Ben, I know during my past term on the BOE, there was an effort to accommodate members geographically with Mid-Year programs. The last West Coast was the Mid-Year in Seattle May 2011. I don't think there are any Western AAO meetings in the next couple of years. Las Vegas 2015 and San Francisco 2019. Maybe a current BOE member will respond with future dates for Mid-Year programs. Chuck -----Original Message----- From: optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ben serar Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 9:58 AM To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [optimal] Re-Cert. change ? Hi, A question for the powers that be. The AAO, thus the OPS, will not be on the West Coast for some time to come. 5 units of the total 15 must be from OPS or OPS approved classes. Some of us may not want to part with the $$$ to go cross country to attend the meeting. So we get to take online classes that are a total waste of time. Is it possible that in the years that there is no West Coast OPS stuff that attending more informative retina meetings or the like be o.k. for the remaining 5 units just like they are o.k. for the first 10 units ? Could this change be made ? Thanks, Ben Serar