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Proposed agenda items (feel free to add anything):
1. Discussion on bylaws
2. Approval of board member agreement
3. Set deadline to return board member agreement for all board members
4. Elect officersWould the third Thursday of EVERY month at 10 a.m. PST be a good time for everyone? If so I can go ahead and put it on the calendar.
If you’d like to be added to my Outlook calendar, just send me the email address you’d like to use for the calendar to [email protected]
Thanks again everybody!Just a reminder…the most common cause of not being able to login is not emptying your browser cache. This site uses cookies to verify that you are an authentic user. If you haven’t logged in since the last updates to the site, you’ll have to clear your browser cache before you can login.
Unfortunately this is an issue with our hosting provider, and the only workaround at the moment is clearing your browser cache.
If you’re having difficulty logging in, try that first.Starting a Nonprofit in Washington State-
Helpful guidelines for board members who are not residents of WashingtonBoard of Directors agreement – please feel free to make suggestions. If approved at the next board meeting, members will need to sign and return prior to the April 2024 meeting.
For Board Members, the Nonprofit Association of Washington will be holding their annual conference in May. It’s online, so you don’t have to travel to attend. We don’t qualify for the member pricing yet this year, because we’re not incorporated yet, but next year we can apply for membership after the incorporation is complete.
Tacoma is in Western Washington, and the cheapest pass is $60 for the Celebration Pass, for Western Washington.Here’s the link: https://www.nonprofitwa.org/washington-state-nonprofit-conference/pricing-registration
Changes: October 2, 2023
Just added a new navigation bar on the Directory making it easier for users to find Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapy Program Facilitators near them.
At the first of the year we will be offering live, interactive webinars in Ecotherapy for Therapists and Mindfulness for Therapists. Both these courses will be eligible for credit for becoming a Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapy Program Facilitator.Regarding marketing and getting clients, we have a separate course called ‘Starting an Ecotherapy Practice’ that has a whole section on marketing. We also have the Directory that offers free listings to certified facilitators.
Just created a “Marketing” topic on this forum as well so that facilitators and other mindful ecotherapy practitioners can give advice to each other. There’s also a free brochure you can download from this website and add your logo to.
As to the training to become a MBE Supervisor, we’re currently working on that program, but it probably won’t be ready until at least 2025. What I do know at this point is that anyone wishing to be a supervisor would at a minimum need to have MBE certification under the new program, which is due to be released sometime in 2024, probably in the fall or winter of that year.
The MBE Supervision program would be totally separate from any other supervision credential, meaning that being a MSW, LPC, AAMFT supervisor etc. would have no bearing on being qualified as a MBE supervisor.
No idea on the cost of the entire new certification program as yet. I just know that it will be a multi-stage process with several continuing education course requirements. Since all the continuing education wouldn’t necessarily have to come from the Mindful Ecotherapy Center, LLC, the cost may vary as long as the basic educational requirements are met.
As for the cost of supervision in the program (supervision hours will be a requirement for the new program), that cost will be up to the supervisors.
One thing we’re discussing at the moment is the possibility of offering some sort of discount or even possibly scholarships/internships when the supervisor program is completed so that we’ll have a pool of supervisors to draw on for future students in the program. If we decide to do that we’ll announce it on this forum and in the newsletter.
If you’d be interested in an internship or scholarship as a MBE Supervisor, you may want to subscribe to the newsletter if you haven’t already.
