BPA Advisor Update

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BPA Advisor Update

• Weslaco High School
• October 6, 2005

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Report from the Board of Directors

• Lucy Gonzalez-Ybarra (TEA rep)
• Vickie Thomas
• National Board Chairperson/State Advisor
• 5510 S. Rice Apt. 713
• Houston, TX 77081

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Report from the Board of Directors

• Toni Flores elected board chair
• Mildred Woerndel elected secretary
• Joseph Hicks appointed treasurer
• Regions will have to pay for summer officer
  training this summer because of the tight budget
  at State--250 per region

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Report from the Board of Directors

• SLC theme BPAA Texas Giant
• March 1-4, 2006 in Lubbock
• Toni has blocked off rooms at Holiday Inn
  Towers
• Special event is Joy Land, an amusement park with
  use of all rides. www.joylandpark.com

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• Students will get a hamburger, hotdog, chips and
  a drink.
• Park will be open only to BPA students
• Registration and Headquarters located at Civic
  Center
• Registration cost 65 late 70
• Note BPA and DECA having SLC at same time.

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Competitive Events Coordinator

• Competitive events will be held at convention
  center and various hotels
• Contests will be on Thursday and Friday
• Limited conflicts because individual events and
  team events will be on separate dates
• Computer techs will be on site again

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National Information

• Pay Membership Dues by Nov. 1
• Be sure to complete demographic portion of member
  registration
• Be sure to click submit after entering
  information on registration
• May 10-14 NLC in Orlando, FL
• Registration 99 Late 135.00
• Texas hotel at Disney Dolphin Hotel

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FLC Updates

• No State sponsored Fall Leadership Conference
  this year
• Area IV
• Amarillo on October 17th
• Area IV
• San Angelo on October 19th
• Area III
• Seguin on October 29th

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Membership Dues

• Membership Dues to Nationals by Nov. 1
• Secondary National 10 State 6
• Associate 7 State 7
• Middle 6 State 4
• BPA Themes
• NationalsMake Your Mark
• StateBPAA Texas Giant

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BPA Info.

• Nov. 1st is the Initial membership deadline
• Texas deadline is Jan 15 (NOT FEBRUARY)
• ALL money goes to National office
• National office sends membership information to
  State office

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Membership

• Advisors must pay their dues
• Must be paid up by Jan 15 in order to compete at
  RLC, and must be on roster.
• Student will NOT be allowed to compete at
  Regional Contest without being on membership
  roster.
• Ineligible students will NOT advance to State.

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WSAP Changes

• Documents created for Desktop Publishing are to
  be printed in only black and white.
• All printouts done during the day of contest must
  be in black and white only
• Visual Basic is removed as a contest.
• Nationals onlyEach member of Network Design team
  can bring laptop

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Changes Continued

• At regional and state conference they will limit
  the laptops to one per team because of scheduling
  problems.
• School names should not be visible on any
  equipment, screen savers, etc. utilized during
  presentations in front of judges.

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Middle Level

• Advance to Nationals
• Contact Middle-level teachers
• Middle-Level start-up kit on-line

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Distinguished Advisor Award

• Information is forthcoming
• Area Advisor Award
• Let the students know
• Will be mailed to Austin PO address
• Board members not eligible

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2006 Regional Leadership Conference (RLC)

• Friday Jan. 27 Saturday Jan. 28, 2006
• TSTC Harlingen
• Email registration form
• 15 registration fee
• Registration deadline Dec. 1, 2005
• Thursday _at_ midnight
• Copy of official membership roster
• Check student name spelling!!!

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RLC Judges Gifts

• Options
• Pen (last year)
• Stapler (wood)
• Calculator
• Business Card Holder
• Vinyl Notepad Holder
• Paper Clip Holder
• Other

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RLC

• Friday Lunch
• No outside food
• Encourage to eat at TSTC Cafeteria
• Projects (turned in and picked up)
• Advisors are to help administer and proctor
  contests
• Advisors are to help grade on Friday and Saturday

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Judges Rotation Plan
JUDGED EVENT ASSIGNED SCHOOL
07-Financial Analyst Team Edcouch-Elsa HS
08-Economic Research Project -Individual Sharyland HS
09-Economic Research Project-Team McAllen Rowe HS
31-Administrative Support Research Project - Individual Donna HS
42-Software Engineering Team Edinburg HS
48-Network Design Team
49-Web Site Development Team Weslaco East
50-E-commerce Team San Benito HS
51-Digital Media Production
60-Global Marketing Team Weslaco HS
61-Entrepreneurship Brownsville Rivera HS
62-Small Business Management Team McAllen Memorial HS
63-Graphic Design Promotion Brownsville Lopez HS
64-Interview Skills TSTC
65-Advanced Interview Skills TSTC
66-Extemporaneous Speech (S) Progreso HS
67-Human Resource Management South Texas HS
68-Prepared Speech (S) Brownsville Porter HS
69-Presentation Management Individual Mercedes HS
70-Presentation Mgmt. Team Mission HS
71-Parliamentary Procedure Team Harlingen HS
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RLC Committees

• Scholarship Committee
• Judges Gift Committee
• Food Committee
• Awards Committee

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BPA State Leadership Conference

• Year
• 2006
• 2007

Date March 1-4 Feb. 28-March 3

• Location
• Lubbock
• Corpus Christi

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BPA NLC

• Location
• Orlando
• New York City
• Reno
• Dallas
• Anaheim

• Year
• 2006
• 2007
• 2008
• 2009
• 2010

Date May 10 14 May 9 13 May 7 - 11 May 6
- 10 May 5 - 9
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Business Ed. PDC

• Year
• 2006

• Location
• Corpus Christi

Date July 24-28
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BPA Websites

• National http//www.bpa.org
• State http//www.texasbpa.com
• Regional http//bpa_a2r3.tripod.com

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Email Addresses

• Area II Board Member Toni Flores
• toniflores_at_yahoo.com
• Regional Advisor Diana Hicks
• dpthks_at_aol.com
• State Vice-President Gina Cardenas
• Regional President Laura Gonzalez