Showing posts with label National Meetings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label National Meetings. Show all posts
Sunday, September 19, 2010
National Council September Meeting
National Council had our September meeting today! We had a lot to talk about and a couple of CBP changes to go through. Keep an eye out for some voting and new information... and some blog announcements coming in the next few days too!
Sunday, July 4, 2010
National Council June Meeting
Last weekend, National Council had our June meeting. We had a lot of exciting things going on and some necessary operations updates to work through. This meeting was focused on some policy and bylaw amendments addressing our RFD terms, insurance fees (as we warned everyone would come this summer!), and National Council visits. Look for an update on those changes coming up this summer.
And of course we talked about our plans for Conference 2010 next month (wow, in less than 2 weeks now!). We are thrilled to see everyone in Cleveland and can't wait to attend the LEAP workshops, networking activities, and legislative session with you all!
And of course we talked about our plans for Conference 2010 next month (wow, in less than 2 weeks now!). We are thrilled to see everyone in Cleveland and can't wait to attend the LEAP workshops, networking activities, and legislative session with you all!
Monday, March 22, 2010
National Council Spring 2010 Face-to-Face Meeting
This past weekend, National Council met in Indianapolis, IN for our Spring 2010 Face-to-Face meeting! We had a very exciting weekend with a lot to do and a lot to accomplish. This spring, our session focused on the following:
We were very lucky this weekend to be able to spend time with Brian Tenclinger, the Executive Director of Triangle, at their headquarters to discuss potential areas of collaboration - including Convention 2011! We're very excited about the opportunities to work together at a national level. Brian Tenclinger, Ryan Hayes (Foundation Director of Development),and Jeff Cottrell (Triangle Vice President) also joined us for our social on Friday night. Many thanks to the guys from Triangle for their support, ideas, and time!
Also, a thank you to VP of Communications, Kristie (Rector) Waters for hosting us in Indy!
- National Council training (required for National Council as the LEAP Star Award)
- Finalizing the strategic plan - we're almost finished and can't wait to share it with you all at Conference 2010
- Conference 2010 Planning
- National Awareness Campaign planning - get ready chapters, we'll be on our way to visit you all soon!
- Technology improvements for the national organization
- Updates on how the chapters are doing
- And a meeting with Triangle at their headquarters
- Some fun teambuilding activities for National Council - with a few Triangle guys there too
We were very lucky this weekend to be able to spend time with Brian Tenclinger, the Executive Director of Triangle, at their headquarters to discuss potential areas of collaboration - including Convention 2011! We're very excited about the opportunities to work together at a national level. Brian Tenclinger, Ryan Hayes (Foundation Director of Development),and Jeff Cottrell (Triangle Vice President) also joined us for our social on Friday night. Many thanks to the guys from Triangle for their support, ideas, and time!
Also, a thank you to VP of Communications, Kristie (Rector) Waters for hosting us in Indy!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
PSR 12th National Council Spring 2010 Face-to-Face Meeting
National Council has scheduled our Spring 2010 Face-to-Face meeting. We will be hosted by VP of Communications, Kristie (Rector) Waters, in Indianapolis, IN.
We have a lot to do at this meeting - we plan to complete our required LEAP training and finish up some of our strategic planning to get it read for review and presentation at Conference.
We're also looking forward to catching up with the Triangle staff at their headquarters for some of our trip! (Thanks, Brian!) If you have any questions or comments, please let us know and we'll keep you posted on what we accomplish!
We have a lot to do at this meeting - we plan to complete our required LEAP training and finish up some of our strategic planning to get it read for review and presentation at Conference.
We're also looking forward to catching up with the Triangle staff at their headquarters for some of our trip! (Thanks, Brian!) If you have any questions or comments, please let us know and we'll keep you posted on what we accomplish!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
12th National Council Fall 2009 Meeting
This past weekend, the 12th National Council got together for our first face-to-face meeting since Convention 2009. We had a very busy weekend together - since we're spread out so far across the country we needed to take advantage of this time we had together!
