Join us in the mobilization of the day spa and medical spa industries to raise funds to help those who survived the terrible natural disaster that struck the South of Asia and the Asian Islands. Here is what we are doing: We have set up a link on www.dayspaassociation.com for individuals who come to our site to donate to the organization(s) chosen. As of today we have a link in place to American Friends Service Committee; and SpaAsia's Caring Hearts relief fund. We are looking to add two more in order to give choices.
We encourage each and every one of our members (and other spa professionals) to do their own fundraising on a local level. Periodically, we ask that these funds be transmitted via the link of one of the charities we are working with, on our site. The links are specially coded, and the charities chosen have assured us that we will be able to receive periodic figures of how many donations have been made through our link and how much money was raised collectively through the day spa and medical spa industries.
Should you have clients, and/or would rather submit these funds via check or money order, these can be made payable to the charity of your choice (one of the three we will be featuring) and forwarded to:

THE INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL SPA ASSOCIATION
310 - 17th Street
Union City, NJ 07087
Attn: Disaster Relief Asia

If you have not yet ordered your VIP pass for The Medical Spa Expo 2/27+28, Los Angelesthis is the last call - this pass entitles you to visit the tradeshow floor FREE of charge and all general sessions. There is a 20% discount on Workshops for DSA members! Contact Diane Press at Reed Expo 1- 800-363-3631 for details.

Be sure to attend your fellow IMSA members' presentations: John Buckingham (Solana MedSpa); Michael Effler (International Design Concepts); Lynn Watanabe (The Dental Spa), Susanne Warfield (PCI Medical Journal)

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International LifeTime Congress March 17-19 Frankfurt, Germany

Hannelore has been invited to be part of an international panel to present the developing of the day spa and medical spa industries from the view of old and new, east and west. There will also be a post conference tour to Wiesbaden and Baden Baden - watch your mailboxes (the real ones) for more information mailed to you from Messe Frankfurt in Atlanta.

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NEW IN 2005 - MARK YOUR CALENDAR TODAY!
Symposium @ Sea - sailing from Ft. Lauderdale 12/01 for 4 nights / 3 days. Advanced Medical Spa Education with a Medical Track for Health Care Providers (CME) and a Business Track for spa owners, staff, and investors (CEU). Watch for further details on www. medicalspaassociation.org as they become available.

Introductory deal to IMSA members from Jeff Russel of MedSpa Financing: "Lease $125,000 or more by June 15, 2005 and MedSpa Financing will send you and a guest on the IMSA Symposium @ Sea Cruise 2005". Contact:

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A MEDICAL SPA PAVILION at the The American Academy of Family Physicians Annual Meeting 9/29-10/2 in San Francisco
We are building a Medical Spa Pavilion - interested parties should contact the IMSA office for further information. Lecture possibilities within the pavilion on tradeshow floor. MedSpaAssn@aol .com - an email announcement will follow shortly!

Our new format to hold a membership teleconference each month has become quite successful. Thank you to our past presenters, Susanne Warfield of PCI Medical Journal & Catherine Atzen of ATZEN®. Upcoming dates and topics: February 15 - Gina Meyers on Medical Spa Insurance March 15 - John Buckingham on Syndication April 12 - Jeff Russell on Credit & Finance May 17 - Roger Ignon on Medical Devices for Medical Spas

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Your Board of Directors is hard at work, also meeting once a month. Sustaining members are invited to tune in and participate in the discussion, however are not allowed to vote.

The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced it has postponed the effective date of rule provisions it adopted Dec.16 establishing criteria for determining whether the primary purpose of an e- mail message is commercial.
The FTC had determined in December that the provision would become effective on Feb. 18. However, the federal government's Office of Management and Budget deemed the provision a "major rule," which means the changes cannot take effect until at least 60 days after they are submitted to Congress. Therefore, the revised effective date is now March 28.
"It has to do with the potential economic impact of the rule," said Allen W. Hile, assistant director- division of marketing practices at the FTC.

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We now have a monthly column in Medical Spa Business Review starting with the March '05 issue called ADVANCED MEDICAL SPA EDUCATION. If you are interested in submitting an article for this section, please contact our Director of PR, Rada Tierney at rtierney@pcaskin. com.

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Share your news with your peers - this newsletter is a forum for exchange - your happenings, questions, reports, requests and more - in other words we want to hear from every one of you!

Until next time!

Happy Valentine's Day!

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Spafully,

Hannelore R. Leavy

email: dayspaassn@aol.com

phone: 201-865-2065

web: http://www.dayspaassociation.com