Wednesday, February 22, 2006

The Hand You're Dealt

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In volunteer organizations, you often have to play the hand that you are dealt. In a previous post, I talked about having the VP's take ...
Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Committee Agendas

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How should I handle the committee agendas? I mean, the individual committee chairs should come to the President with an agenda for discussio...
Saturday, February 18, 2006

Leader's Resources

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I'm at work trying to print out all the Administrative References the Institute offers. We complain mightily about the Institute, but th...
Thursday, February 16, 2006

Binders for the Present & Future

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I'm going to stop by Staples on the way home & get 3-ring binders to create binders for the present & for the future. How many d...

Web Master

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I spent a decent amount of time this weekend as "web master" for the Chapter web site. As I sit & type this, the only thought ...

Committee Reports Part 3

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I hope the idea of continuing thoughts with the same title in "parts" makes it helpful to follow my trains of thought & experi...

Binders for the Future Part 2

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It occurred to me last night at the Board meeting that there is a lot of information about certain things in our Chapter that resides with o...

Hail to the Chief

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Well, its almost official. After the formality of an election, I will be the next president of our CSI chapter. The young woman who is 1st V...

Committee Reports Part 2

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In an earlier posting, I asked about how committee reports should be handled. Our Board meetings run TOO LONG & I'm looking for ways...

The Nature of a Leader

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Had lunch with 2 colleagues from my Construction Specifications Institute chapter today. Both of these ladies are in sales - 1 for a large, ...

Binders for the Future

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When I was younger & more handsome, I was a member of JayCees in Mississippi. One thing they do as an organization is CPG's - Chair...

Committee Reports

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Should an organization of committees who report to the Board of Directors once a month merely summarize their reports to the Board with litt...

CSI - no not the TV show

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I am currently 2nd Vice-President of the Baltimore Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute, a professional organization of Arch...

The Great Schism

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I went ahead & created a new blog to split out my CSI work from my Husband, Father, Architect work. I called it "The Accidental Lea...