NCGR-PAA Workshop at UAC: The Practice & Profession of Astrology
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NCGR-PAA invites you to our PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP!In this panel discussion, leading professional astrologers in the astrological community will present what the working astrologer needs to know: from first contact with the client, to the follow up consultation and beyond! - On the human side of the practice of astrology, we will help you develop consulting skills to communicate with the client more effectively and compassionately.
- On the business side of the practice, we will help you with marketing strategies, publicity measures, rates, payment policies and what you need to know to run a successful career in astrological consulting.
- As part of the "how to" of becoming a professional astrologer, we will discuss the advantages of mentoring and what a mentor can do to help you strengthen your consulting skills.
- And we will discuss the benefits of certification and the details of our own Certification Exam & Program, the prize jewel of NCGR-PAA!
Our presenters will include Madalyn Hillis-Dineen, Joyce Levine, John Marchesella, Maria Kay Simms and Joe Polise, as well as YOU, our student and participants in a question and answer forum. Time's running out! SIGN UP NOW!!! Where: Marriott New Orleans, New Orleans, LA (Prior to UAC)
When: Wednesday May 23, 2012, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fees: $60 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT |
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Get Tested in New Orleans, LA
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Date of test: May 30, 2012
Time: 11:00 AM
Place: Marriott Hotel, New Orleans, LA
Contact person: Shirley Soffer, NCGR-PAA Education Director
Contact info:
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. Pre-registration is required. You will be sent
an application and will need to submit the
test fee and completed application before
the deadline.
Deadline to apply: May 1, 2012
Tests Proctored: Level I, Level II, Level III |
An Important Message About Changes to the NCGR-PAA
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Dear Friends:
As of February 1, 2011, NCGR-PAA will no longer be a membership organization. As many of you know, the NCGR Professional Astrologers' Alliance was created in response to an IRS audit of NCGR. At that time, the IRS suggested that if NCGR wanted to maintain its non-profit charitable organization status that we needed to make certain changes to our certification process and the way we marketed our certified astrologers. Our attorney advised us to set up a separate organization, the NCGR-PAA, which is a non profit trade association and, as such, can test, certify and promote its members.
We did this in 2008 and in the past two years have struggled to find our identity beyond certification, testing and promotion. While we had many plans on how PAA might benefit both its members and the astrological community (lobbying, speaker's bureau, etc), it has been difficult to put those plans in place. In all organizations and especially ours, there seems to be a lack of volunteers and a lack of energy and enthusiasm. That being said, our Board began to rethink our role as an organization. What benefits were we offering members? Is there a better way to accomplish our certification goals?
After another check with our attorney, we were told that the PAA need not be a member organization. In other words, we do not need to collect dues and have members in order to test, certify and promote our astrologers. Therefore, beginning February 1, 2011, we will cease to be a member organization. Instead, we will collect monies from testing fees as well as any fees that we may charge to have a full listing at our website. We will also derive income from the sale of study guides and from online and in-person lectures and workshops that we may offer.
Those of you whose memberships extend beyond February 1 will have a full listing at the website until such time as your membership would have expired. The annual fee for a full listing at the website is $45, which is what we had been charging for dues. If you do not pay for a full listing and you are certified at NCGR-PAA Level IV, you will continue to have your name listed on our certified astrologer page as before.
We encourage you to keep your website listing current and, in turn, we will be doing our best to promote our website as the one to go to if you are looking for a competent professional.
Madalyn Hillis-Dineen
President, NCGR-PAA |
NCGR & The Birth of the NCGR-PAA
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Written by John Marchesella
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An Exercise in Mundane Astrology from Our Own Backyard  Astrology organizations have transits too. And the ones that have been occurring in the natal chart of NCGR so accurately depict the recent establishment of NCGR-Professional Astrologers’ Alliance as well as the development of astrology in a larger social context. This article is presented as a short and sweet example of mundane astrology in action.
Here’s the background: The IRS audited NCGR on October 16, 2006, at which time, it was “suggested” that NCGR separate its professional promotional activities, including the Certification Program and the Professional Empowerment Program, from its other membership benefits, in order to create two distinct organizations. This would ensure the latter’s non-profit status as an astrological education and research organization, as it always had been; and the former would be an organization for the purpose of trade and promotion for professional astrologers.
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NCGR-PAA Recordings From Workshop, July 24, 2010
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MP3 recordings are now available from the July 24, 2010 NCGR-PAA Workshop for $15 each or $30 for all three (a $15 savings).
Shirley Soffer: Let The Planets Be Your Guide $15
John Marchesella: Approaching The Client For The "First" Time $15
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