[acb-hsp] affiliate growth

[Darla Rogers]

I think you are on to something there, Andy; I think ACB has allowed way too many social events thus preventing people from being at business meetings of the affiliate and the Council.

conventions do not get cheaper, and with it being harder to bring food in, one must avail themselves of hotel or nearby restaurant food.



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From: acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org [mailto:acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf Of Baracco, Andrew W
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 1:39 PM
To: Discussion list for ACB human service professionals
Subject: Re: [acb-hsp] affiliate growth

Actually, at least in this group, that is what we do.  But, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.  We had a conference call in June, and I think that all of 4 of us showed up, and half of that 4 were not going to convention, and the other half were leaving on Wednesday.  This isn't the NFB. Many people do not attend convention, and many who do do not stay the whole time.  I recall Mitch saying on Friday that there were so few people there that he could identify all of the voices that he heard. Perhaps organization business should be shifted to earlier in the week.

 

Andy

 

 

From: acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org [mailto:acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf Of Kevin LaRose
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 9:50 AM
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Subject: Re: [acb-hsp] affiliate growth

 

IMO, a lot of this is stuff that needs to get sorted out before the convention, if at all possible. Since a vast majority of convention business is done on Friday, I think it’s extremely important that the affiliate has a presence then. I have to say it does bug me when affiliates go to the microphone on Sunday night without knowing who the delegate and/or the alternate and/or the nominating committee rep will be. To me, it makes affiliates look really disorganized. I think there needs to be a conference call right before convention on which it can be determined which affiliate members will be attending, and for how long. That way assignments could be made ahead of time. Just a thought.

KL