Ben, While the OPS has no control over where the Annual Program is held in conjunction with AAO, we do have the ability to hold our Mid-Year program where we'd like to. In 2013 the Mid-Year program will be held in San Francisco. We'll be sure to announce the exact dates once they are known. You can see additional information about future programs here: http://www.opsweb.org/?page=futureprograms Also, I have been under the impression that Chicago is a nice central location that has easy flights to get to. Perhaps, you can find a way to attend the 2011 Annual program with just one flight. I hope this helps, Sarah Member, Board of Education On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 10:57 AM, ben serar <serarphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > 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 > >