As a follow up to our district consolidation petition, the Board of Directors has voted to accept our petition to dissolve the Central District effective April 1st, 2022.

Why? Back in October 2021, your district leaders sought input from Central members on the idea of dissolving so that members could be reassigned to neighboring districts.

Over the years, the Central District has had low participation at meetings, difficulty finding candidates for elections, and current has a vacancy in the Central District Chair position.

It is important to note that we are not alone in these challenges: other districts have also struggled with finding new leaders and the IPTA Board of Directors is encouraging members of the 2022 Assembly to consider how we can restructure our organization to better fit the changing needs of our current and future members.

In the meantime, the dissolution of the Central District on April 1st means that:

• All elected Assembly Reps serving in 2022, will still be considered a voting member of the Central District for the upcoming March 5th Assembly of Representatives.  
• Our Central District Delegate, Heidi Tippner Morris, PT, will still participate in APTA’s 2022 House of Delegates Meeting, but as an At-Large Delegate for the remainder of the term, which expires December 31, 2022.
• All elected District leaders (District Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary/ Treasurer, Nominating Committee members, and Representatives completing their term in 2023) will be released from their responsibilities effective April 1, 2022 and all records and materials for the Central District will be returned to the Chapter office by June 1, 2022.
• Chapter and District call for nominations begin March 1st – and all Central members will be eligible to run for a position (and vote) in their newly assigned District elections.  

Your NEW District!

Effective April 1st, 2022, the Central District will be dissolved and based on county of residence, you will be reassigned to East Central, Western, West Central or Southern Districts as follows:

• Those residing in IROQUOIS, LIVINGSTON, FORD counties shall be reassigned to East Central District.
• Those residing in EFFINGHAM, CUMBERLAND, JASPER, CRAWFORD, FAYETTE counties shall be reassigned to Southern District.
• Those residing in MCLEAN, TAZEWELL counties shall be reassigned to Western District.
• Those residing in MONTGOMERY, LOGAN, DEWITT, PIATT, MACON, MOULTRIE, CHAMPAIGN, DOUGLAS, COLES, SHELBY, EDGAR, VERMILLION, CLARK, CHRISTIAN counties shall be reassigned to West Central District.

Please note that all members can always request to be reassigned to any district that they choose – whether it be the district you work in, live in, or is more accessible to YOU. After April 1st, you can request to be reassigned to a different, by emailing ipta@ipta.org.

Questions? Feel free to reach out to either the Chapter Office (ipta@ipta.org), or Matthew Gordon, PT, DPT, (Acting District Chair 2022) at mgordon2433@gmail.com.