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