
All Sponsors of Golden West, A Big "Hat's Off" & Thank You ! ! !
Your support goes a long way in helping to make our annual educational seminar a success.
Platinum Sponsors

Huy Hong
Golden West President
Huy provided excellent leadership throughout the seminar planning and the seminar events in his first big official duty as president of GWCSHC.. Thank you Huy for your year-long efforts which produced another great seminar..

Hats Off to Golden West
and
40 years of Continuous Education
Wednesday - Friday, Sept. 29th - Oct. 1st, 2010
And Hats Off to the Seminar Attendees
In your Overall Seminar Evaluations
65 of the 80 evaluations received rated the experience as Very Satisfactory.
You also enjoyed the food that was provided for lunch and dinner and thought the speakers fulfilled your educational goals for the seminar. (more details below)

Lee Kopasek
Seminar Chairperson
As Seminar Chairperson, Lee once again did a fantasic job of arranging for new speakers for the seminar and then keeping the programs on track and on time during the seminar. A high percentage of people who completed the Overall Seminar Evaluation stated that the seminar was well organized and the Speakers were very informative. Kudos to Lee for an outstanding job in making sure the seminar was enjoyable for all who attended.

Memorial Educational Awards
All registered seminar attendees are eligible and automatically entered for the Education Awards. The following lucky winners were drawn during the Wednesday dinner:
Jeanne Clark Award:
Karla Peralta
Mina Pierano Award:
Armagodon Ravago
Nadine Wright Award:
(Name not captured. If you were the winner of this award, please email your name to:
Lee Kopasek
Overall Evaluation of the Seminar
The Board Members of Golden West Central Service and Healthcare Chapter review your seminar evaluations thoroughly and discuss your comments and suggestions for future seminars.
While we take pleasure in knowing that overall you are very satisfied with the seminar experience, we also seriously consider your constructive criticisms and suggestions for improvement. We are an all-volunteer, non-profit educational organization which endeavors to provide a valuable and enjoyable educational experience while trying to keep the cost of the seminar as low as possible for the attendees. Many of the suggestions received in the evaluations would add significant cost for the seminar, such as coffee and continental breakfast be provided through all sessions of the seminar. Other suggestions inspire the Board Members to find ways to incorporate the suggestions in the plans for the seminars..
Some comments and suggestions were made applauding this year's vendors as there were some new faces and companies with new products to explore while other attendees' remarks indicated seeing the new products was interesting but too much time is spent on the vendors as most of you are not in the position to purchase or even recommend new products at your facilities. If you found yourself interested in the new products, you might want to encourage people at your facilities who are able to make purchasing recommendations for equipment or products that will help you in Central Service to attend the next seminar. The "Vendor Show" date/time will be announced prior to the seminar so the people at your facility could plan to attend the one day set aside for the vendor show.
You are always welcome to send ideas for the seminar to the Board Members via email. Go to the Contact Us page for the email addresses for the President, Huy Hong, or Member-at-Large/Seminar Chairperson, Lee Kopasek.

Iva Armstrong, RN is a founding member of Golden West Central Service and Healthcare Chapter and is still a spry and active member of our organization after over 40 years of service to Golden West and the healthcare community. Iva has been the Historian of Golden West until recently when she decided to share the role of Historian with other Golden West volunteers so that they may carry on the tradition and record future successes of Golden West.
THANK YOU IVA for your devotion to Central Service excellence through Education and your extensive efforts on behalf of Golden West.