Notes from Business Session 1- Montreal 7/24

Dear chapter members:
Quick notes from Montreal before the Office Expo opens.

Here's the official count of eligible delegates to case votes:

Int'l Officers - 12
Division Officer Delegates - 34
Chapter Delegates 273
Chapter Alternates - 132
Members At Large - 1
Chapter At Large - 1

total number of registered attendess as of 8:30am was 1,018.
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We have four chapter members in attendance at EFAM- which is pretty darn good considering we
 have 32 members!

Int'l Board of Directors President Mary Ramsey-Drow focused her final report to the membership on the financial* standing of IAAP.  You'll be happy to hear that IAAP is in better shape this year financially, going from a deficit of $465,000 (2009) to an approximate profit margin of $160,000.  Membership retention has grown and that has helped reduce the percentage decline in membership.

I will file a complete report to the chapter before our August meeting.
One note of concern I will be raising at the candidates forum is that there are three candidates from the Southeast district for positions on the Int'l Board of Directors.  It seems a bit unfair (?) that four of our leadership officers (not District Directors) would all be from the Southeast Division.  I might be wrong on my take on this.. but it doesn't strike me as a fair representation of the membership. 
More later on this from me.

Hope you are staying cool.. it is about 83 here today in Montreal.

Member Communications and Other Important Info! July 2011

I'm excited and thrilled at how our chapter has jumped into the 2011 program year.  We have had three new members join in the last two weeks!  There is so much information to share with you and most of it will be published in our August 2011 newsletter.  If you are interested in submitting an article for the August newsletter, you must submit the article to Carla Thorpe, Communications Chair, no later than July 28.
In the meantime, I need to get this other important information out to your attention.

EFAM- Montreal July 24-27
I will be blogging from EFAM on behalf of IAAP.  It will be posted on the IAAP Web Community website.  If you have not activated your IAAP web community profile or need assistance doing so, please let me know. There will also be a Twitter feed (@OTACPresident) but depending on the international charges for my phone those may be far and few between.  There are some very important bylaws being proposed at convention and I will be sure to communicate how those debates unfold.

CERTIFICATION Study Group
The CAP & CAP-OM certification study group will begin August 9 to be held at the IADR offices on Duke Street. An informational flyer will be sent out to members this weekend.  It will also be posted on our chapter website. Meetings wll be free. Participants will be responsible for their own dinner and beverage. Class will take place starting at 6pm and end at 8pm.

Jan Szych, CPS/CAP is the chapter's certification chairperson for 2011-12. Please note that if you are planning on submitting an application for the November 2011 exam, the exam application and fee must be into (not postmarked by.. but received by) IAAP HQ on August 15.

PROGRAM CALENDAR for 2011-12
So where is our program calendar for the year? Want a specific topic covered?  There is a members-only planning session being held on July 16, 2011 in Springfield. At that session, the program calendar will be finalized and the calendar will be published to the chapter members soon after. If you want in on the planning, email otac.iaap@gmail.com and I will forward the details for this important planning session.

NEW Member Orientation
New members! Three things you need to know about.

1. Name badges-  A chapter name badge will ordered for you.  Be sure to send an email to Carole Murray and designate how you'd like your name to appear on your badge.
2. Meet & Greet-  We'll be hosting a very informal meet and greet for new chapter members on Thursday, July 14 at 6:30pm at the Chevys at Pentagon City (Blue/Yellow lines). 
3. The new member orientation session is scheduled for Wednesday, August 31 at 6pm. We are finalizing the location.  Please mark the date.  We'll probably host another one in late Fall, but please try to make this session if possible.

Remember, IAAP is an investment for you! 

On behalf of the chapter leadership, Iwish you a safe and wonderful summertime and look forward to a very successful IAAP program year.

Kind regards,

Kemetia MK Foley, CPS/CAP
President

Liz Harris
Vice President

Carole Murray, CPS/CAP
Treasurer

IAAP- EFAM - Arrival at Convention

Welcome to Boston!

Well, I can tell you a few things about arriving here for the IAAP meeting.  Logan was definitely ready for 1400 admins.. Sheraton.. not so much.  Registration lines out the door.  Made me very grateful I flew in early this morning.

But as always --the best part about attending EFAM is the networking- I met two folks from the Buffalo, NY chapter on the shuttle to the hotel, and as a bonus I also got to run into a bunch of my pals from the DE-MD-DC Division that I don't see very often.  I also met up with Bianca Constance, former NY Division President-  a fascinating lady that was invited (through her IAAP membership) to present to admins in South Africa this past Spring.  Just goes to show, you never know where your IAAP membership will take you.

Got registered for the Convention and obtained my delegate documents.  Tomorrow is an early morning.. 8am for delegates briefing.  You better believe I'll be at Dunkin' Donuts by 7:30 because the lines will be long.

Tomorrow is the true "Opening Day" of EFAM in terms of the business session.  It is a fascinating adventure!...   but one more event before turning in this evening.  The informal meeting of the social media/blogger/discussion board -types like yours truly.  I promised myself I'll be back to the hotel by 10 and asleep.. at least that's my goal!

More tomorrow...