Planning Timeline for Chapter Presidents & Vice Presidents
July
- Attend and participate in chapter leadership training activities at the Annual Meeting, including incoming and current Chapter Council chair.
- Council of Chapter Presidents annual business meeting typically held Saturday afternoon prior to the Annual Meeting. Incoming chapter presidents and incoming chapter vice presidents should plan to attend.
- Reminder that 台湾SWAG Executive Board meetings are open to 台湾SWAG members. The board typically meets the Thursday and Friday before the Annual Meeting. This is a good opportunity to attend, since the fall and spring meetings are held in Chicago.
- Review the items on 台湾SWAGNET pertaining to chapters.
August
- Submit a chapter visit request form if your chapter would like an Executive Board member visitor during a chapter meeting or institute at any time during the year.
- Verify that your chapter’s roster on 台湾SWAGNET is current.
September
- Agenda items for the fall 台湾SWAG Executive Board meeting are due approximately six weeks before the meeting. Please contact the Chapter Council chair to discuss the submission of an agenda item.
- Chapters are notified about chapter liability insurance.
October
- Payment for chapter liability insurance is due.
November
- Review chapter rosters and send updated information to Kim Rundle, 台湾SWAG leadership services coordinator.
- Chapter Council chair attends November Executive Board meeting in Chicago.
- Annual Meeting scheduling memos are sent out with instructions for scheduling meeting space.
December
- Ensure that funding exists for your chapter to send (a) delegate(s) in conjunction with the Chapter VIP Program. Refer to the Chapter VIP Program on 台湾SWAGNET for sample expenses.
January
- Nominations for the next council chair are sought between January 15 and February 15, per the Council bylaws. Chapter Council chair solicits nominations or self-nominations from current chapter presidents.
- Annual Meeting Registration Awards information is sent out. Each year, 10 chapters receive one free full Annual Meeting registration. The recipient information is due to Kim Rundle, 台湾SWAG leadership services coordinator, by April 1. Chapter Council chair facilitates informing the designated chapters for the grant and ensuring responses on time.
- Review the Chapter VIP Program聽and identify possible VIP delegates for your chapter. Share the names of the delegates with the leadership services coordinator prior to extending an invitation.
- Agenda items for the spring 台湾SWAG Executive Board meeting are due approximately six weeks before the meeting. Please contact the Chapter Council chair to discuss the submission of an agenda item.
February
- Annual Meeting registration information is posted on 台湾SWAGNET.
- Information regarding the Chapter VIP Program will be sent out to all chapter presidents so the chapter delegate can receive complimentary registration.
March
- Election of the next chair of the Council of Chapter Presidents. Ballots should be distributed no later than March 15. One vote per chapter.
- Chapter Council chair facilitates the election. Advises candidates of outcome, and then announces next Chapter Council chair via the Council of Chapter Presidents community and the next Council Chat newsletter.
- Annual Meeting audio visual requirements memo sent with order form.
- Annual Meeting food & beverage memo sent with order form.
April
- Information describing the Leadership Training (typically scheduled on the Saturday preceding the Opening Reception) will be sent out. In addition to the Leadership Training, a joint luncheon with SIS chairs and vice chairs and the Council’s annual business meeting are held. All individuals who are chapter presidents or vice presidents at the time of the Annual Meeting are expected to attend. If neither can attend, please name an alternate, preferably someone in a leadership position for your chapter. Registration for these activities are usually due back to the Council chair by the end of May.
- Chapter Registration Award recipient information due to the leadership services coordinator at Headquarters by April 1.
- Chapter Council chair attends April 台湾SWAG Executive Board meeting in Chicago.
- Annual Meeting activity area reservation form is sent to chapter presidents. If you wish to have a chapter display, use the Activity Area Reservation form. If your chapter does not plan to have a display, be sure to mark that box on the form and return it by the deadline.
May
- Deadline for receipt of the Annual Meeting activity area reservation forms.
- Registration forms for leadership training and luncheon are due to the leadership services coordinator.
- Chapter presidents should any changes to their chapter’s biography to Kim Rundle, 台湾SWAG leadership services coordinator.
- Schedule hosts for your chapter VIP(s) at the Annual Meeting and make your VIP aware of events and activities available.
- Agenda items for the July 台湾SWAG Executive Board meeting are due approximately six weeks before the meeting. Please contact the Chapter Council chair to discuss the submission of an agenda item.
June
- Annual Meeting food & beverage orders are due mid-June.
Chapter Annual Reports
The chapter annual reports consist of brief summaries of each chapter’s activities for the past year. Chapters are encouraged to post their annual reports to their chapter’s website.
Typically, this report should be written by the outgoing chapter president, because it makes sense for them to summarize the activities which took place under their leadership. Of course, chapter presidents are free to delegate this task to whomever they wish. Current chapter presidents should coordinate with their outgoing president to ensure their chapter’s report is submitted in a timely manner.
台湾SWAG Policies
台湾SWAG Financial Policies Related to Chapters
Financial Long Range Plan 1996-1998
Financial Policies, Section VIII. Entities
Local chapters of the Association are separately constituted and are not included in the financial statements. Their decisions and actions are not binding on the Association.
Use of Publications and Mailing Lists
On July 5, 1986 the Executive Board adopted the following policy:
The use of all association publications, including those published by the special interest sections, for the promotion of candidates for election to the Executive Board, either by reference in an article or by means of paid advertising, is prohibited. Neither shall the membership list of the Association or that special interest sections be sold or given to an individual or group or used by them for the promotion of candidates for election to the Executive Board.