Heartland District Meeting

September 6 and 7, Greater Kansas City

Agenda, Friday• 3:00 (Optional) Tour of Garmin Industries• 5:30 – 7:00 Drury Inn Reception• 6:30 – 9:00 Chapter Ice Breaker

• Tom Schulte

Agenda, Saturday

• 7:00 – 8:00 Drury Inn Quickstart Breakfast • 8:00 – 8:30 Welcome, Logistics, Introductions• 8:30 – 9:00 Student Case Competition #1• 9:00 – 9:30 C-bar as a Chapter Tool• 9:30 – 9:45 BREAK • 9:45 – 11:00 Jason Wheeler, APICS updates • 11:00 – 11:30 Strategic Planning in the Twin Cities• 11:30 – 12:15 LUNCH

Agenda, Afternoon

• 12:15–1:15 Board Management, Tom Schulte

• 1:15 – 1:45 Chapter Newsletters

• 1:45 – 2:15 Keeping our Members

• 2:15 – 2:30 BREAK• 2:30 – 3:00 Heartland Webinars

• 3:00 – 4:30 Chapter Sharing• 4:30 Wrap up, Evaluations

• Optional Attend the Royals Baseball Game

Special Guests• Jason Wheeler, Chair Elect, APICS Board of

Directors

• Tom Schulte, Consultant, Omaha, Nebraska

Heartland District Team

• Al Downs• Ione Dykstra, could not attend this weekend

• Scott Imhoff• Barb Sorochak• Karen Schiebout

• District Manager

• Board of Directors• Tammy Williams, could not be with us this weekend

Chapter Assignments

• Al Downs• St. Louis• Greater Ozarks• Central Ozarks• Great Plains

Chapter Assignments

• Ione Dykstra• Winona Lacrosse• Siouxland• Northeast Iowa• Quad Cities• Wichita• Southeast Kansas

Chapter Assignments

• Scott Imhoff• Twin Cities• Top of Iowa• Cedar Valley• Red River Valley

Chapter Assignments

• Barb Sorochak• Southern Minnesota• Central Minnesota• Midlands• Central Nebraska

Chapter Assignments

• Karen Schiebout• Central Iowa• Northwest Iowa• Greater Kansas City• Southeast Iowa

Heartland 2013 Goals

• 3% growth in membership• 2563 baseline, 2633 on 2/28, 2571 on 7/1, 2567 on 9/1

• CBar: BRONZE +• Staff communication• District Meeting Attendance

• All Chapters represented

Chapter Introductions

Please stand up and introduce all the members present, including current board position.

Which District Team Member….• Delivered their baby daughter in a car during rush

hour?

Al Downs

Which District Team Member….• Is an award winning archer?

Scott Imhoff

Which District Team Member….• Is an Instrument Rated Pilot?

Barb Sorochak

Which District Team Member….

• Was the first District Manager, after the APICS regions were restructured?

Scott Imhoff

Which District Team Member….• Is getting a new roof shingled this weekend?

Ione Dykstra

Which District Volunteer…..• Is the oldest of eight children, in a family of four boys

and four girls?

Karen Schiebout

Which District Volunteer…..• hiked down the Bright Angel Pass, Grand Canyon

and back - and lived to tell about it?

Al Downs

Which District Volunteer…..• Won the county spelling bee in eighth grade?

Karen Schiebout

Next MeetingsSeptember 29, 30, Oct 1• International Conference, See You in Orlando!• Note the discounts available

• Leadership summit• Additional $100 off

• Car pooling/taxi sharing• Rooms available at the Marriott

Volunteer Reception• District Tables• Ideas? Promoting the District

• Pictures? Cities? Brochures?

• Handouts representing the District• Corn Flakes, Candy Corn, Corn Pops?• Valentines?• ????????????

Previous Notes• Heartland IDP Instructors• District Webinar Definition• Adobe Connect for Chapters• Chapter Services Practice• Members at Large

IDP Instructors• http://www.apics.org/careers-education-professional-

development/courses/recognized-instructors• Heartland list included on your USB Drive• 38 Instructors in our District• current IDP instructors Heartland 090613.xlsx

Heartland Webinars• Rebecca MacDonell, aka Beckie• Manage and communicate• Stick around for her presentation later!

Adobe Connect for chapters• Will address at next District Managers’ Meeting• Free tools:

• Any time meeting

• District Help• Contact myself or Beckie• Both meeting tool and conference call availability• Once a year per chapter, schedules permitting

Chapter Services Issues• Eric Schneider, Manager of Customer Services• Discussion with Twin Cities Chapter• Opening a Dialogue

• Practices Document, included in handouts• Chapter is contacted• $200/day

Members At Large• List received from Corporate Services• Manually sorted by zip code• Sent to closest chapter• Member must agree in writing/email to join• Send to jventura@apics.org

Next Year, 2014• March 28/29

• West Des Moines• LDI, 8 people minimum

• June 20/21• Omaha?• TTT, 8 people

• September 12/13• St. Louis?• AIS, TBD?

Fill out Evaluations• Net Promoter Score• Suggestions

• Meeting topics• Speakers• Webinars• Suggestions

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!

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