Fellow dentists, have you seen this article? People Want to Stay with the Ontario Dental Association.
The ODA celebrates spending our membership fees for irrelevant degrees for staff and training for their dogs. How many dentists would be supportive of this? They may talk of staff retention, but I don’t think there are too many dentists that will say that ODA staff are top performers and that investing in their performance is paramount for their retention. Does the ODA board really give this much autonomy to CEO Frank Bevilacqua?
Please comment below about how you feel about this.
Funding such activities raises serious questions about the appropriate use of organizational resources. Dentists already face financial burdens in maintaining their practices to ensure the best care for their patients, and supporting their employees. How can ODA staff take such liberties with our membership fees? We need to start getting active and ensure that the ODA is a dentists-centric run organization.
Dentist’s membership fees should be spent on initiatives that directly benefit dentists.
For the ODA, the priority should always be on improving the brand of dentists and ensuring our voice is heard on major issues like CDCP or other government-funded programs.
We must demand more of our membership dollars from the ODA.
Dentists of Ontario, Engage ODA can’t wait to hear your thoughts and opinions!
3 Responses
great!
The ODA is run by Mr. Bevilacqua and his staff for their own benefit. The ODA board of directors is just a rubber stamp for the CEO’s agenda. Our dues should be no more than $ 500. The dues are so high because it goes to pay their high salaries of the 60 employees and a lot of travel and meals at expensive restaurants and a lot of free alchol for the board members.
Mr. Bevilacqua must go.He has destroyed the ODA and its reputation.