Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Random Thoughts No. 2

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These are random thoughts following LOS last weekend & lunch with a past president yesterday: Awards - we need to acknowledge our newsle...
Tuesday, April 18, 2006

National Convention - the next step

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Last week, 3 ladies from the national Institute attended our Board Meeting to discuss the preparations for the 2007 National Convention in B...
Monday, April 17, 2006

Random Thoughts

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Chatted with my wife on the way to her mother's Saturday night about our Chapter. Here are some things that came out of it. Programs: 1....
Monday, April 03, 2006

Back from Convention

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Back from the National Convention - its was a lot of fun, although the kids had issues that pulled my wife back early. See my other blog for...
Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Summer Planning Mtgs

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Our Chapter holds monthly membership meetings 10 months out of the year - September through June. June has historically been our awards banq...
Thursday, March 09, 2006

The Hand You're Dealt 2

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Spoke to the current Chapter President yesterday about the nominations process. Typically, we do not have more than 1 person run for a vacan...
Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Technical Committee

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By all accounts, or at least my memory, I am the last Technical Committee Chair the Baltimore Chapter had. That was FY 2003. I declined to c...
Thursday, March 02, 2006

How do we get the Old Guard back?

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We've lost some of the Old Guard chapter members due to our change in meeting location. We met for years in the Brooklyn neighborhood so...

What is a web site?

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At a committee meeting last night, we began discussing the web site briefly. I've been troubled lately by the duplication of information...
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...