Region 7 Organization

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Region 7Organization Responsibilities

• Ellen Kane
• Executive Director, Region 7
• executive_at_apics7.org

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Topics to be covered

• Staff roles responsibilities
• Goals of Region 7 Staff
• How Region 7 staff is organized
• Responsibilities of each staff member
• President Responsibilities

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Region 7 Goals

• Develop/mentor leadership and presentation skills
  of the chapter officers to ensure the on-going
  success and health of each chapters BOD
• Provide value-added education training to the
  chapter officers to enable them to offer viable
  educational programs to their members and
  customers
• Provide a positive, networking environment for
  all who attend region meetings

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Region 7 Staff
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Directory of EducationSteve Buchwald

• Education programs that
• Provide revenue to the chapters and
• Offer a place where the members and non-members
  can network and learn together.
• Job responsibilities
• Facilitate all region meeting tracks in Education
• Recruit speakers and presenters from the local
  chapters
• Train chapter BODs to improve their ed offerings
• Subject areas might include
• educational partnerships, instructor development,
  classes, seminars, and PDMs.

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Director of LeadershipKarl Klaesius

• Leadership chapter management skills to
• Enable chapters to run efficiently and
• Support the on-going future of the chapters
  through succession planning and mentoring of
  board members.
• Job Responsibilities
• Facilitate all region meeting tracks in
  Leadership
• Recruit speakers and presenters from the local
  chapters
• Train chapter BODs to improve their leadership
  skills

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Director of LeadershipKarl Klaesius

• Subjects might include
• Web site
• Running a meeting
• How to recruit board members
• Recognition of board members
• Resolving conflict
• Membership retention
• Customer Service, etc.

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Dir. of Motivation/CommunicationRichard Birkmann

• Spirit Feedback
• Ensure that region meetings are fun and
  educational for the attendees,
• Get feedback from the attendees regarding their
  perceived value of the meetings,
• Support other directors, with special focus on
  how to motivate the attendees to get excited
  about the ideas presented at the regional
  meetings.
• Attendee Participation
• Oversee to ensure that most presentations include
  an involvement component for the attendees.

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Dir. of Motivation/CommunicationRichard Birkmann

• Recognition
• Ensure recognition for participating BOD members
  at each regional meeting
• Promote Milt Cook award (highest regional
  recognition award)

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Director of FinanceJoan Walsh

• Finance
• Provide financial records updates/reports to
  Presidents
• Ensure timely invoicing and collection of region
  Head tax
• Write checks as directed by Region VP or
  Executive Director based on approved expense
  reports or other documentation
• Passport
• Form passport committee to assist other chapters
• Mentor and facilitate the passport reviews of
  chapters

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Director of AdministrationCindy Cetinske

• Provide regional staff support for administrative
  tasks for each regional meeting.
• typing support,
• copying of handouts,
• pre-preparation for each meeting,
• collating of evaluation forms data,
• web site updating, etc.

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Executive DirectorEllen Kane

• Responsibilities
• Ensure regional meeting contents are valuable to
  all attendees
• Provide continuity for successive region meetings
• Generate agendas for regional meetings
• Support other directors in developing
  sessions/topics
• Emcee General Session of Regional meeting
• Provide minutes for Presidents meeting
• Provide backup to Region VP
• Communicate with all effectively

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Region 7 Vice PresidentSibyl Melin

• Society Responsibilities
• Represent Region 7 members chapters on Society
  BOD and committees
• Region Responsibilities
• Assist/develop agenda for regional meetings
• Host/run Presidents meeting
• Communicate Society updates to regional mtg
  attendees and all chapter reps
• Communicate effectively with Region BODs
• Approve all financial expenditures of
  Region/Society

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Chapter President Responsibilities

• Communicate with Region staff on how we can
  support your efforts
• Come prepared for each Regional meeting
• Presidents report
• Provide approval/guidance for spending Region
  funds (budget)
• Approve SOP changes for regional operation
• Encourage BODs to attend regional mtgs to
  improve the way the BODs work (educational
  opportunity for your BODs)
• Share chapter expertise/ideas in areas covered at
  meetings (to help other chapters)

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Results to be Expected

• Increased participation at Regional meetings
• Higher ratings of Regional meetings
• New ideas and presentation opportunities for
  chapter BODs
• GROWTH FOR ALL!

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Questions or Comments?