New Member Orientation

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New Member Orientation

• To The United States Junior Chamber
• The Junior Chamber (Jaycees)

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Ground Rules

• If you need to, please do!
• There is no such thing as a dumb question, ask
  it!
• One conversation at a time!

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Why Attend a New Member Orientation?

• To be introduced to the organization
• To gain the knowledge of the Local, State,
  National, and International Organization

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What Name(s) Do We Go By?

• The United States Junior Chamber or The United
  States Jaycees
• The (name of your state) Junior Chamber or The
  (name of your state) Jaycees
• The (name of your chapter) Junior Chamber or The
  (name of your chapter) Jaycees

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Vision

• To Become.
• The organization of choice for young people,
  providing direction and leadership to our
  communities

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The Mission Statement

• To provide young people the opportunity to
  develop personal and leadership skills through
  local community service and organizational
  involvement while expanding the Jaycee movement

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When Did The Jaycees Organization Begin?

• In 1920
• Founded by Henry Giessenbier
• In St. Louis, Missouri
• Began as the Herculaneum Dance Club

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The U.S. Jaycees History

• 1920s
• 1923 The Get Out The Vote program was the first
  Jaycee program to receive National endorsement
• 1927 Jaycee Charles Lindburg made the first
  solo flight between New Your and Paris. The
  Jaycees worked with Lindburg to develop the U.S.
  Air Mail Service

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More History.

• 1930s
• 1936 The National Wildlife Federation is
  established with the guidance of the USJC
• 1938 The USJC name the Ten Outstanding Young
  Men
• 1940s
• 1946 USJC established permanent headquarters in
  Tulsa Oklahoma
• 1947 The adoption of the Jaycee Creed
• 1950s
• 1954 The first Outstanding Young Farmer program
  was held
• 1959 The Jaycees supported statehood for Alaska
  and Hawaii gained statehood the following year
  due to Jaycee effort

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More History.

• 1960s
• 1961 The First Governmental Affairs Leadership
  Seminar (GALS) was held
• 1970s
• 1972 Operation Identification Program to combat
  burglaries and aid in crime prevention efforts
• 1972 Operation Red Ball 5 million stickers were
  distributed to reduce fire fatalities
• 1980s
• 1984 By law change admitted women as full and
  regular members
• 1985 The U.S. Jaycees endorsed the Campaign for
  Liberty program, for the restoration of the
  Statue of Liberty

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Our History Continues.

• 1990s
• 1993 The Jaycees Against Youth Smoking (JAYS)
  program was adopted
• 2000s
• 2000 First female elected National President
• 2001 Name changes to The United States Junior
  Chamber
• 2004 Bylaw change established membership age
• as 18 - 40

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When I join the local chapter, what else do I
become a member of?

• You become a member of the (Place your local
  chapter name here)
• You are also a member of the (Place the name of
  your state organization here)
• You are also a member of The United States Junior
  Chamber
• You are also a member of Junior Chamber
  International (JCI)

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State History

• State Organization established in
• The State Headquarters are located in
• There are chapters located throughout our
  state

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(Put your state name here) Priority Projects /
Programs

• Place information here about the programs that
  are your state sponsored / endorsed priority
  programs / projects

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The Jaycee Impact in (Name of Your State)

• Place the history of your state organization here
  on the impact on your state!

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The (Name of Chapter) History

• Chartered in
• The impact that our chapter has had on our
  community is (Write below)

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Our Chapter Today

• Write here the message that you want your new
  members to come out of this training with!

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Organizational Structure

• President
• Chairman of the Board
• Legal Counsel
• Business VP
• Individual VP
• Community VP
• International VP
• State Director
• Director
• Secretary
• Treasurer

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The Business Area of Opportunity

• Projects that deal with Marketing and Public
  Relations, Strategic Planning, Financial
  Management, and Business Opportunities

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The Individual Area of Opportunity

• Projects that deal with Personal Development,
  Professional Development, Membership Retention,
  Membership Growth, New Chapter Development, and
  Chapter Activities

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The Community Area of Opportunity

• Projects that deal with Community Service,
  Community Fundraising, Government Civic
  Involvement, and Children Youth

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The International Area of Opportunity

• Projects that deal with State, National, and
  International Junior Chamber Involvement and
  International Involvement

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The Chairmans Planning Guide (CPG)

• What is this?
• This is a business plan that covers every aspect
  of running a project
• The CPG includes goal setting, manpower
  assignments, budgeting, devising a time line, and
  the evaluation of a project
• We, the Jaycees, are the only organization that
  has this tool, that created this tool, and that
  use this tool!

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Goals for the Future

• (Share here the key pieces of your plan of action
  and long term goals of your organization!)

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How you can get involved.

• Participate in the Springboard Degrees Programs
• Sign up to volunteer at projects
• Ask chairman what you can help with on their
  project

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Remember.

• You get as much personal professional
  growth from this organization that you want by
  your involvement in our organization

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A couple of final thoughts.

• You get as much out of this organization as you
  put into it!
• Come when you can,
• leave when you have to!

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Questions?

• Any questions that you have about our
  organization?

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For More Information

• You can go to the national website at
  www.usjaycees.org
• You can go to the state website at
• You can go to the local chapter website at

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THANK YOU!

• For attending this New Member Orientation
• Your participation in our organization is what
  makes us successful!

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