveling 
around the State to talk with NP organizations and/or get 
them to organize in area groups so that they all get the 
same information at the same time. I hope we can get a 
“Legislation Liaison” in each small group and then we would 
be able to disseminate information in kind of a tier 
system. Another thing is getting the apathy and complacency 
out of our systems. We had better stand up and stand tall 
or we are going to lose out and all the privileges we have 
had, we may lose. Florida and Missouri have been set out by 
the AMA as example states to challenge our Scope of 
Practice. It is happening in Jefferson City right now and 
they are doing it in Florida (straight from the NP’s I 
visited with in Washington DC last month at the 
conference). I would be interested in getting APNO to join 
AANP as a group member also. It would mean a reduction in 
individual membership of $10. They are great at keeping us 
informed of legislation on the national front that mean 
more privileges for NPs and watch our backs while we are 
working taking care of our patients. Please pass this along 
to the membership and particularly Dan Johnson (I think he 
is our legislative coordinator for APNO). I would be most 
eager to talk with our APNO group and share what I can 
about state, MONA, AANP and some of the federal legislation 
with the membership. We have to do something now and for 
the future or we may no have one as advance practice in 
Missouri. I’m trying not to sound like chicken little, but 
if the AMA and the Osteopathic State and National 
Organizations have their way, we would be back to snatching 
them coffee and carrying a lantern. 
 
Kip