New Year, New Us
Wow! 2018 has just reached its end which means it is time for reflecting on how much you and your chapter has grown through the past conferences and chapter meetings. It is also time to emerge as the best chapter in Georgia FBLA by partaking in Chapter of the Year. The Early Submissions deadline passed on December 5th, but your chapter’s New Year’s Resolutions could still be accomplished by the regular February deadline. If you earned points from the Early Submissions, your chapter can receive bonus points. If not, don’t fret because your chapter still has the opportunity to gain recognition! Let’s create, lead, and inspire our members, chapter, and advisers by achieving Chapter of the Year Honors.
The 2019 Chapter Planning Guide
Chapters should use the Chapter Planning Guide they received at the beginning of the school year. The High School Chapter of the Year guidelines are on pages 28-29 and the Middle School Chapter of the Year guidelines are posted on pages 30-31. The charts may seem very overwhelming, but step-by-step, members can tally up their chapter’s points by reflecting on what they have participated in throughout the year.
In the picture above, you can see the State Project in the table of contents. This is because one of the sections in Chapter of the Year is to partake in EMERGE: “Educating Members Early Regarding Georgia’s Economy”.
According to the Chapter Planning Guide, recognition for the honors include
Bronze Chapters: Minimum of 600 points
Silver Chapters: Minimum of 900 points.
Gold Chapters: Minimum of 1,200 points (with a minimum of 100 members.) The top 20 Gold Chapters will be names “Superior Chapters”.
In addition, chapters who wish to qualify for the Overall Chapter of the Year must submit an application to the national office for the 2018-2019 award.
Refer to the Chapter Planning Guide to help organize your activities and calculate your points throughout the next month and if you have any urgent questions, feel free to email any of the state officers using the email format firstname@georgiafbla.org, or our executive director Monty Rhodes at monty@georgiafbla.org. Have a wonderful start to the year and I hope to see you emerge on stage in March at our State Leadership Conference!
