Note: Perflist is an online members-only message board open only to qualified members. By comparison, Trident Health Resources, Inc. sponsors Perfusioncommunity.com, also a message board which is open to all and includes messaging, calendar, news, job postings, & resume bank, chat and email functions and more.
Dear Colleagues:
I’d like to respond to several of the new policies or policy changes at AmSECT’s, Perflist and then ask for your feedback. Listed below are the Perflist policies that have been modified or added:
1. Perflist is for active perfusionists, perfusion students, life or retired AmSECT members, blood management technologists and perfusion assistants only.
This means that companies which serve the perfusionist industry are not allowed on Perflist. If you are a researcher, a hospital employee who is not actively a perfusionist, a support team member who works with a perfusionist, or perfusion vend/ manufacturer, among others, you cannot access the Perflist.
By comparison, at Perfusioncommunity.com, anyone who is interested in perfusion-related matters is welcome to peruse and join our site. Extra features are available to registrants, and the registration is without charge or qualification.
2. Anonymous posts on PerfList will not be accepted. It is required that you sign your posts, indicating your name and email address at minimum.
If you have something to say that is relevant or controversial or important and you want to say it without fear of repercussion, you can't say it anonymously on Perflist.
On Perfusioncommunity, you can speak freely. No industry is perfect and it is through open discussion that important issues are addressed. where outcomes could result for the benefit of all.
3. Advertising services, equipment, websites, blogs, virus warnings, non-perfusion-related items or off-topic email is prohibited on Perflist. Unless specific advance approval is granted by AmSECT administration, you may NOT post any such advertisements directly on Perflist.
Sometimes important news and information appears on another website. Our perfusionists would, at times, inform their colleagues about news found at “other” websites such as, Perfusioncommunity.com or Trident’s blog. No longer will such a posting of website links be approved on Perflist.
By comparison, Perfusioncommunity.com welcomes important notices and free use of our information forums. Perfusioncommunity.com is purposefully designed in consideration of the entire Perfusion Community and those who support the efforts.
4. Unless specific advance approval is granted by AmSECT administration, you may NOT post any meeting announcements directly on Perflist.
It’s important to know upcoming dates for events in the perfusion community. If you are holding a meeting and want to send out notices, you need to get advance approval or you won’t be able to post on Perflist.
You can post any important event on Perfusioncommunity.com. Perfusioncommunity.com keeps a calendar which includes both domestic perfusion events as well as international events, and includes many other events which aren’t listed at other websites.
5. Employment announcements directly related to the field of perfusion may be posted on the AmSECT website. Unless specific advance approval is granted by AmSECT administration, you may NOT post any employment announcements directly on Perflist.
This new policy is very interesting. Perflist was one of the places to go for perfusion job announcements. Now, getting jobs posted there has been prohibited in favor of AmSECT posting formal job openings on their website.
On Perfusioncommunity.com, by comparison, employer ads are posted AT NO CHARGE, regardless if you are a hospital or a contractor. Perfusioncommunity.com updates jobs daily and uses numerous daily feeds to get information regarding job openings. Perfusioncommunity.com also has a resume bank, which serves the perfusionist seeking a job and includes job matching services with employers.
In conclusion, where AmSECT is falling behind in addressing the needs and wants of perfusionists, Perfusioncommunity.com offers more. If you haven’t visited Perfusioncommunity.com yet, please do so today.
What do you think of Perflist Policy Changes?
And what would you like to see as a feature on your website, Perfusioncommunity.com?
We welcome your comments and feedback.
Ralph E. Jordan
CEO & President
Trident Health Resources, Inc.
1 comment:
With permission, the following individual authorized a reposting of his recent message at Perflist regarding this subject.
Thank you, Skip Russell!
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PerfList Post 5/26/09
Hello Everyone,
I had received a notice concerning the rule changes to the PerfList and felt some of the
rules were inappropriate to say the least. I sent a post the other day and
while AmSECT continues to post meeting information, my post was "not
approved" because it mentioned 17.7 CEU's.
As I read the PerfList I come across many posts that I am not interested in
so I move on. I continue to see re-discussed topics concerning licensure,
perfusion procedures, people searches, and AmSECT news but I have the
freedom to decide what I find valuable and what is not.
The Missouri Perfusion Society and many Missouri Perfusionists have been
active in AmSECT programs and continue to support AmSECT but to approve
meeting information posts for some and not for all is a travesty.
Respectfully,
Skip Russell
Former President
The Missouri Perfusion Society
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