One of the key focuses of the weekend has been our strategic plan for the next 5 years. While we have some work to do on finalizing our plan and actions, we are all confidant that we have a great plan that will address some of the current concerns and focus areas that are important to actives and alumnae. Look for more information in the near future - but if you want the full brief of the final plan, make sure to meet us at National Leadership Conference 2010!
The other focus areas of this weekend included:
-The National Awareness Campaign
-Planning for National Leadership Conference 2010
-Budget and the 2010 grant request we will soon make to the Foundation
-Some current standards areas of concern coming from the Actives
-Continuing to streamline and improve efficiency of National Council operations and organization
-And a million other great ideas that we have been talking about!
As always, I enjoyed the opportunity to spend time with my sisters - you ladies are an inspiration and great motivation to me!
One of the key focuses of the weekend has been our strategic plan for the next 5 years. While we have some work to do on finalizing our plan and actions, we are all confidant that we have a great plan that will address some of the current concerns and focus areas that are important to actives and alumnae. Look for more information in the near future - but if you want the full brief of the final plan, make sure to meet us at National Leadership Conference 2010!
The other focus areas of this weekend included:
-The National Awareness Campaign
-Planning for National Leadership Conference 2010
-Budget and the 2010 grant request we will soon make to the Foundation
-Some current standards areas of concern coming from the Actives
-Continuing to streamline and improve efficiency of National Council operations and organization
-And a million other great ideas that we have been talking about!
As always, I enjoyed the opportunity to spend time with my sisters - you ladies are an inspiration and great motivation to me!
Sunday, October 25, 2009
National Council Fall 2009 Face-to-Face Meeting
National Council is getting ready for the 1st face-to-face meeting of the 12th National Council. We will be hosted by VP of Expansion, Cate Landry, in Orlando.
The main focus of the F2F will be the strategic plan for 2010-2014. If you have any questions or comments, please let us know!
The main focus of the F2F will be the strategic plan for 2010-2014. If you have any questions or comments, please let us know!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
National Council October Meeting
Tonight, National Council had our October meeting. A lot of the discussion tonight focused on preparing for the strategic plan at our face-to-face meeting next month and next steps of our National Awareness Campaign, continued from the one that the 11th National Council started.
We also got a lot of updates from the Council members and Foundation on all the wonderful things we're working on, such as the West Regional Conference coming up in November, the end of Resumania, Ritual updates, Conference 2010 planning, alumnae and chapter updates, expansion activities, and the upcoming newsletter!
Watch for more updates soon!
We also got a lot of updates from the Council members and Foundation on all the wonderful things we're working on, such as the West Regional Conference coming up in November, the end of Resumania, Ritual updates, Conference 2010 planning, alumnae and chapter updates, expansion activities, and the upcoming newsletter!
Watch for more updates soon!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Why Ohio?
By now, you're probably all excited about when we can all get together for our next national meeting and planning your trips to Cleveland and Columbus! I know I am looking forward to the next conference and convention. But based on the feedback we've received - both this year and in the past - some of your are asking, why Ohio again? After having the experience in planning and selecting these locations as the past VP of Programming, I can assure you that this is not an easy decision! So I wanted to share with you a little about what led us to these decisions.
If you don't know, I live in LA and would love to host you all a little closer to home! And we've heard your interest in going to new locations and getting the farther chapters more involved, so we made sure to look into these locations! First, we put out a request for interest for Leadership Conference 2010. Not very many chapters were interested, but after some discussion with a few chapters, we narrowed it down to a handful and looked into several on the west coast. For Convention 2011, we worked with Brian, the Triangle Executive Director, to select several fun locations - including two on the west coast and one in the southeast.
So why did we select the locations in Ohio?
