September/October 2010

In this issue:

President's Message
MDEW 2010
Pathways to Excellence
Certification Changes
Chapter News
RTF

Upcoming Events

MDAM 2011
May 20-21 2011

EFAM 2011 - Montreal 


Pathways to Excellence
You can participate in any of the Pathways to Excellence programs:

Member of Excellence

Chapter of Excellence

Division of Excellence
 

2010-2011 MI Division Board

President
Marie Ouzoonian, CPS/CAP
Kalamazoo Chapter

President-Elect

President's Message
September means going back to school and back to routines.  One of my highlights this summer was attending EFAM in Boston.  What a great city for a conference.  Boston is so rich in our country's history and just taking some time to sight see was awesome.  I visited several of the cemetaries, Boston landmarks, and Plymouth Rock.  We had 28 attendees from Michigan at EFAM.  We had a great time enjoying the Friends of Michigan dinner at FiRE + iCE, a Mongolian Bar-B-Q.  It was really noisy, but great food and fun.  We had 4 Michigan Division attendees as flag bearers this year.  They were:  Marie Ouzoonian, CPS/CAP (Kalamazoo Chapter); Kelly Reggio, CAP (Kalamazoo Chapter); Tara Rietberg (Grand Rapids Chapter); and Melissa Sundquist, CPS/CAP (Oakland County Chapter).  In addition, Kelly Reggio was elected to the RTF and appoiinted as the Chair of that committee.  Heather Thomas, CAP is on the International Bylaws & Standing Rules Committee, and Karen Kohn, CPS/CAP is the Great Lakes District appointee for the RTFC.

There were two great keynote speakers at EFAM: Vernice Armour was the first African-American female fighter pilot and gave a very inspiring keynote on her experiences and how to inspire us as administrative professionals.  The second keynote speaker was Erin Brockovich.  Her talk was funny, inspiring, and enjoyed by those in attendance.  Read more about what happened at EFAM by clicking here to download the Division delegate/alternate report.  

Mary Ramsay-Drow's International theme is "Passion & Purpose."  Now as we begin this new IAAP year, please be sure to stay in contact with your MD board members as we strive to make this a great year.

To read the speeches of outgoing International President Susan Shamali, CPS/CAP, click here, IAAP Director Don Bretthauer, CAE, click here and Incoming International President Mary Ramsay-Drow, CPS/CAP click here. 

With Passion & Purpose,
Marie A. Ouzoonian, CPS/CAP
Michigan Division President


MDEW 2010
WOW!  What a great MDEW and such a beautiful venue for it in Plymouth, Michigan, at The Inn at St. John's.  It was easy to find, great sessions, and yummy food.  We had 64 attendees.  Our sessions included: Goal Setting Techniques presented by Janine Riemersma, CAP (Immediate Past International Secretary); Heather Thomas, CAP (Immediate Past MD President) presented the Technology Update which was a user-friendly session on how to navigate the Community website, and a Leadership Session on Promoting Chapter and Division Involvement presented by the MD Team Leaders and MD Board Members.  For pictures of this event, click here.


Pathways to Excellence
At EFAM we were given the revised Pathways to Excellence sheets which now includes some mandatory criteria.  Click here and here to download the Pathways to Excellence Criteria sheets.  MD hopes to have many more members become a Member of Excellence (M.O.E.) and chapters to become Chapters of Excellence (C.O.E.).  The Michigan Division will be working hard to achieve for the 3rd year in a row the Division of Excellence (D.O.E.).


Certification Changes
Are you thinking of taking the Certification exam?  Well, now is a great time to consider it.  The International Board has made some changes to the Certification and Recertification process.  Click here to download the changes presented to EFAM. 


Chapter News from Around the Division

Detroit Chapter
The Detroit Chapter will host a holiday reception at the brand new "The Henry" in early December.  This event will be open to all IAAP members and prospective members.  More details will follow as they become available.

Macomb Chapter
The Macomb Chapter awarded a $500 scholarship to Robin Montagne at their September chapter meeting.  Robin is a student at Macomb Community College and is taking courses in the legal assistant program.  She is an administrative assistant at Marygrove College and she joined IAAP and the Macomb Chapter in March 2010.

Congratulations to Mary Lemon CAP for passing the CAP exam in May, 2010.

The Macomb Chapter will hold it's membership recruitment meeting in November, which will begin with vendors and a strolling dinner.  A presentation by Karl Schoen of Avery will complete the evening.

Northern Michigan Chapter
Please join the Northern Michigan Chapter at their annual Professional Development Seminar on Friday, October 22nd from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the Cambria Suites in Traverse City, MI.  Click here for more details.

Oakland County Chapter
The Oakland County Chapter will hold their Membership (IMPACT) meeting on Tuesday, October 19th at Comerica Bank.  For more information, click here.

Saginaw Valley Chapter
The Saginaw Valley Chapter will be hosting an Executive Breakfast in honor of National Bosses Day.  The event will take place on Friday, October 15th from 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. at the Trillium Banquet Center, 6415 State Street, Saginaw, MI.  Click here for the flyer which contains further details.

Western Shores Chapter
The Western Shores Chapter will hold their membership drive on Wednesday, October 20th at MAISD, 630 Harvey, Muskegon, MI.  The program will begin at 5:30, followed by a business meeting at 6:30 and a meal at 6:45.  Cost for the event is $8 and the food will be provided by Fazoli's (tossed salad, spaghetti w/meat sauce, fettuccini, breadsticks, dessert and drinks).

The topic of the meeting is "Resume Updates" and the speaker is Karen Villescas, HR Specialist at Muskegon Area Intermediate School District (MAISD).


RTF
Do you know about the RTF's HSAN program?  If not, click here to learn more.


High Speed Connections
If you would like to submit an article from your Chapter, Team Leader or Board Members please submit to me by the 1st Friday of the month to commsecretary@iaapmichigan.org.