Summer 2018
CPP
Dear AIP members, I write to you today while proctoring a friend’s CP exam. Being a part of her efforts to step to the next level in AIP membership has been meaningful to me, and I (again!) encourage each of you to take that next step in earning your parliamentary credentials.
Table of Contents President’s Letter
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Calendar of Events
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AIP Pin Recycling
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AIP Officers
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Deadline Dates - Communicator
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Editor’s Exchange
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Notice of Candidacy
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Accrediting Exam Authority Change 4 2018 Bylaws Proposals
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Welcome New Members
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Thank You Donors
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Annual Session
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AIP Amazon Smile
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So what has been going on in AIP since we last spoke? There was a very successful East Coast Practicum. Thanks to Mary Remson, CPP-T, PRP, for her efforts in coordinating, Al Gage, CPP, PRP, for his role as Curriculum Director, and Joe Theobald, Ph.D., CP-T, PRP, for his work as the primary instructor. John Stackpole, Ph.D., CPP, PRP, presented a wonderful program on the vagaries of voting with more than two choices, and E. Marie Wilson, CPP-T, PRP, updated those attending on changes in the accrediting program. Three “voting clicker” vendors were on hand on Saturday to explain and demonstrate their products, and in the afternoon members got to talk more in depth to the vendors and see their products up close. If you missed it, you should be regretting that fact right about now! Next up in the AIP calendar is the 2018 Annual Session, being planned by Alison Wallis, JD, CP-T, PRP. The Annual Session will be held August 2-4, 2018, at Le Pavillon Hotel in New Orleans. Alison has rounded up a great field of instructors. Keesey’s Modern Parliamentary Procedure (2nd edition), edited and updated by members of AIP, will be introduced, both with a reception on August 2 and with a workshop to learn more about the book, and there will be a Robert W. English lecture focusing on the intersection of Mr. English’s philosophies with Dr. Keesey’s work. (In fact, Robert English’s foreward to the book was retained in this second edition!) The evening before the Annual Session I hope to see lots of members join us on the Creole Queen for a dinner and boat ride. The Board will have its final meeting of this administration on continuted on page 4
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Summer 2018
AIP Communicator