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Iota Nu Board Plans for the Upcoming Year

It’s hard to believe that the month of January has just flown by. The Iota Nu Board held a “mini-strategic” planning meeting on Jan 7 in an effort to prepare for the upcoming year. Elections for the positions of President-Elect, Secretary, Junior Counselor, and Leadership Succession are scheduled to be held in March.  (See attachment for a description of officer roles and responsibilities.) We are fortunate to have so many great leaders within our chapter. We encourage every member to consider running for office and we challenge everyone to contact at least one person that you think would be a good fit for a position. Applications for Leadership Intern are due April 1. The guidelines, benefits, and application are posted on the Chapter’s Website.  “Relay for Life”, one of Iota Nu’s designated service projects, is slated for April 9 from 7pm to 7am at the Robert E. Lee High School Practice Field. Lynn Summers has once again graciously agreed to coordinate our chapter’s involvement with this worthy project.  Just think if even one-fourth of our membership came, we would be a force of which everyone would take notice! “Iota Nu Rocks!” Our Guatemala School of Nursing (SON) task force is in the planning stages of hosting a nurse educator from the SON for our Spring 2011 research conference.  We would appreciate any assistance with this project. This will be a wonderful global networking opportunity for our chapter, not to mention through such projects we are helping STTI achieve the “Vision 2020” goals.  Finally we are in the midst of planning a very special awards event on May 13. Please save the date and be on the lookout for further details.  Helene Hakim, President.

STTI Iota Nu Chapter

Officer Roles/Responsibilities

Spring 2010 Elections

President-Elect

• Succeed into the presidency at the end of a one- or two-year term of office
• Communicate to the public the purposes of the society
• Chair committees as needed
• Learn the chapter operations and facilitate the achievement of chapter goals and SSTI
• Oversee the process for completing and submitting the Chapter Key Award application
• Mentor the Leadership Intern

Junior Counselor

• Assist the Senior Counselor in the eligibility and induction procedures
• Serve as a member of the Governance Committee

Leadership Succession Chair

• Develop members in organizational leadership roles across the span of their career
• Mentor members to assume positions at all levels of the organization
• Oversee the selection of well-qualified members who can provide the necessary leadership to achieve chapter goals and to meet the needs of members
• Oversee the preparation, distribution and tallying of election ballots
• Notify all candidates (elected and non-elected) of the election results
• Note: Those serving as Leadership Succession Chair are not permitted to be on the slate of candidates for officer and/or chair positions.

Secretary

• Record and arrange for typing the minutes for each Board of Directors and business meeting
• Distribute minutes to all members of the Board of Directors
• Keep an official record book of the minutes of all Board of Directors and business meetings and present to the succeeding secretary
• Prepare an annual report to the chapter membership
• Send a list of new officers to Headquarters within two weeks following officer elections and verify accuracy of the list with Headquarters
• Order all stationery, forms and mailing labels for the chapter
• Arrange for typing and mailing of correspondence for the chapter
• Send membership invitations to all elected candidates, in cooperation with the Governance Committee
• Serve on committees as needed

Regional Excellence Award

At Leader Academy, Iota Nu President, Helene Hakim, was honored to receive the Regional Excellence Award on behalf of the chapter. The Award was in recognition for our Guatemala Service Project. This is the second time Iota Nu was recognized with such an award.

In addition to the award, Board Members,  Karen Timmons, Bonnie Everage and Helene Hakim, attended many informative sessions at Leader Academy and had the thrill of touring STTI Headquarters.

For additional convention highlights, please visit

 http://www.nursingsociety.org/STTIEvents/ChapterLeaderAcademy/Pages/2008leadershipacademy.aspx  Sigma Theta Tau Web Site

LEADERSHIP ACADEMY PHOTOS

Biennial Convention: Iota Nu Earns Chapter Key Award!!

In November 2007, President Barbara Haas, President-elect Helene Hakim, and Past-President Carole McKenzie were in Baltimore to attend the 39th biennial convention and accept the first Chapter Key Award for Iota Nu! This extraordinary achievement was due to the hard work of many, many members and our secretary, Lynn Summers, in particular. Lynn put together an outstanding application that highlighted the chapter's achievements during the 38th biennium.

Key Award Presentation November 2007:

In addition to the award, members Kandace Landreneau and Barbara Haas each presented research:

Barbara Haas

Kandace Landreneau

And Helene Hakim and Barbara Haas represented Iota Nu as delegates to the convention:

Barbara Haas and Helene Hakim

House of Delegates

For additional convention highlights, please visit:

Convention Highlights - Sigma Theta Tau International Website