Member Spotlight!

The November Member Spotlight is on a very hardworking, fun, great young lady, who is also a personal friend. Cassidie Horn is a senior at Baker High School and is a second year FBLA member. Her tremendous involvement in her local chapter the past year has earned her the position of Historian on the local chapter officer team. In her years in FBLA, Cassidie has been a part of numerous competitions; however, one of her most proud moments came last year when she was able to compete at state in Business Presentation. Cassidie is very excited for the upcoming year in FBLA, and is especially excited for the innovative fundraisers and the trip to nationals in Los Angeles she will be taking this next summer.

If she is not in the classroom, or improving her local chapter, Cassidie is on the court and kicking but in her favorite sport, volleyball. Cassidie just finished her second varsity season with an impressive 9-3 record.

After her graduation this spring, Cassidie will be taking Linn-Benton Community College by storm in Albany, Oregon. She is planning to stay there for two years to fill her general education requirements, and then transfer to a four-year college. Her ultimate goal is to become an OB-GYN and work at OHSU.

Cassidie is a mentor to younger members and when she leaves, we will miss her greatly!

Congratulations, Cassidie! You’ve just been Spotlighted! Keep up the hard work!

Do you know someone who deserves the Spotlight? Shoot me an email, and we can get to work shining the spotlight on them!

As always- keep in touch!

** There will be no post Wednesday. Enjoy your Thanksgiving!**

Oregon Leadership Institute! In case you missed it.....

Hello Again! This week, it’s all about OLI!

OLI was held in Eugene, Oregon at the Valley River Inn. OLI was really fun (as usual for an FBLA conference), but this time we were joined by Oregon DECA.

We started off with a few laughs and some mutual “poking fun” at both organizations. We welcomed everyone, discussed our fundraisers, and Jordan made quite a show out of our ‘Code of Conduct’ piece. It was quite funny… (When you see him at state, ask him about it.)

The opening session was followed by three workshop sessions. There was a crazy array of workshop sessions to choose from. Everything from college admissions to chapter operations!

After that there was two hours of chapter time, and then on to the famed Etiquette Dinner! Goodness, that was a blast! Many of the ladies (your state officer team included) choose to don the formal gowns for dinner, while other opted for the always appropriate, professional wear. Our favorite ‘southern bell’ Amy Gallimore was our facilitator for the evening. We had the opportunity to have many of our etiquette questions answered while in a fun, easygoing, atmosphere.

After that was a Presidents Council meeting and we followed that with the dance, and then it was lights out!

The next day was great with the miracle minute, then an organization dance-off, and then a Leadership Adventure Session. (Yes, it was as awesome as it all sounds.) The morning was a high-adrenaline, crazy fun, great time!

When it was time to leave, and say goodbye, we had Amy Gallimore close it out. We also announced the winner of our little ‘competition’.

Who won between DECA and FBLA?

FBLA of course!!

It was great, and I hope to see you there next year!

As always- Keep in touch!

Another Way For YOU to "Get The Edge!"

As a state officer team, we realized that there was a need for a more “whole” organization, so to speak. Part of being a state officer is meeting the needs of members in our respective regions and in the whole state. As many of you know, the state officer team has started an innovative new program to encourage inter-chapter communication and idea sharing. We give you the Presidents Council!

Here is how it works: every chapter in each region (for us the Blue Mountain Region), chooses a representative. It does not have to be the chapter president; however we figured that that would be the most likely scenario, thus the name. After the lucky representative is chosen, the adviser submits their contact information to the region vice president (aka me). After that is done, I compile a list and regularly meet with the council. We meet about once a month (usually via conference call) and we discuss a variety of issues depending what is appropriate for the given situation. (i.e. In September, we discussed recruitment practices and ideas, this month we are discussing fundraising).

After we meet, I send a list to Mary, and she puts our ideas on the website. Then everyone can see what the best practices are in each subject for every region!

What I’m trying to say is, if your chapter doesn’t currently have a PC representative, please speak with your adviser about appointing one. Who knows, it could be you!

As always-keep in touch!