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As of press time, ISAE has 263 members that have renewed their
membership for 2008. These members include 208 Regular, 49
Associate, 5 Retired and 1 Student memberships. We thank
all of you for making the investment in yourself and your
association, and encourage members who have not yet renewed for 2008
to renew today.
This year, ISAE has made renewing even easier by adding online
membership renewals. To renew online, please point your browser to
www.isae.org/renew.php
and enter the necessary information in the fields provided. You can
also renew by the following traditional ways: fax your renewal to
(317)280-8527; call-in your renewal at (317)328-4569; or mail your
renewal to ISAE offices at 7150 Winton Dr. #300, Indianapolis, IN
46268. Renew by February 15th so you don’t
miss valuable member benefits.
ISAE membership is an investment in yourself…renew
your investment
today!
As a valued member, ISAE wants to provide you the opportunity to
support YOUR association. ISAE cannot operate without the
indispensable expertise of our volunteers. After all, we want to
offer you the programs, information and benefits you need. What
better way to have your voice heard than by volunteering for one of
our committees? Here are the opportunities available to all
members:
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Convention Committee Co-chaired by
Tabitha Cross, Indiana Pharmacists
Alliance & Sabrina Valentine, Markey’s Rental
& Staging
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STAR Awards Committee Co-chaired by Cindy Bussell, Indiana Builders
Association & Brenda Dant, CAE, Indiana
Association of Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors
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Membership Committee Co-chaired by
Jay Dziwlik, CAE, Indiana Dental Association
& Maureen Hoffmeyer, Indiana Academy of
Ophthalmology
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Government Affairs Committee Co-chaired by
Michael Claphan, CAE, Indiana
Osteopathic Association & Kim Williams,
Indiana Academy of Ophthalmology
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Professional Development Task Force
Co-Chaired by Erin Kerr-Winings,
CAE, Kerr Solutions & Jennifer
Briggs, CAE, Indiana CPA Society
We need your expertise. Doesn’t that make you
feel good? So share your skills with ISAE and maybe you’ll make some
new friends along the way. Email Laura Frank at lfrank@isae.org or click
here to download an interest form and fax to Laura at
(317)280-8527 no later than February 15.
We are excited to announce House Bill 1187 passed
the Judiciary Committee 7-0, with only one
amendment. The only amendment was the deletion
of derivative proceedings which allowed these proceedings to
occur in lieu of court action. This was seen as a
potential liability by the Committee but it was felt the
section could be removed if needed without jeopardizing the spirit
of and improvements to the legislation. House Bill 1187 also
passed in the House on Thursday by a vote of 93-0 and is now on to
the Senate.
Now we need your help. The rest of the session will move quickly
so, please contact your legislators to voice your support for HB
1187 today. To learn more about the bill, find your
legislator, or read the bill in full, please visit ISAE's Web
site at http://www.isae.org then click
on the Capwiz link to track bill 1187 in the upper right hand
corner. If your association's elected leader lives in Indiana, we
also encourage you to contact them and ask for their support.
Watch your e-mail for ISAE Legislative Alerts on this and other
issues important to Indiana’s associations and nonprofits.
We are excited to announce the first 5:05 Club of the year at
the NEW Buggs Temple Tavern downtown!
February 20, 2008, 5:05 p.m.
Buggs Temple, 337 W.
11th Street, Indianapolis
Click
here for a map to this location.
http://www.buggstemple.com/
Buggs Temple has graciously offered to provide appetizers at
this event, so come out and socialize with your friends &
colleagues. Special thanks to Julie Mahern of the Sheraton Hotel
City Centre who will be organizing the 2008 5:05 Clubs along with
Starr Peterson of Hilton Garden Inn Downtown.
Have a great location idea for a 5:05 Club? Please email
Laura Frank at lfrank@isae.org
with your suggestion.
Associations and their Foundations: Making
the Relationship Work
Association Societies Alliance (ASA) presents their February
teleconference, focusing on key issues that can make or break the
partnership between associations and their foundations.
Date: Monday, February 4, 2008
Time: 11a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EST
Presenter: Carolyn Raffa Fazio, Chair and Chief
Executive of Fazio International Ltd., an international consultancy
serving associations and member
organizations.
Cost: $49 For more information,
please click
here.
To register for this event, please click
here.
