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Highlights The GAR Report is a monthly summary of membership numbers by chapter. In the Chapter Recognition Program, up to 3,000 credits are available in the Membership Section in the areas of Base Growth, New Member Acquisition and Retention. The GAR lists chapters by size (Group A = 300 or more members; Group B = 150-299 members, etc.). We also publish a GAR by region. It may be useful to see how individual regions compare. Don’t remember what the columns and numbers mean? Read a detailed explanation of the GAR Report. Mark Your Calendar April 18—Deadline to Submit Chapter Newsletter Contest Entries. (Websites are automatically entered into the website contest.) April 23—Improving Government Transparency through Citizen-Centric Reporting audio conference May 14—The Anatomy of Ethical Slips in Government audio conference May 15—Community Service Photo Contest deadline Community
Service Photo Contest Chapter
Transfer Reports Sectional
Leadership Meeting—Section 4 Chapter
Recruitment Scholarship Write-Ups
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April 2008, Volume 3, Issue 4 2008
Rally for Retention Campaign Prepares to Kick Off Members have a 60-day grace period from March 31 to May 31 to renew their memberships. After May 31, members who have yet to renew will be suspended from the active member roles and subsequently no longer receive any AGA benefits, including all publications, member discounts on conferences and chapter newsletters. Let’s encourage them to renew before this happens through the 2008 Rally for Retention Chapter Contest! Soon we will be e-mailing lists of those members who have not yet renewed to chapter representatives. We will ask that each chapter personally contact those members listed in their chapter and remind them to renew before they are suspended. Each member is important to the strength of each AGA chapter family, and AGA national as well. There is no better way to remind members of their value to us than through personal contact! Chapters that get half or
more of their members who haven’t yet renewed as of April 30 to
renew by May 31 will be eligible for fabulous AGA prizes.
Read
more details on prizes and the 2008 Rally for Retention Game Plan.
Contact Kim Ferguson with questions.
Friday
Deadline Nears for Newsletter Contest All AGA chapter websites are automatically entered into the website contest. A committee of volunteer judges will review all working chapter websites during the week of April 21. Click here to check your chapter’s listing. This page is used to build our website judging lists every year. Contact April Pardoe if you have questions. Let’s celebrate the achievements of AGA's 2007-2008 chapter communicators who have produced outstanding newsletters and websites. We’ll announce the award recipients in May, although the formal presentations will be made during PDC, set for July 27–30 in Atlanta. All award recipients must be members of AGA. Good luck! Check out the award recipients from 2006-2007 and the awards criteria. Roger Mazula, CGFM,
is one of AGA's most experienced chapter newsletter editors. He agreed
to respond to a Q&A that contains a number of tips and tools to help AGA
chapter communicators improve their newsletters. Roger is Vice President
for Communications for the New York Capital Chapter, and produces "Capital
Ideas," which received the top award for Group A chapters for the 2006-2007
program year. Read
more. Members
Dream Big as the ‘We Have a Dream’ Recruitment Campaign Enters
its Final Stretch Our members are also dreaming big when it comes to recruiting future government financial management leaders—our early career members. The AGA member who recruits the most early career members will be awarded with a fabulous BOSE Wave Music System (valued at $499). Paschel is in the lead for that prize, having recruited 31 early career members. More than 2,300 individuals have joined AGA this past year. The Association’s net growth in membership is the result of many factors and many people. Remember, all new member applications must be received at the National Office by April 30, 2008, to be included in the contest. Keep recruiting! Read more about the campaign.
Once again, AGA is proud to offer the Chapter Hotel Scholarship program. This opportunity covers room and tax for two individuals from each AGA chapter for up to five nights at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. Please note: The hotel reservation process is different this year. Members chosen by their chapter to receive the hotel scholarship are responsible for making their own reservations. Approximately one month before the conference, individuals participating in the hotel scholarship program will be asked to provide their confirmation numbers and arrival/departure dates to AGA, so that we may move their room and tax charges to our master account. But don’t wait, the hotel sells out quickly; please book your room as soon as possible. This is a wonderful chapter benefit. We hope see you in July! Questions? Please contact Jessica Jones.
The initiative started in 2004 when one of the CGFM regional coordinators obtained a proclamation declaring April a CGFM month in Wisconsin. Ever since, the project has grown every year, with more and more states and local governments declaring March “CGFM Month.” To recognize the CGFM Program and its accomplishments, AGA has declared the month of March of each year as "CGFM Month." Thanks to the initiative
and dedication of AGA regional and chapter leaders, at least 45 state
and local governments have declared March 2008 as "CGFM Month."
The proclamations that were received by the national office are posted
on the AGA
website. The notice will require you to provide the following information: organization’s legal name, mailing address and website, EIN, name and address of principal officer, fiscal year, verification that the organization’s annual gross receipts are still normally $25,000 or less, and indicate whether the organization has terminated (no longer in business). The form required to file all this information is called 990-N (e-Postcard) and it is already available. Read more. |
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© Association of Government Accountants 2008
Stephanie
K. Paschel, Cleveland chapter, has
recruited her 50th member and is in the lead for Recruiter
of the Year. Right behind her is Lori L. Hendon, Idaho
Centennial chapter, with 49 recruits. Who will recruit the most? It’s
anyone’s guess with a little less than three weeks left in the 2007–2008
We Have a Dream member-get-a-member campaign.
We
want to thank all of the chapter and regional leaders for making the CGFM
month a huge success. 