November Petition Update

Jeanette Benigas20min

Jeanette Benigas

00:00

Hey, fixers, thanks for caring enough to keep up with the petition progress. Preston and I recorded this reaction to Vicki's letter before I received the letter from ashes legal counsel. We give full petition updates via email only. This is because we include all of the communications that I received from Asha, and screenshots of those will be too small to place on social media tiles. To date, we have only sent 11 emails from fix SLP to folks who are not sustaining partners, so please sign up at fix slp.com you can scroll to the bottom, put your email in the box and click subscribe. We will not spam you when we email you. It's because it's important. So let's jump in. Hey, fixers, I'm Dr Jeanette Benigas, the owner of fix SLP, a grassroots advocacy firm here to challenge the status quo in speech language pathology by driving real change from insurance regulations to removing barriers that prevent full autonomy like the CCC, this podcast is your space to learn, engage and take action in the field of speech language pathology. We don't wait for change. We make it so let's fix SLP!

Jeanette Benigas

01:38

We got a letter. We don't know. We don't know when we're going to air this. Oh, last night, this came in at 4:50pm and I was going to bed at like 11 something, and I thought, well, let me just look at my email, because I had not a great day yesterday. I really tried to separate myself from the computer and the phone as much as possible, but here it is, Jeanette, I'm writing as a professional courtesy to let you know that the ASHA board of directors, in parentheses, just in case I'm not sure BOD met considered the proposed bylaws amendment and determined that the association will not amend section 3.2 of the ASHA bylaws per the proposed 2% bylaws petition, Asha is establishing a set standard of operating procedures for submitting 2% Bylaw Amendment petitions initiated by members. More details regarding these procedures will be posted to the ASHA website once finalized. Additionally, you can expect a response from ashes, legal counsel on your point that member initiated petitions to amend the bylaws are not subject to Bod consideration of Vicki. Okay.

Preston Lewis

03:03

Well, I have questions.

Jeanette Benigas

03:05

Ask them!

Preston Lewis

03:06

Well, first of all, was there a special meeting? Because I don't think this came up in their regular schedule. Did it?

Jeanette Benigas

03:13

No it did not. I encouraged them in my response to her. So to refresh everyone, or if you're not on our emails, go subscribe bottom of Team fix slp.com this is where I gave screenshots of every single communication sent, and we'll continue to do that. So for anyone who didn't see that, what I said to her was, with the significant support behind the fix, SLP movement approaching 50,000 followers, 50,000 followers and over 1.2 million views on Instagram. By the way, we're almost at 2 million views on Instagram in the last 90 days. And the urgency of this issue, we strongly urge the board to move forward with implementation without delay. The next regularly scheduled board meeting appears to be in February, 2025 which we believe does not allow sufficient time to implement the amendments, new pricing criteria in time for the 2026 dues notice that will be sent to members and certificates as early as late summer. We understand the board can hold conference calls and virtual meetings between formal in person sessions, convening a virtual meeting within the next 30 days to address enactment would show responsiveness to the clear intent of ASHA's membership.

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