ABMTS 2012 National Board Meeting
Tulsa, OK
Co-Chair Henry C. Wilson SR
August 6, 2012
National Board Meeting
Annual Business Meeting
Committee Chair: Cheryl Green
Cheryl Green has the Event Orders and a diagram of how the National Board Meeting and Annual Business Meeting will be setup. I have briefed Cheryl on her responsibilities and she understands that there could be last minute changes. Cheryl will check each room at least one hour prior to the start of the meetings.
Committee member
Dr. Gail Peckham
Leadership Forum:
Committee Chair: Gloria Gibson-White
Committee Co-chair: Jennifer D. Williams
“Building and Rebuilding the Future Path of AIM-IRS”
Chair and Co-chair met with the Leadership Forum Moderator, Shenita Hicks. They finalized the format that will be used during the forum. They also selected the topics and, career issues the panelists are to cover during their presentation. Their follow-up meeting is scheduled for the week of July 31st.
Gloria sent an email message to the panelists thanking them for agreeing to serve on the panel. She introduced them to Shenita Hicks as the moderator and reiterated the topics they should each discuss relative to their respective business operating division or function.
Shenita held a conference call with the executive panel members to share the Leadership Forum Outline and Discussion Questions. Two of them will need to send a presentation or documents for use at the forum. At this point, one person might need thepower point equipment. Gloria will send an e-mail to all the panelists with the instructions on how to send their presentation.
The Chair and Moderator continue to stay in touch. They have scheduled a conference call with the committee to finalize the logistics, discuss their roles and responsibilities, and to share the format of the forum
Networking Committee
Committee Chair: Monica Hays
Dinner Dance
Committee Chair: Gregg Griffin
“Dancing With The Stars”
The Networking and Dinner Dance Chairs continue to work together on portions of the events (music and decorations);
· DJ Walter Bell of Tulsa was selected and contracted to provide music for the Networking and Dinner Dance Events. Walter will be setup at least 30 minutes prior to each event. He will start playing appropriate music 10 minutes prior to the start of each event. Walter has a complete setup of all musical equipment needs (mixer, speakers, turntable, 2 wireless microphones, etc). A committee member has been assigned to the DJ.
· Items for decorations have been purchased. Illuminated Columns to be used during Networking and Friday Dance were ordered.
· Purchased give-a-ways for attendees of Network and Dance:
· Glow necklaces (Network)
· Glow Disco Handballs (Dance)
· Colors of Gala are Black and Gold
The committee continues to finalize the networking activities (Line Dance Competition and Executive Interviewing) and Dinner Dance activities as well.