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Presidents Message:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
2023
Robert M. Peskin, DDS, CP President, AIP
President’s Letter
1
Educational Mussings
2
AIP Officers
3
Calendar of Events
3
Deadline Dates – Communicator
3
Annual Session 2023 Recap
4
Save your Spot
6
43rd Annual AIP West Coast Practicum
7
New from the AIP Accrediting Department
8
The Parliamentary Journal Wants to Publish Your Great Article
9
Welcome New Members of AIP
10
American Institute of Parliamentarians President Writing Award
11
Amazon Smile Spotlight
12
I am both honored and humbled to take on the awesome responsibility of serving as the next President of the American Institute of Parliamentarians. AIP has been blessed to have had Kay Crews and Al Gage at the helm these past eight years. Clearly, the scope of their collective experience and wisdom is vast. I have watched them, learned, and by some osmotic miracle, will consider myself fortunate if I am half as successful as they were going forward. These are indeed very big shoes for me to fill. At the risk of being extremely presumptuous, I believe I am ready and hopefully prepared to assume this office. But the success I’m hoping for can only be realized with the help of others. AIP has enjoyed tremendous success these past four years in large part thanks to the team assembled by my predecessor. That team demonstrated just how unbelievably this organization has been and continues to be on the cutting edge. As a result of its collective creatively and nimbleness, AIP has navigated through unknown waters seamlessly, most notably the pandemic, probably as good or far better than many other organizations with much larger infrastructures. Because of my involvement with other organizations, it has provided me a front row seat as to how many
have struggled to accomplish all that AIP has. With the considerable effort and creativity of our tech team, under the guidance of the inimitable CJ Cavin and working closely with Craig Henry, we have not only survived but rather have thrived! It gives me great pride (and quite honestly a little angst) to hear my name mentioned in the same breath as AIP. As we began a new chapter with a new captain, hopefully the ship continues to steadily move in the same direction, just with some new faces on board. I want to congratulate our newly-elected Vice President, Atul Kapur; our Secretary, Nilda Rivera; and returning as our very capable Treasurer, Evan Lemoine. Joining Directors Daniel Foster, Glen Hall, Ramona Hill and Laura Meade (whose terms expire in 2024), are Todd Brand, Nush Powell, Ken Reed, and Brandon Walters (who was re-elected for a second two-year term). Unquestionably, AIP is extremely fortunate to have three enormously capable superstars leading each of its departments – Kay Crews, our Director of Accrediting; Craig Henry, our Director of Education; and our most recent CPP, CJ Cavin, who was elected as Director of Communications this past August. Finally, I would be remiss if I didn’t recognize Libby Willis, the Editor of the Parliamentary Journal, AIP’s scholarly publication, and Valoree Althoff, the Editor of The Communicator, one of our most important vehicles for disseminating timely information about all of AIP’s activities. Libby and Valoree have worked tirelessly to keep Continued on following page
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