| |
A program of work is simply
a roadmap to take a group of individuals to a destination or end. It
is in place to guide you in accomplishing goals in an organized, efficient
manner. From this state
 |
| Churchland
High School Officer Training Conference |
program of work, we hope that you gain
a clear picture of the high standards set forth for the coming year.
Our state theme for the year is “Virginia DECA... Setting the Stage!”
It is our hope that you will join us in setting the stage for a fantastic
year as our organization takes steps towards its efforts in 2007-2008.
AWARDS - With an
overwhelming number of applicants in 2004-2007, Virginia DECA is again
offering two POW awards to be presented at this year's State
Leadership Conference. Both are meaningful and represent the true
spirit of Virginia DECA. The awards pertain to civic consciousness
and the 2007-2008 state charity. Both the
American Cancer Society and the Virginia DECA Foundation have been
named as recipients of this year's efforts. Make the stage in 2008
by participating in one or both of these awards!
STATE CHARITY - Read
about this year's efforts as detailed on the State
Charity page. Virginia DECA's goals are twofold. First, Virginia
DECA plans to help support the American
Cancer Society, and well-known organization that helps those in
need, as well as provides research to help fight and stave off cancer.
Eventually their goal is to find a cure. Through our statewide efforts,
Virginia DECA can make a difference.
Virginia DECA plans to host one or more
concerts, raising funds for the American
Cancer Society. One of these concerts will be scheduled at a venue
yet to be determined. We'll let you know once it's scheduled, and
please do your best to be there! In addition, another concert will
be scheduled at the dinner banquet on Saturday evening at the State
Leadership Conference. This will prove to make the dinner banquet
even more special than ever, with nearly 2000 students and advisors
being treated to a very special dinner banquet. If your school happens
to be one of the few that doesn't ordinarily attend, ask your advisor
if your chapter can participate this year. It promises to be a very
special occasion!
The second aspect of the 2007-2008 charitable
effort is to help build the Virginia
DECA Foundation into burgeoning organization that supports Virginia
DECA and its members. Dbay will once again be conducted in December,
auctioning off valuable items at "crazy" prices. But we
do hope you will bid generously, knowing that all proceeds will go
to fund the Virginia
DECA Foundation. In addition, Virginia DECA will design and create
a t-shirt for this year only, commemorating our success in years past,
and all net proceeds will go the Foundation.
Just imagine... If every Marketing Education
student contributed one dollar to either of these organizations (and
you get to decide how you'd like your money allocated), that would
provide our state charities with approximately $30,000! Now what might
happen if each chapter had a fundraiser for one of these worthwhile
organizations? The possibilities are staggering.
The top contributing chapters will be
recognized and rewarded at SLC. Contributions will be tallied on a
PER MEMBER basis to ensure fairness to both large and small chapters.
To be eligible, please send your award application (below), as well
as your check made payable to Virginia DECA, to be received
no later than January 31, 2008. Selections will be made by
taking the total dollar amount contributed divided by the number of
Virginia DECA members in your chapter. For example, if you have 30
members, and you contribute $100, calculations will be made by dividing
$100÷30=$3.33 per member.
COMMUNITY SERVICE/CIVIC
CONSCIOUSNESS - Civic consciousness is part of the very foundation of
Virginia DECA, and as you know, one of the four philosophies that DECA
is predicated on. As a result, the chapter that shows the most effort
in this area will be recognized and awarded at SLC. The award(s) will
be granted based on the chapter that puts forth the most total community
service hours per member (student and/or advisors). Start tracking your
community service hours now! The tracking period begins August 1, 2007,
and ends on January 31, 2008. To apply for this award, document the
total number of community service hours performed by your paid chapter
members. They must be members of Virginia DECA for their hours to
count toward this award. To document your hours:
-
Create a list of each
activity your chapter has performed throughout the tracking period.
Activities must be DECA activities supported by your chapter. For
example, if Suzie fed the homeless through her church, that would
not be a DECA activity, and should not be counted. However,
if Suzie fed the homeless as part of your chapter's efforts, then
you should count the hours.
- On the list, include a brief description
of each activity, as well as how many members were involved in the activity.
- At the end of the list, tally up your
total hours. We will take your total eligible hours and divide it by
the number of members you have, again, giving us an hours per member
ratio. This will make the award available to small and large chapters
alike.
- All chapters advisors must sign
the documentation.
- Submit the documentation to Virginia
DECA to be received no later than January 31, 2008.
Community
Service Verification Form
MEMBERSHIP
- As I hope you are already aware, Virginia DECA is number one!!! Numero
uno. The big cheese. The grand poobah. 2007 continued to prove that
Virginia is the biggest and the best by becoming the largest state association
in the HISTORY of the organization (three years running)! AND
we'd like to stay that way. Virginia DECA has implemented the "Superstar
Chapter Program," acknowledging every chapter in the state with
- a 10% increase OR
- 100% membership OR
- a 10 or more member increase for chapters
over 100 members (see Superstar
page for more detail)
All SLC attendees of qualifying SLC chapters
will receive a DECA Superstar, or glow star, to wear at the opening
session of the State Leadership Conference. See the membership
pages for details.
The state officers have taken it upon
themselves to do everything in their power to assist you and your chapter
in continuing to grow. A few things that will be implemented are:
- Send every chapter a recruitment video,
highlighting the benefits of DECA
- Maintain regular contact
with chapter advisors and officers;
- Communicate membership benefits
through the DECA Distributor.
The goal this year is to surpass last
year's membership count of 13,065 members. Can your chapter
become even stronger than they were last year? Remember, one member
more--albeit student, advisor, alumnus, or professional--counts! Can
you muster up one more professional or alumni member than last year?
Back
to the top
|
