Events/News
Upcoming Meetings
The Fall Meeting will be held, Sunday, September 8, 2024 at the Embassy Suites, Jonesboro and the Winter Meeting will be Sunday, October 13, 2024 at the Embassy Suites, Rogers. The ROGERS Winter Meeting will have, NCLE.
BOTH HOTELS HAVE A BLOCK OF ROOMS FOR OUR GROUP BUT THEY WILL GO FAST.
You will find the registration forms for both of these meetings below. Please make sure you PRINT your email address, and please use the email address that you want your registration confirmation to be emailed to.
agendas
Meeting Agendas
OPTICIANS ASSOCIATION OF ARKANSAS
Fall Meeting
Sunday, September 8, 2024 7:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Embassy Suites by Hilton Jonesboro 223 Red Wolf Blvd, Jonesboro, AR 72405 870-619-4482
Sunday September 8
7:30 am - 8:00 am Seating and Questions
8:00 am –9:00 am Hug Your Patient ** Jackie O’Keefe
9:00 am - 10:00 am What is Good Vision?** Jackie O’Keefe
10:00 am – 12:00 pm ASK, SHARE, LEARN - Optical Round-Table*** Jackie O’Keefe
12:00 Noon Jurisprudence*
Speaker Jackie O’Keefe (Sponsored by Transitions)
Jackie O'Keefe Lincoln, LDO enjoys every facet of Opticianry from dispensing and writing to lecturing and consulting. She has been in the Optical industry since 1981. In her spare time, she can be found on the open road riding her Harley Davidson or on the dance floor dancing to her hearts content. And did you know that optical runs in her family? Mother Ginny McLaughlin, Sisters Candace O'Keefe-Culp and Laurie O’Keefe-Pierce are all in optical and just love to gather and talk optics. She was active in the International Association of Lions Clubs, a volunteer for Maine's Prevention of Blindness Programs, Inc., on the speakers' bureau for the Suicide Prevention Awareness & Resource Council. Jackie is Past President of the Opticians Association of Virginia and a founding member and Past President of the Opticians Association of Maine. She resides and consults in the Virginia Beach, VA area.
Just remember to never stop growing and learning as an Optician!
Christina Seaton, OAA President