1) Cost was too high on the west coast and other locations. Not only would it cost the majority of our actives and alumnae additional funds to travel that far, but the cost of lodging and food would increase registration and other incidental costs of the weekend. With the current economic situation, not only do we have to consider the budgets of our members but also the national operating budget as any business would.
2) Logistics become an issue in certain cities - everything from distance to airports to university requirements.
3) Attendance concerns - with high travel and registration costs, we were afraid that actives would be most affected and limited in travel ability. While the travel subsidy we offer is very helpful, we cannot pay for everyone to attend! Also, we hear from some alumnae that they would like to go to vacation locations, but we have not seen the kind of turnout in the past that demonstrates this is true
I don't want to lead anyone to thinking 'we'll never go anywhere outside of the northeast/midwest,' we are definitely heading in the right direction to do so. Here's how you can help:
1) If you want to host conference or convention in your city - let us know! Respond to our request or put together a proposal to let us know you're interested
2) Be creative! You know if your area is a high cost location, and you know it better than we do - so let us know if there are creative options to cut down costs that someone from out of town wouldn't think of.
3) Let us know your thoughts on where our future national meetings should be. Feel free to add comments to this post, or email anyone on national council!
We hope to see you at Case Western next summer, and hopefully at a city near you sometime in the future!
PRL, Nikki Yovanof
12th NC President
11th NC VP of Programming
If you don't know, I live in LA and would love to host you all a little closer to home! And we've heard your interest in going to new locations and getting the farther chapters more involved, so we made sure to look into these locations! First, we put out a request for interest for Leadership Conference 2010. Not very many chapters were interested, but after some discussion with a few chapters, we narrowed it down to a handful and looked into several on the west coast. For Convention 2011, we worked with Brian, the Triangle Executive Director, to select several fun locations - including two on the west coast and one in the southeast.
So why did we select the locations in Ohio?
1) Cost was too high on the west coast and other locations. Not only would it cost the majority of our actives and alumnae additional funds to travel that far, but the cost of lodging and food would increase registration and other incidental costs of the weekend. With the current economic situation, not only do we have to consider the budgets of our members but also the national operating budget as any business would.
2) Logistics become an issue in certain cities - everything from distance to airports to university requirements.
3) Attendance concerns - with high travel and registration costs, we were afraid that actives would be most affected and limited in travel ability. While the travel subsidy we offer is very helpful, we cannot pay for everyone to attend! Also, we hear from some alumnae that they would like to go to vacation locations, but we have not seen the kind of turnout in the past that demonstrates this is true
I don't want to lead anyone to thinking 'we'll never go anywhere outside of the northeast/midwest,' we are definitely heading in the right direction to do so. Here's how you can help:
1) If you want to host conference or convention in your city - let us know! Respond to our request or put together a proposal to let us know you're interested
2) Be creative! You know if your area is a high cost location, and you know it better than we do - so let us know if there are creative options to cut down costs that someone from out of town wouldn't think of.
3) Let us know your thoughts on where our future national meetings should be. Feel free to add comments to this post, or email anyone on national council!
We hope to see you at Case Western next summer, and hopefully at a city near you sometime in the future!
PRL, Nikki Yovanof
12th NC President
11th NC VP of Programming
Friday, September 4, 2009
Save the Date for our Upcoming National Meetings!
July 16th - 18th 2010
Leadership Conference 2010 – Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
July 14th-17th 2011
National Convention 2011 – Columbus, OH (in conjunction with Triangle)
Interested in helping us plan?
We are looking for volunteers for various planning committees for both Conference and Convention, if you are interested in helping plan either please contact Kristen Waters, VP of Communications at VPofCommunications@phisigmarho.org
July 16th - 18th 2010
Leadership Conference 2010 – Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
July 14th-17th 2011
National Convention 2011 – Columbus, OH (in conjunction with Triangle)
Interested in helping us plan?
We are looking for volunteers for various planning committees for both Conference and Convention, if you are interested in helping plan either please contact Kristen Waters, VP of Communications at VPofCommunications@phisigmarho.org
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