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Next CAPA meeting this Thursday (12/3)
We are looking forward to seeing everyone at the next CAPA meeting this Thursday at Cannoli Joe’s in South Austin. We will be listening to an update to Texas Law from our very own CAPA member Gay Dodson, the Executive Director of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy. This educational session will have CE available and keep in mind that the session will be recorded for future use as a webinar CE. This is our joint meeting with AASHP, so please welcome all the new faces, and some regular ones, when you see them in the meeting room. As a reminder, e-mails and letters have been mailed out to renew your TPA memberships. There have been some changes to the renewal process including how you make a contribution to the local association. Please remember to add $30.00 in the appropriate section of the renewal, online or in print, in order for your local CAPA association to receive the dues to keep having these functions. More importantly the money is also used to provide scholarships to the University of Texas College of Pharmacy and for active CAPA members interested in promoting pharmacy advocacy. One of the added benefits to joining TPA this year will be a subscription to the Pharmacist Letter, which many pharmacist consider the best 20 minute read in order to keep up to date in our practice. This is a nice value for the renewal or beginning to your TPA membership. Also, use this opportunity to recruit other pharmacy personnel to the organization and to CAPA. The more members we have the more opportunities we can create for meetings like this one and for other great events in the future. Technicians, Students, Pharmacists and anyone else is welcome to join the association, just send them over to the TPA website for more information. We are looking forward to seeing everyone this week. And for those of you unable to make the event, have a healthy and happy holiday. Marcus — CAPA President
 
Next CAPA Meeting, December 3rd
We have our next meeting place and time set and the eVite should be coming out soon. CAPA is proud to announce Continuing Education (CE) to finish out 2009! And an opportunity to welcome AASHP members as we enjoy the evening together. We hope to see you there!  We’ll be meeting at Cannoli Joe’s in South Austin. The address shows East 290 but for those of you Austinites, it is known as “west 290″ located between MoPac and S. Lamar on 290/71 south of downtown. A Texas Pharmacy Law Update Presented by: Gay Dodson, Executive Director/Secretary, Texas State Board of Pharmacy Learning Objectives: At the completion of this program, the participant will be able to: 1) Discuss the recent changes to pharmacy laws and rules, and 2) Discuss the current issues faced by the State Board of Pharmacy Agenda: 6:30 PM, Networking and Registration 7:00 PM, Dinner Buffet 7:30 PM, Program: A Texas Pharmacy Law Update 8:30 PM, Question and Answer 9:00 PM, Adjourn Up to 50 participants may register for this event.  Cash Bar Self funded by the Capital Area Pharmacy Association. Texas Pharmacy Association (154) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program has been assigned ACPE number #TBD P/T and is accredited for 1.0 Contact Hours (0.10 CEUs). See our website for more information.
 
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