Eastern Division.The members of the Eastern Division extend their sincere thanks to Debra Ronning, NCTM NCTM National Council of Teachers of Mathematics NCTM Nationally Certified Teacher of Music NCTM North Carolina Transportation Museum NCTM National Capital Trolley Museum NCTM Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage , Eastern Division immediate past-president, for her gracious leadership these past two years, and congratulate her on being elected to the MTNA MTNA Music Teachers National Association MTNA Middle Tennessee Nursery Association (McMinnville, Tennessee) Board of Directors. It is a privilege to follow in her footsteps. This month's column continues the tradition of featuring an Eastern Division state as we hear from Pennsylvania President James Douthit. In collaboration with Jacobs Music of Philadelphia The city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is home to a vibrant and well-documented musical heritage, stretching back to colonial times. Innovations in classical music, opera, R&B, jazz and soul have earned the music of Philadelphia national and international renown. , the Pennsylvania MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. (PMTA PMTA Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association PMTA Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association PMTA Pressão Máxima de Trabalho Admissível PmtA Protein Mannosyltransferase PMTA Philadelphia Marine Trade Association PMTA Pine Mountain Trail Association ) launched its first Keystone State Piano Competitions in the fall of 2003, with competitions for college, senior high and junior high students that included more than forty entrants. In the spring of 2004, PMTA held a leadership summit for board members and local association presidents. A number of presentations focused on topics of interest to the leadership, including a summary of the current literature in leadership, a seminar on "Roberts Rules of Order," a discussion of the leadership vision of the organization and a time for each Board member to formulate his or her leadership vision for the organization and role in that vision. PMTA hired a web developer to design and maintain a web page. The website, www.pamusicteachers.org, is up and running. It is hoped that many organization publications can be published on the Web to save postage and duplicating costs. The state conference for 2004 will be held in November at Duquesne University, and the conference for 2005 will be held at Penn State University. Millie Eben, NCTM Reading, Pennsylvania Reading (IPA:/ˈrɛdɪŋ/) is the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania and the center of the Greater Reading Area. |
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