A I P
C O M M U N I C AT O R AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PARLIAMENTARIANS
SUMMER
Presidents Message:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Looking Back and Moving Forward!
President’s Message
1
Educational Musings – Updates from the Education Department
3
AIP Officers
4
Calendar of Events
4
Deadline Dates – Communicator
4
Annual Session 2023
4
Proposed Amendments – AIP Bylaws
5
Proposed Standing Rules for Hybrid Meeting – Annual Session
9
2023 AIP Board Candidates
10
CP Exam
11
Presiding Practicum – 3 Dates Available
12
East Coast Practicum Recap 13 AIPSC2 Update
2023
13
Starting an AIP Chapter from the AIP Member Services 14 Youth Committee
14
New Members
15
Spotlight Item
15
As I sit down to write what will be my final Communicator article for the American Institute of Parliamentarians, I am slightly overcome with emotion looking back at my time as President and as a member of the Board of Directors. This past January, we took a picture of Past Presidents of AIP, and I am humbled to soon be joining that esteemed group of legends. The picture featured Marc Schilansky, Jim Lochrie, Mary Remson, and Kay Crews all of whom are legends in the parliamentary field. All these past President’s as well as others that I have known were instrumental in the formation and promulgation of our great little club. I have also known Barry Glazer, Betty Green, Alison Wallis, and Jim Jones. As I reflect on my time with AIP, I distinctly remember Alison calling to tell me that I had been granted my CP by the board after the board meeting following the East Coast Practicum but had not been involved at all with AIP other than taking this exam. By fortune, luck or divine intervention, the AIP Annual Session was that summer in Las Vegas in combination with District 8 of NAP. With the proximity of the Arizona contingent, I was able to be elected Director at my very first Annual Session. This all occurred because a great many people that I did not know took the time and effort to get to know
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me and made me feel welcome. I would love to name check all the influential people such as Ann Rempel, David Shapiro, Darlene Allen, Lucy Anderson, Ann Guiberson, Barry McCarty, John Stackpole, Paul Lamb and Eli Mina that I have met and had great, detailed conversations with, but the list would be too long. All the board members that I have served with over my 9 years on the board were also instrumental in the success and future of our organization. Moving forward on the board, I eventually convinced the then President (after she went through every other board member as a suggestion first) that I would make a good Vice-President and eventually her successor. We have become the best of friends and shared a common vision for what this organization could and should become. We are an organization designed to educate our members in parliamentary law and not just from a single source of parliamentary authority. We are also a professional certifying organization just like a dental or medical board. This organization determines whether a candidate is sufficiently trained and prepared to practice as a professional parliamentarian. Those two major purposes are not mutually exclusive. In my four years as president, we have made great strides towards improving the public perception of our profession, the functionality of our organization, and the credibility of our Continued on following page Page 1