AIHA: Local Section Regional Representative (LSRR) Training

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AIHA Local Section Regional Representative
(LSRR) Training

• October 21, 2010
• Presented by
• Elizabeth Pullen, CIH, CSP
• Jeff Throckmorton, CIH
• David Roskelley, MSPH, CIH, CSP
• John Lopez, CIH, CSP

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Local Sections Project Team 2010
Group welcome and introductions
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Local Sections

• Over 60 sections in US
• 6 international sections
• Protect the health and safety of workers and the
  community
• Increase knowledge of industrial hygiene and
  occupational health and safety in a specific
  region
• Promote the profession and cooperate with
  government, industrial, educational, and other
  professional bodies
• Share a concern about the health of workers
  worldwide as well as the special concerns of your
  regional area.

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Local Section Council

• Represent all sections.
• Voice of the local section to the AIHA board of
  directors.
• Annual meeting of section presidents (or
  designee).
• Support for local sections through network
  opportunities, communication, workshops.

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Summit Overview

• Held March 18 -20 at AIHA HQ
• Explore ways to create a more cohesive
  National/Local Section structure in an effort to
  establish a new, future-focused path for AIHA as
  an organization
• - Planning Team
• - David Roskelley, Co-Chair
• - Dianne Grote Adams, Co-Chair
• - Barbara Dawson
• - Jeff Throckmorton
• - Tom Grumbles, Facilitator

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Summit Objectives

• Create a more effective, productive relationship
  between Local Sections and AIHA
• More clearly define the relationship and
  expectations between Local Sections and AIHA
• Review and reprioritize remaining recommendations
  from the 2006 Local Section Project

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Regional Representatives

• Task force met at AIHA headquarters in spring.
• Goal- Discuss methods to strengthen
  communications between national AIHA and local
  sections.
• Board of directors adopted recommendation for
  creation of 8 regional representative roles .

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LSRR Regional Election Results(Completed
09-29-10)

• South Central Elden Cheatham
• Northwest David Wallace
• Mid-Atlantic Blake Morris
• Midwest Dan Flinta
• Northeast David Duford
• Pacific Steven Hemperly
• South Gary Shrum
• Central Mike Rosenow

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LSRR Roles and Responsibilities

• Work closely with LSC chair and board
  representative
• And local section presidents to
• Facilitate open lines of communication about
  local section activities as well as LSC and AIHA
  BOD activities as well as between local sections
  in geographic area. .
• Provide coaching to local section presidents on
  effective leadership.
• Track metrics of each local section council with
  respect to size, number of meetings, officers,
  etc.
• Provide local sections with subject matter
  speaker information and share their information
  through the Speakers Bureau.

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Duties

• Help strengthen local sections in
• Recruiting new members
• Attracting young career professionals
• Leadership
• Communication and information about national and
  local AIHA activities
• Involvement in State and Federal government.

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Project Teams

• Each LSRR is requested to join one of the
  following project teams
• Speakers Bureau - assist local sections in
  conferences/events.
• Metrics - for measuring continuous improvement.
• Tool Box - assist section officers in planning,
  recruiting, sharing best practices, etc.

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Local Section Council Structure

• Regional representatives will report up through
  the chair of the LSC.
• Regional representatives will also work directly
  with their assigned board coordinator to assist
  the local sections
• Student sections will report up through the vice
  chair.
• The LSC reports up to the AIHA board of directors.

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Org Chart
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Travel to Local Sections

• How often am I expected to visit local section
  meetings?
• Once to each local section per three year term,
  or Board Coordinator may attend in your place
  (Note that LS may decline visit)
• How will I be reimbursed for travel?
• Costs will be shared between AIHA national and
  the local section (see examples on next page)

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Questions?