May 2013
PRESIDENT’S LETTER by Alison Wallis, CP-T, PRP
“A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.” —Will Rogers Table of Contents Table of Contents
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President’s Letter
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Calendar of Events
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AIP Officers
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East Coast Practicum
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Annual Convention
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Dahms-BierbaumWkshop
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Specialist, Jim Lohr
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AIP Survey Report
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AIP Cal Unit Honored
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Annual Session Presentation Times
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New Members
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New Certifications
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Donors/Silent Gavels
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Teacher Certification
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Registration Form
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Business Dev. Institute
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UNCF NAC/NPAC
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I hope you are making plans to attend the American Institute of Parliamentarian Annual Session in Salt Lake City, Utah, starting on July 25, 2013. Full details of the schedule, registration, and workshops are contained in this issue and on the website. The setting in Salt Lake City will be beautiful and interesting to members and their traveling companions. The annual session and its associated events will be rewarding and interesting to AIP members. All members are encouraged to attend the board meetings (July 23 and July 28, 2013) and many members with advanced credentials will be interested in the Business Development Institute on July 24, 2013. Starting on July 25, 2013, expert parliamentarians will teach nine workshops throughout the days of the Annual Session. We will learn but also have plenty of time to have quality fellowship with our parliamentary peers at the meal functions and social times. For parliamentarians, of course, the business sessions will be the highlight. Not only is this participation in a deliberative assembly at the core of our democratic nature, but participation at a parliamentary event is one of the best educational tools available. Parliamentary procedure empowers people to work in harmony for the good of their organization—this skill cannot fully be mastered in isolation, no matter what book is studied. The motions that will be made cannot be predicted but we do know it will be the first assembly for many of us that is conducted under the rules of the American Institute of Parliamentarians
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Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure. Officers and directors will be elected and installed. Come join in the process! It has been an honor to serve as President of AIP and I thank all those who have supported our organization. I echo Will Rogers in my desire to learn from those smarter than myself, by associating with you, the members of the American Institute of Parliamentarians.
CALL TO ANNUAL SESSION In compliance with the Bylaws of the American Institute of Parliamentarians and motions adopted by the Board of Directors, I, Alison Wallis, CP-T, President of the American Institute of Parliamentarians, hereby give notice that the fifty-fourth Annual Session of AIP will convene on Thursday, July 25-27, 2013 at the Salt Lake Downtown Marriott at City Creek.
AIP Communicator