<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Reader,<div><br></div><div><div>The Health Care Authority's Health Technology Assessment program is currently accepting applications and nominations for the Health Technology Clinical Committee. Two committee vacancies are currently available.</div><div><br></div><div>Application materials are available at <a href="http://www.hta.hca.wa.gov/vacancy.html">http://www.hta.hca.wa.gov/vacancy.html</a> and have also been attached to this email.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Please electronically submit application, conflict of interest and resume to <a href="mailto:Shtap@hca.wa.gov">Shtap@hca.wa.gov</a> or mail information to:</div><div> Health Care Authority</div><div> 676 Woodland Square Loop SE</div><div> P.O. Box 42712</div><div> Olympia, WA 98504-2712</div><div><br></div><div>Due Dates</div><div> February 23, 2009 (First Review)</div><div> March 13, 2009 (Final Review)</div></div><div><br></div><div>This is an unusual event as delaying this announcement for the next issue of ARNP Care would have meant that no one would be able to make the deadline for application. As it is the deadline is very tight, with the application due February 23, 2009.</div><div><br></div><div>This is a great opportunity to get another ARNP on this committee. Currently Louise Kaplan, ARNP sits on the committee.</div><div><br></div><div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div>--</div><div>Bob Smithing, MSN, ARNP</div><div>Executive Director</div><div>ARNPs United of Washington State</div><div>10024 SE 240th St, #102, Kent, WA 98031</div><div>253.480.1035 Fx: 253.852.7725</div><div><a href="mailto:rts@auws.org">rts@auws.org</a></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div></span></div></span></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> <o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> <o:p></o:p></div></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>