AICI OH/PA 10.12.08 Meeting Minutes

AICI OH/PA Chapter Meeting
Meeting Minutes

October 12, 2008
Attended: Kristen Kaleal- Chapter President, Erica Torres-Dudziak- Chapter Vice President, Tonya Woods- Chapter VP of Membership, Michelle Pratt- Chapter VP of Education, Danielle Turcola, Jocelyne Elyse, Jennifer Betts, Dawn Zima, Theresa Olson


Survey Results
We went over the Survey Monkey results on increasing meeting/chapter participation (results on spreadsheet distributed)

Adding CEU’s
 Michelle Pratt will look into how to get programs certified for CEU
offerings

Distance
 Have the 2 larger groups (OH/PA) meet quarterly
 Have nearby cities have more informal meetings throughout the year
 Ohio’s central meeting location will be in Mansfield- locations for
secretary to research are: Comfort Inn, Ashland University, Libraries,
nearby Amish restaurant (Camp Mohican for longer OH events)

Day/Time
 Alternate quarterly meetings from Friday evenings to Saturday mornings
 2 meetings on Friday (6pm- 9pm) evenings and 2 meetings on Saturday mornings (9am-12pm)
 Shorter meetings with snacks included (i.e. Friday meeting 3 hrs with a snack during meeting)
 Erica Torres-Dudziak will send out a revised tentative meeting schedule for 2008-2009 AICI OH/PA Chapter year.

Topics
Suggested meeting topics:
a) Product Development
b) Business Development (insurance, umbrella policies, LLC vs. Partnership, etc.)
c) Best Business Practices
d) Dining Etiquette (Danielle volunteered to give workshop at no cost to the chapter)
e) Personal Branding, Internet marketing, Dressing Men

Mentorship Program
 It was suggested to have a mentorship program for OH/PA Members ONLY
 Members should email Erica Torres-Dudziak their availability and expertise they could share as a mentor to other OH/PA members
 The idea would be we would learn and grow from each other

FaceBook
 Important media tool
 You can link YOUTUBE on it
 Twitter is another great networking in conjunction with Facebook (microblogging service)

Education Day
 We are looking to have an education day on a Saturday in October 2009 potentially in Pittsburgh
 All day program offering CEU’s
 Potentially 1 key CEU speaker and a couple non CEU presentations from our members (topics may be on: Basic Color Theory/Principles, body/style, dressing men?)
 Education Committee will have a teleconference call scheduled for November to sstart the planning process

Action Steps
 Michelle will get details on how to get programs CEU certified
 Erica will send out a tentative 08-09 chapter meeting schedule with new location
 City leaders will take initiative to set up mini meetings (if desired) in their area with local members
 Members will email Erica their expertise and availability for Mentorship Program
 Erica will coordinate with Michelle to set up Education Committee teleconference for November

Saks Fifth Avenue Tour
Kristen Kaleal set up a tour of the Saks Fifth Avenue Club Tour with Dixie Lee Davis. We learned about the protocol of geographical inventory, tips on dressing the cost conscious man, and we were able to see how our clients could benefit from working together with an image consultant and a Saks Personal Shopper.

For information on AICI's OH/PA Chapter please contact Erica Torres-Dudziak at Erica@positiveperceptions.info