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There are a bunch of ideas on the board right now. I posted something suggesting we try to come up with an idea for a name of a new organization, something U.S.-identified and specifically non-AHDI-affiliated.
MTAUS (or whatever it was) flew out of my brain, then one person suggested USMTA. USMTA sounds great but is unfortunately not available as a domain name. But before I could respond, someone had taken it upon herself to start a website using USMTA and to write a description of the organization as well as a mission statement, so that's what you are seeing.
My approach would be a little different. My feeling is that things should proceed carefully, somewhat more deliberately, and with a certain amount of planning--making sure the domain name is going to be available and making sure there is a lot of opportunity for people to read each others' comments and give input, since one of the biggest things I have against AHDI is that they have done everything they have done while no one was looking. This easier said than done with a virtual workforce, but I was thinking that getting a name and then possibly a yahoo users' group would be a way to make it interactive and to wean the whole issue off the MTStars board.
I'm just one MT. I've been posting kind of aggressively on this whole AHDI issue for months now, but I'm certainly not in charge of anything. I just made the suggestion that all the energy behind some of the very angry posts about AAMT/AHDI/MTIA be channeled into a new organization, & I put out a call for a name. I think some care is required at the outset. But it's JMHO.
Certainly if anyone wants to jump on the USMTA bandwagon, by all means, have at it. There's no rule that says there can only be one alternative to AHDI. |
random coagulation - You are not totally out of it
