District Eight AALAS

The D8 Council was created so all branches within the district would have an equal voice and access to resources available to all branches including:

• a continuity for how a D8 is run by creating a history for what works and what doesn’t from year to year;
• a Speakers bureau pooling expertise of all branches and vendors;
• greater communication between branches within the district;
• study groups for certification preparation prior to a directed training session at D8
• establishing scholarships or a site for scholarship information to be readily available
• resource for information on how to write a paper, poster, or reference

Our Mission

• To allow the branches to come together and hold an educational and informative meeting for technicians and others
• To hold a cost effective meeting full of shareable knowledge that can be taken back to home facilities
• To pass along new techniques presented in papers, posters, workshops and tours

The D8 Council benefits us all by:

• increasing communication through use of a listserv and website;
• creating a speakers bureau from the larger pool of expertise that 11 branches collectively hold;
• increasing the number of attendees by standardizing the setting of the D8 meeting and reducing the cost of attending
• make use of the readily available vendor resource of expertise increasing vendor satisfaction and visibility...dedicated vendor time