AAFP/Chapter Relations Initiative shines at one year
The first year of the AAFP/Chapter Relations Initiative isn't quite summed up yet, but preliminary results are telling.
The initiative -- which features leadership development, peer-based assistance, revenue sharing and teamwork -- distributed $96,385 to constituent chapters in 1998. Every chapter received some amount of money (based on attendance and participation in certain Academy meetings and programs).
But that's not all.
The initiative also made computers available to the 25 constituent chapters requesting computers and set up a "template" for a chapter World Wide Web page. Forty-three chapters now participate in the chapter executives listserv, and 48 have a web page.
The initiative has also scheduled nine leadership training "road shows" for 1999 and has completed the first section of the new AAFP Directory of Resources for Chapters. The rest of the directory was being finalized at press time.
In addition, the Chapter Assistance Program brought 11 chapter executives to a December meeting where they were trained to serve as consultants to other chapters.
The Academy's Chapter Affairs Committee guides the initiative, with the intent to enhance AAFP/chapter communication and teamwork.
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