YNPN Chapter Congress Kickoff

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4.17.12

Plan for tonight:

•Get to know each other

•Review purpose of Chapter Congress

•Discuss expectations of Chapter Congress

•Review Task Forces

•Wrap up & Next Steps

YNPN 3.0 Team:

Charise (Data Center)

YNPN 3.0 Team:

Ese (Shared Standards)

YNPN 3.0 Team:

Kim (Chapter Input & Decision Making)

YNPN 3.0 Team:

Meg (Shepherd)

YNPN 3.0 Team:

Trish (Shepherd)

Your Turn _________

Name Chapter

Role Community

Why a Chapter Congress?

Goals of YNPN 3.0: • •Deepen relationships across the network. •Strengthen our network infrastructure. •Create better access to YNPN for a greater number and more diverse range of people.

What this looks like: • Shared membership status across the network

•Institutional memberships for national organizations

•An all-member conference

•More shared technology such as a CRM

•Funding and support for chapters that pilot programs to scale nationally

What this looks like: •More active, organized involvement in the advocacy and policy arena

• Training Institutes throughout the year for chapter leaders and members

• Fiscal sponsorship via YNPN National

•Group purchasing opportunities

Chapter buy-in is key.

Chapter Congress Timeline:

•Week of April 16th – First Chapter Congress call •Late June – Final task force proposals shared with the network •July – Network discussions & voting •August 3-4 – Review process and results at YNPN National Conference

What will Reps do?

•Serve on one of the YNPN 3.0 “Current Focus” task forces •Share the perspective and experiences of their chapter as well as personal expertise with the congress •Help us develop creative systems that will serve both individual chapters and the network as a whole

Reminder of the Commitment:

•4-month commitment from April 1st till the National Conference in August

•Monthly all-congress call + 2 task force calls/month (3 hours)

•Gather feedback from your chapter (about 1 hour/month)

•Requested research and review of documents to prep for calls (2 hours/month)

Total Commitment = about 6 hours/month

Also important!

•Bring your/your chapter’s best ideas!

•Pay attention - what’s working what’s not?

•Stay in communication!

•Attend every call or figure out a back up

Thoughts? Questions?

Meeting Poll

Task Forces Distribution:

Rep Chapter Rep Chapter Rep Chapter

Kari Mirkin Cleveland Adam M Bartoszek Buffalo Hugo Polanco Phoenix

Kevin Hackman Cincinnati Dan Samuels Orlando, FL Kamille James New York City, NY

Kristin Revere Grand Rapids, MI Elizabeth Palmisano Washington, DC

La'Leatha Spillers Detroit Emily Krauser Indianapolis

Leah Lundquist Twin Cities, MN Emma Brown Louisville

Lindsey Hardegree Atlanta Erin Timmermans Triangle Park

Lisa Guy Boston, MA Julie Macalik Austin, TX

Marcella McMurray Kansas City, KS Rachel Fusco Los Angeles, CA

Meredith Covington Little Rock

Nicole Klaas Milwaukee

Sarah Percoulis Kalamazoo (SW MI)

Steve Strang Chicago, IL

Tangia Estrada Denver, CO

Wendy Levine Los Angeles, CA

Yang Tan San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Shared Standards Chapter Input & Decision Making Data Center

Project #1: Shared Standards First Steps •Reviewing Chapter Levels Guide created in 2009 •Come up with areas where they are gaps for Novice, Emerging, and Affiliate chapters •Really attempt to answer the questions "what do we mean when we say a chapter is a Novice, etc? what are the key characteristics?“

Project #2: Setting up chapter input & decision-making structures

First step: •Brainstorm the areas where we make decisions categorized as "Chapter," "National" and "Together;" •Develop list of peers and assign someone to do some research before the next call; •Determine goals of each upcoming bi-monthly call

Project #3: Creating a Data Center

First Steps: •Send survey to entire network about data collection and management •Share results and recommendations

Next Steps:

Email Meg (megbusse@gmail.com) if you want to update your task force

Keep an eye out for email confirming meeting schedule.

YNPN Chapter Congress Kickoff

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4.17.12