Its been 3 months almost to the day since I wrote the last post. I am now within sight of the end of my Presidency. I just presided over my 15th membership meeting and I have 4 to go. These last 5 should be great - tour of a construction site, something on whole building modeling, tour of a window factory, a college professor speaking on entreprenuership and the use of databases in CA activities.
I'm thinking this morning of the structure of the President's guide. It should almost mirror the Institute's Administrative Resources - Chapter leadership, Region leadership, Institute leadership. Two weeks ago, I attended a meeting of the Nominations Committee. My follow up work was to ask two people the committee designated to volunteer to be Chapter Directors. I was surprised at how little they both knew of how our chapter is governed. Between that & compiling our chapter's nomination packet for Outstanding Chapter Commendation, I feel some sort of Board orientation is in order.
As I mentioned in my last post, I do worry about our chapter's future leadership. I feel strongly that our president's should serve the two consecutive terms allowed by our by-laws. If you've been reading this blog, you're aware that my predecessor took over from an absent president. He agreed to fulfill that person's term, but no more because he was planning to retire. His plans have since changed, but that's another story. When I agreed to step in and follow him as president, I made it clear to the Board that I expected their support for 2 years in office. They agreed. At that committee meeting, I asked our 1st VP if she were going to serve 1 or 2 terms. She emphatically said 1 term. I think that's a shame, but so be it.
Anyway, I think I'll start the president's guide by listing your duties to the chapter, region and Institute. We'll see where it goes from there.