Creating a Win-Win for Association &
Hotel Collaborations
CEOs: Are you doing what you can to protect
your critical revenue stream and to make sure your planners are
getting their jobs done?
Association Professionals: Want to know how to
write a great RFP and get a YES from a hotel?
Hotel Professionals: Will the bottom fall out
in 2010? With new hotels on the way, will more competition hurt
you?
Join us and find out this and more at our March 26th Luncheon
& Half Day Event at the Crowne Plaza at Historic Union Station!
We’ll gather for breakfast to hear a panel of key professionals from
the Indiana Hotel & Lodging Association, Indiana Society of
Association Executives and the Indianapolis Convention. Then, we’ll
offer two concurrent breakout sessions: one focused on associations
and CEOs, the other on hotel professionals. After that, we’ll
reconvene for lunch that will include the “State of the City”…an
update on the convention center expansion, new mid-field terminal
hotels and more. Can’t attend the entire event? Just
register for the luncheon alone!
Stay tuned for more information on pricing for this event in
next month’s Synergy and check our website at www.isae.org
for up-to-date Information.
Are you looking for colleagues who have similar
challenges as you? Do you need a place to express needs,
frustrations, or even victories with people in a similar career
path?
Innovation Incubators are a NEW form of professional development
introduced by ISAE. Get together for an informal roundtable
discussion with colleagues in your profession. Each incubator is
designed to discuss topics specific to your career and interests,
including small staff associations; CEO Issues; finance; government
affairs; communications; meeting planning and membership. For
example, if you choose to attend the four CEO incubators, the
discussion topic may be ethics one day and succession planning on
another.
Incubators are only $10 each, or pay for a four-pack
in your career path and save $5!
Please watch your email for special announcements on dates and
times for this exciting new professional development program.
Sitting for the CAE this year? Then plan to attend ISAE’s FREE
CAE Study Groups:
Sigma Theta Tau International Headquarters, 550 W. North Street,
Indianapolis 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Click
here for a map to this location.
Tuesday March
11, 2008
Tuesday March
25, 2008
Tuesday April
8, 2008
Tuesday April
22, 2008 (Optional final overview session)
Friday
May
2, 2008 CAE Exam
We encourage you to attend these study sessions even if you
plan on taking the exam in December. However, there will be another
set of study sessions in the fall.
Please e-mail Laura Frank at lfrank@isae.org if you plan to
attend the CAE study sessions. To register online, click
here. Please fill out the information fields, but put “$0” in
the payment amount.
The IRS has released a redesigned Form 990 that incorporates
many of the recommendations made in public comments this summer.
Organizations will need to begin using the new form for the 2008 tax
year (returns filed in 2009). To view the form and schedules, please
click
here.
According to ASAE, the new form includes some, but not all, of
the revisions suggested by ASAE. ASAE is currently studying the
revised form and schedules carefully and will have a more detailed
assessment of the form for the association community early this
year.
ISAE and ASAE invite you to participate in the 2008
Association Executive Compensation & Benefits
Study, conducted by ASAE & The Center for
Association Leadership. This study was last updated in 2006.
Participation in the Association Executive Compensation &
Benefits Study can be done either online or by postal mail:
1)You can click the link below and register to complete the
survey securely and confidentially online. To complete
the survey online go to: <<surveylink>>
OR
2)You can submit the hard-copy of the questionnaire that was
mailed to you in the postal mail. Return instructions are provided
on the form.
No matter how you choose to respond, all results will be kept
strictly confidential and will be tabulated by Industry Insights, an
independent survey research firm. Here are the benefits you and your
organization will receive by participating in this important study:
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Online access to an easy-to-use tool that will enable
to you to define key demographic criteria and metrics to
build user-defined salaries for positions with sufficient
data.
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A 25% discount on any publication you purchase.
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NEW THIS YEAR. Since ISAE is collaborating with ASAE in this
study, ASAE will provide access to results by our geographic area.
Depending on the response, you will be able to access
compensation statistics for Indiana specifically.
The key to the success of this study is high
response.
No matter how large or small your organization, there is something
here for you – and you will have access to the online tool if you
respond – even if you don’t purchase any of the publications.
But, there has to be sufficient data so every response
counts!
Thank you for participating in this important study. If you
have any questions, please contact Haisong Peng, ASAE & The
Center Research Manager at hpeng@asaecenter.org.
Don’t delay, respond today. Data collection will
close on February 29,
2008!
