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Volume 35 Number 3, September 2008
Communicator The newsletter of the American Institute of Parliamentarians OFFICERS, ORGANIZATIONS, OPPORTUNITIES The 28th Annual California Memorial Practicum Honoring Past President Richard E. Lucas, CPP-T January 29 - 31, 2009 Hugh Cannon defines an Officer as an elected or appointed leader of an organization. He defines an Organization as a group of individuals who have joined together in an organized way and agree, through governance documents, how they will pursue their common purpose and govern their affairs. (Cannon’s Concise Guide to Rules of Order, page 164.) Attendees at the California Memorial Practicum will be offered many Opportunities to learn about both of these subjects. The first AIP practicum was held in July 1979 on the front porch of Dr. Floyd M. Riddick’s home on the banks of the Piankatank River, near Saluda, VA. Dr. Riddick served as Parliamentarian for the U. S. Senate from 1964 to 1974. Students and staff members who represented 11 states and Canada spent several days of intense study. Lectures from leading parliamentarians with a show-and-do involvement became the norm for practicums that followed. Why the term ‘practicum”? These seminars offer parliamentarians at all levels of knowledge and expertise an opportunity to “practice” their skills in a non-threatening environment. Instructors lead practice activities in which all can participate as equals. Not unlike the first practicum, the California Memorial Practicum will offer many opportunities for individual participation and small group activities. Yes, there will be some “homework.” The 2009 California Memorial Practicum will be held in Ontario, CA January 29, 30, and 31 at the DoubleTree Hotel. Joy L. Myers, CPP-T, PRP, from Columbus, Ohio, and Paul A. Lamb, CP-T, PRP, from Bisbee, Arizona, will serve as faculty members. The registration fee for AIP members is $425 before December 1 and $450 after that date. The non-AIP members’ registration fee is $500 before December 1 and thereafter $550. Included in the fee are three lunches and two dinners and all materials. Single day registration is $150 for AIP members and $190 for non members. Registration and Hotel information may be found soon on the AIP website www.AIPparl.org. Teresa Dean,, CPP-T Curriculum Director, Practicum West Editor: E. Marie Wilson, CP 35 Chapman Mill Pond Road Westbrook, CT 06498 860-669-4443 wilsonem@ix.netcom.com
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