| To: |
All ΒΑΨ
Chapters and Chapter Officers |
| From: |
Beta Alpha Psi Executive Office |
| Date: |
March
10, 2005 |
| Subject: | 2/15 Activity Report Reviewed / Best Practices Topics for 2005-2006 / Outstanding Membership Receivable Reminder /
Deadlines Reminder / Coming Soon: 2005 Annual Meeting Website & Registration
|
Dear Faculty Advisors and Chapter Officers,
Today's email covers:
2/15 Activity Report Evaluated
The Executive Office has completed the review of all reports for the
fifth reporting period (January 2005 activity reported for the 2/15
deadline). Please be sure to look at your reports for this period,
and review the Professional
YTD Summary Report, Service
YTD Summary Reports and YTD Summary table on the Chapter Main
Menu for accuracy. For those chapters who have reports that were returned
to the planning/reporters inbox, it is because there is additional
information required. Please click into the inbox and then into each
worksheet individually. The columns of the worksheet that are a lighter
shade of yellow are the reports that have comments from the Executive
Office that you will need to review and address. You are able to access
individual activities by clicking on the event name at the top of
the column. This will show the gray activity sheet that you originally
used to enter in the event details. In the box directly below the
Event Details section is a box that is labeled National
Office and it is in this section that you will see comments
from the Executive Office. Please provide the information requested
in the Chapter Response box directly below the National
Office box, click the continue button and repeat this for
any other activities in each worksheet until all comments have been
addressed. You should then resubmit the worksheet to the National
Office inbox so that we can re-review the reports the following reporting
period.
Please continue the reporting process for the March 15th deadline
by inputting your February activity as you did the January activities.
Best Practices Topics for 2005-2006
Plan ahead! The best practices topics for the 2006 regional and annual
meetings will be:
Professional/Service
Goal: Engage in a successful project to increase the financial
literacy of high school and/or college students in your community.
Help getting started: Find resource materials and ideas on the AICPA’s
360 Degrees of Financial Literacy website (www.aicpa.org/financialliteracy)
and Junior Achievement’s website (www.ja.org). Many financial
institutions also offer materials and ideas related to financial planning
for students – for example, see Citibank’s Student Planning
Center.
Chapter Operations
Goal: Design and successfully implement a plan to either: (1) increase
your chapter membership among underrepresented students, or (2) broaden
the range of technical programs offered by your chapter.
Help getting started: For (1): Ask your faculty advisor to gather
data on the number of students who meet your chapter’s eligibility
requirements broken down by various categories such as class year,
major, part-time vs. full-time, or ethnicity. Compare this data to
your current membership distribution to discover areas for potential
gains. For (2): Review recent regional and annual meeting programs
for ideas on broadening the range of technical program topics; analyze
your chapter’s programs for the past few years.
Strategic Planning
Goal: Help improve our organization by suggesting ways Beta Alpha
Psi can improve the chapter awards program. Explain the reasons why
you believe your suggested changes would help achieve the organization’s
goals.
Help getting started: See the BAP website for the current Program
of Chapter Activities and chapter awards information. See the most
recent annual report for a listing of chapter awards.
New ΒΑΨ Logos
New Beta Alpha Psi logs (removed “fraternity”) are available
to be downloaded at http://www.bap.org/chaphand/logo.htm. Please be
sure to replace the Beta Alpha Psi logo on your chapter’s webpage,
newsletters, letterhead, etc., and revise your chapter bylaws to take
out “fraternity”. Please upload a revised copy of your
chapter bylaws into the Document Library.
Outstanding Membership Receivable Reminder
We would like to remind you that all outstanding membership receivables
are due upon entering pledges into the system. To determine if there
is an outstanding amount for your chapter please log in and generate
membership fees invoice.
Deadlines Reminder
2005 Annual Meeting Participation Request Form
There is still time to submit the 2005 Annual Meeting Participation
Request form. Please complete the form and send it to Teresa Conover,
2005 ΒΑΨ Annual Meeting Program Chair, at conovert@unt.edu
by tomorrow, March 11, 2005.
Board Alumni Representative Nomination
The Beta Alpha Psi Board of Directors elects one Alumni Member each
year to serve a two-year term. You may want to consider submitting
an Alumni Representative Nomination. When selecting a nominee for
the Board, the nominating chapter should consider the nominee's:
- Leadership activities in Beta Alpha Psi and other campus activities
- Participation in Beta Alpha Psi activities at the local, regional
and national levels
- Willingness to perform the duties of an Alumni Member as described
on the nomination form
The Application should include evidence of these considerations.
The deadline for submissions is May 2, 2005. When you submit an application
you also receive credit for a National/Regional Activity. The nomination
form must be uploaded into the Document Library no later than May
2 in order to receive consideration and credit for a National/Regional
activity.
For complete details please click on the following link http://www.bap.org/forms/alumni.htm.
If you have any additional questions, please contact the Executive
Office at bap@bap.org, Mindi Waldemar, Alumni Representative, at Mindi.Waldemar@ey.com,
or Brandon Miller, Alumni Representative, at Brandon.Miller@ey.com
Outstanding Faculty Advisor Nomination
The Outstanding Faculty Advisor nomination is due on May 2, 2005.
A copy of the nomination form is available online at http://www.bap.org/download/Faculty_Award_Nomination_Form.pdf.
Please email a completed form directly to your Regional Director no
later than May 2, 2005.
Coming Soon: 2005 Annual Meeting Website &
Registration
Beta Alpha Psi’s 2005 Annual Meeting Website and Registration
will be launched by April 1, 2005. Our meeting will be held in San
Francisco with Community Service Day sponsored by KPMG on Thursday,
August 4, 2005 and the sessions on August 5 and 6. Please plan to
attend.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact
us at bap@bap.org or call us at 212-596-6090.
Warm regards,
Beta Alpha Psi Executive Office
Beta Alpha Psi
The Nancy Harke Executive Office
1211 Avenue of the Americas | 19th Floor | New York, NY 10036-8775
Phone: 212.596.6090 | Fax: 212.596.6288
E-mail: bap@bap.org
