Dear New CNM Member:

WELCOME to the Clinical Nutrition Management (CNM) Dietetic Practice Group (DPG #44).  We are thrilled to have you as a member of this leadership group.  The CNM DPG is a dynamic, visionary group of professionals that work in a management capacity in various settings and industries, such as Long-term care, acute care, community, corporate, and government services, who are dedicated to identifying and addressing best practices related to nutrition management that are essential for successfully leading nutrition services in the 21st century.  Your membership in CNM brings with it valuable member benefits.  The benefits are listed below, along with information that you can use to access services we provide.

• CNM Newsletter - Future Dimensions in Clinical Nutrition Management:  You will receive quarterly issues of our newsletter beginning with the Summer 2009 issue.  Back issues of the newsletter can be found at the member’s only section of the CNM Website.
•  CNM Web Page:  The CNM Web site can be found at http://www.cnmdpg.org/
•  CNM Electronic Mailing List (EML):  An on-line forum that you can use to discuss nutrition management issues, obtain quick assistance with a problem or get insight into new references and Web sites.  To subscribe:
  1. Go to http://lists.my180.net/mailman/listinfo
  2. Click on CNM
  3. Go to "Subscribing to CNM and follow the instructions.  Contact Nancy Farmer-Dziak at nfdziak@metrohealth.org if you need help.
• Professional Development:  Please plan on joining us for the following event:
  o CNM Symposium in 2011 in Tucson, AZ at the Loews Ventana Canyon, April 2 - 5 - See the 2011 Symposium link at the top of the website page.
  Prioritize this symposium into your budget and add it to your calendar
  Participate in this energizing retreat with over 300 clinical nutrition managers from around the country.

CNM has many opportunities for member involvement.  Our new, robust strategic plan includes multiple committees in which you can contribute and establish new collegial relationships.  Among those committees are:  Fundraising, Professional Development, Member Services, Newsletter, Nominating, Legislative and Reimbursement, Nutrition Informatics, and Research/Quality Management. These committees are responsible for implementing specific plans to reach our overall goals and objectives.  For example, the Nutrition Informatics goal is to promote use of information technology into clinical practice and management, making clinical nutrition practice visible in patient care systems, processes, and outcomes.
Once again, welcome to the CNM Dietetic Practice Group!  I welcome your feedback and comments throughout this next year (June 1, 2010 to May 31, 2011), as your practice issues are important to CNM.

Sincerely,
Krista Clark, MBA, RD, LD, CNSD
2010-2011 Chair, Clinical Nutrition Management
afrdrun@gmail.com