Council of DivisionForum Officers

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Council of Division/Forum Officers

• Spring National Meeting, Houston, TX
• April 22, 2007

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Council of Division/Forum OfficersAgenda

• 500 p.m. Welcome and Introductions
• George Lieberman, Vice Chair CTOC
• 510 p.m. Speed Meeting
• Participants will briefly meet one-on-one with
  a number of their division and forum
  counterparts to share strategies and successes,
  including student and local section initiatives
• 535 p.m. Division/Forum Best Practices
• Participants will offer their ideas and best
  practices for energizing their groups from the
  speed meeting.
• 555 p.m. Education Services Subcommittee
• Michael Poirier and Jim Cobb will speak about
  the potential for Divisions and Forums to review
  and generate Public Courses.
• 610 p.m. Challenges Facing Divisions and
  Forums
• George Lieberman, Vice Chair, CTOC will lead
  the discussion.
• 630 p.m. Adjournment
• 700 p.m. Volunteer Leadership Recognition
  Reception
• Hors doeuvres and open bar at 7.00 p.m. in Room
  335C in the Hilton Americas.

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Speed Meeting

• Opportunity to networking, share best practices
  and challenges
• 510 p.m. Speed Meeting
• Participants will briefly meet one-on-one with
  a number of their division and forum
  counterparts to share strategies and successes,
  including student and local section initiatives
• Suggestion for info (two way) exchange
• 1. share your Entity most successful activity
• 2. share your Entity biggest challenge get
  feedback
• 3. ask one question about the partners Entity
  experience
• 535 p.m. Division/Forum Best Practices
• Participants will offer their ideas and best
  practices for energizing their groups from the
  speed meeting.
• Participants to comment on their speed meeting
  info sharing
• 555 p.m.

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Council of Division/Forum OfficersAgenda

• 610 p.m. Challenges Facing Divisions and
  Forums
• George Lieberman, Vice Chair, CTOC will lead
  the discussion.
• April 2007 Messages from CTOC to Divisions and
  Forums
• AIChE financials are in good shape
• Membership has shown moderate growth in 2006
  (first in many years), but 2007 is slow please
  help in this area, reach out to your people
• Please promote the use of AIChEs e-Library
  (Knovel)
• Please ask about/use AIChEs other technical
  support (eg Discussion Forum, SharePoint, web
  hosting)
• AIChE 3 priorities Relevance, Energy,
  International please let CTOC know about any
  ideas/suggestions you may have
• Can CTOC do anything for your Division/Forum?

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Council of Division/Forum OfficersAgenda

• 610 p.m. Challenges Facing Divisions and
  Forums
• George Lieberman, Vice Chair, CTOC will lead
  the discussion.
• Additional comments on speed meeting experience
• Support of AIChE initiatives Energy, Relevance,
  International
• Students, Young Professionals, Local Section
  Interactions
• Better support from CTOC what can CTOC do for
  you