SLA Welcomes You to Your Role as Chapter President PresidentElect

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SLA Welcomes You to Your Role as Chapter
President/President-Elect

• Presented by Linda N. Broussard
• Moderated by Libby Trudell, Chapter Cabinet
  Chair

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Objectives for Call

• Introduce you to Leadership and staff liaisons
• Brief you on your role
• Introduce you to Leadership Resources
• Whats On the Horizon?
• Answer your questions
• Discuss ideas

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Liaisons

• Libby Trudell, Chapter Cabinet Chair
• libby.trudell_at_thomson.com
• Susan Fifer Canby, Chapter Cabinet Chair-Elect
• sfiferca_at_ngs.org
• Linda Broussard, Chief Community Officer
• lbroussard_at_sla.org
• 1.703.647.4938

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Your Resources

• www.sla.org/leaders
• Chapter and Division Recommended Practices
• Communication with Your Peers and International
  Headquarters
• Leadership discussion list
• Governance discussion list
• Chapter Cabinet Community of Practice
• Leadership and Staff Liaison
• Leadership Department - leadership_at_sla.org

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Make Your Toolkit HandyAdd to Your Homepage
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Leadership Centerwww.sla.org/leaders
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Training Moved to Click U
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Direct Chapter Leaders to Their Training

• Encourage all to participate in the Click U Live
  leadership trainingor review replays

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A model for your Chapter PracticesEverything
You Wanted to KnowAlmost
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Responsibilities of President

• Communications
• Speak or act on matters within your official
  responsibility
• new or controversial matters should be referred
  to SLA President or CEO
• Represent chapters views to Chapter Cabinet
• Always copy President-Elect on correspondence

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Responsibilities of President

• Appointment Duties
• Chairs of Committees
• Auditor

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Responsibilities of President

• Meeting Attendance
• All Chapter meetings Annual Business Meeting
• Chapter board meetings
• Chapter/Joint Cabinet meetings at Annual
  Conference and Leadership Summit
• Leadership Training
• SLA Board meetings

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Responsibilities of President

• Reporting Duties
• REQUIRED
• Annual Report due 1 December
• Annual Financial Report due 31 January
• Necessary
• Officer/Committee Chair roster
• Periodic requests

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Responsibilities of President

• General
• Chair executive board and advisory board
• Know your chapter governing document and
  practices
• Read communications
• Prepare budget in consultation with treasurer
• Serve as ex officio member of all committees
  except nominating

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Responsibilities of President

• General contd.
• Recommend to Board actions to improve services to
  members of chapter
• Review all Board documents
• Communicate to members via bulletin, web or other
  communication vehicles
• Interview scholarship candidates or delegate to a
  member
• Transfer files

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Responsibilities of President-Elect

• Serves as a member of the Executive Board
• Substitutes for President
• Attends meetings (same as for President)
• Learn
• Recruits Advisory Board members
• In some Chapters, the President-Elect has
  responsibility for program planning consider
  appointing a committee
• Other duties as assigned

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Responsibilities of Both

• Use every means possible to recruit and retain
  members of YOUR SLA
• Check Leadership Knowledge Center
• Contribute ideas, too
• Chapter Idea Bank (wiki)

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The New Chapter Idea Bank
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Communications

• Leadership Connections
• Leadership Discussion List
• Governance Discussion List (optional)
• Chapter Cabinet Community of Practice
• Chapter Cabinet Meetings
• Board Documents

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Leadership Resources

• Order reports
• Order mailing labels, e-mails
• Leadership Knowledge Center
• Certificate of Insurance
• SurveyMonkey
• Membership recruitment brochure and template for
  YOUR chapter

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Leadership Resources

• Business Cards
• Certificate Template
• Communications Tools, including discussion lists
  for your chapter and chapter board, wikis, blogs,
  etc.
• Teleconferencing via WebEx

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Whats On the Horizon

• Learning Labs
• Preparing for realignment of the association and
  your chapter
• Green initiative
• Planning for Centennial celebrations
• The online membership database for your chapter
• Poster session of Best Practices at Annual
  Conference

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Questions
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Ideas
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Thank You for Your Time

• Have a great year!
• See you at Leadership Development Institute in
  Seattle