ASAE is now accepting registrations for the American
Associations Day 2008 (and Legislative Fly-In), to be held at the
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill (400 New Jersey Avenue NW). Come to
Washington, DC on April 8-9, 2008 to meet face-to-face with your
members of Congress to address those issues important to the
association community.
To register or apply for a $300 travel scholarship, please
contact Robert Hay, Jr. at (202)220-6413 or rhay@asaenet.org. Also,
please e-mail Laura Frank at lfrank@isae.org today if you plan
to attend this year’s event.
Stephanie Anderson
Sales Manager
Conrad
Indianapolis
50 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 524-2524
Fax: (317) 524-2583
stephanie.anderson@conradhotels.com
Referred by Sara Nash, CAE
Bob Berting
Designated Representative
Indy Speaker Connection
6330 Woburn Dr.
Indianapolis, IN
46250
(317) 849-5408
Fax: (317) 849-5408
bob@bobberting.com
Cisma Ferguson
Director of Administration
& Finance
Association of Indiana Counties
101 West Ohio
Street #1575
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 684-3710
Fax:
(317) 684-3713
cferguson@indianacounties.org
Michele James
Accountant
Zeta Beta Tau
Fraternity
3905 Vincennes Rd. #300
Indianapolis, IN 46268
(317) 334-1898
Fax: (317) 334-1899
mjames@zbtnational.org
Jay D. Kenworthy
Communications
Coordinator
Insurance Institute of Indiana
201 N. Illinois
St. #1410
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 464-2452
Fax:
(317) 464-2460
jdk@insuranceinstitute.org
Becky Kime
Executive Director
Indiana
Association of Community Correction Act Counties
12530 W. Youth
Camp Road
Columbus, IN 47201
(812) 350-6714
Bkime13@aol.com
Want to help a colleague learn about the benefits of
membership by joining ISAE?
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Congratulations to Carmen Grimm of
KIAWA for graduating from the US Chamber’s Winter
Institute for Organizational Management.
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The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau
International, has hired Patricia E.
Thompson as their Chief Executive Officer. Thompson was
most recently the associate dean of the College of Nursing at the
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
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Indiana Apartment Association has been
honored for www.homequiz.net
and its voter registration program. IAA was one of 15
organizations nationwide to be named to the 2008 Associations
Advance America Honor Roll, a national competition sponsored by
ASAE and the Center for Association Leadership.
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National Federation of Independent Business
has hired Barbara Quandt as their new State
Director effective January 2, 2008. Quandt was most recently
employed at Quality Environmental Professionals, Inc. as their
Director of Public Affairs. See the January 28th issue of the
Indianapolis Business Journal for a wonderful article on Barbara
as she assumes her new role.
In an effort to inform members of the valuable resources
available on our members-only section of the ISAE Web site, we will
highlight a different document each month. This month, we will
review Volunteer Forms.
It’s that time of year to start organizing committees and task
forces. Volunteers are important for most associations and
non-profits in order to engage members and generate new ideas from
those that benefit. In order to solicit volunteers, it may be
helpful to have a volunteer form to use for your organization.
To view a sample Volunteer Form, log on to the members-only
section of the ISAE Web site at www.isae.org/member.
A sample Volunteer From can be found in the Membership section.
Members are also encouraged to contribute items for the
members-only section of the ISAE website. These can only be accessed
by ISAE members. Forward your policies to Laura Frank at lfrank@isae.org.
In order to continue the much requested discussion on
Indiana Non-Profit Law, each month Synergy will address a
question from members pertaining to the current Indiana law. As
always, we encourage you to ask your corporate attorney for
clarification.
Q: Are those members in our associate member
category allowed to vote at our annual meeting?
A: The Indiana Non-Profit law states the
following:
IC 23-17-7-4
Rights and duties; membership
classes
Sec. 4. Members shall
have the same rights and obligations with respect
to:
(1)
voting;
(2)
dissolution;
(3)
redemption;
and
(4) transfer;
unless articles of incorporation or bylaws establish classes of
membership with different rights or obligations. Members have the
same rights and obligations with respect to any other matters,
except as set forth in or authorized by articles of incorporation or
bylaws. As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1.
To view Indiana Law related to Non-Profit Corporations,
point your browser to the following link http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title23/ar17/.
E-mail
ISAE staff if you have a
question for next month’s issue.
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