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Alumni Coordinating Committee Elections and Proposed Constitutional Amendments

June 1st, 2011

All registered alumni members are eligible to participate in the 2011 Alumni Coordinating Committee elections and voting on the proposed constitutional amendments. Representatives for Regions 1, 3 and 5, and on the proposed amendments, will be this ballot. Alumni members may vote only once online at www.skillsusa.org/supporters/alumniballot.shtml. Voting will be open from June 1-15, 2011.

Ballots will be counted at the 2011 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference, and results will be announced on Friday, June 24, at the Annual Alumni Appreciation Luncheon at 2 p.m.

Please contact Niki Clausen at 703-737-0639 or nclausen@skillsusa.org with questions.

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Alumni Coordinating Committee Nominations

April 1st, 2011

SkillsUSA is seeking alumni leaders to serve on the national Alumni Coordinating Committee for the SkillsUSA Alumni and Friends Association.

Applications are now being accepted for the following positions: Regions 1, Region 3 and Region 5. These are two-year terms beginning July 1, 2011. We encourage you to nominate any former SkillsUSA member who is registered as an alumni member.

To complete an online nomination form or to download and print a form, go to:
www.skillsusa.org/supporters/alumniballot.shtml.

The completed form is due to Niki Clausen in the national office by April 15, 2011. If you have any questions, please contact her at 703-737-0639 or by e-mail to nclausen@skillsusa.org.

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Highlights

November 1st, 2010
  • I spoke during the North American STEM Education Symposium held October 3 and 4 in Manchester, N.H. My presentation was on the Skill Connect Assessments and how they can be used to assess STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) skills. Approximately 150 STEM educators attended, and the presentation was well received. As a matter of fact, one member of the audience who identified herself as a school administrator stood up and addressed the audience saying: “These are the best assessments on the market. Check them out.”
  • Next stop was Graphics EXPO at McCormick Place in Chicago from October 4 to 7 at the invitation of Eileen Cassidy and Ralph Nappi of NPES. Two SkillsUSA students were honored during the show. One was a Championships gold medalist for three straight years and the other student – who is from the same instructional program – was the NPES design contest winner. I met with executives from Heidelberg and Xerox while there. Xerox is very interested in the Skill Connect Assessments.
  • I conducted board training in Indianapolis, Ind. on October 12 and met with Julie Yeater, former SkillsUSA board president. Indiana is attempting to recruit more board members from industry. So, board member Ted Norman of MSSE and I made some calls, and I’m pleased to say that Snap-on, Caterpillar, Air Products, State Farm and Lowe’s have all expressed interest in having their local representatives serve on state association boards across the country.
  • During our last staff meeting, we received several pieces of good news. Six sites have been selected and mentors identified for the YouthBuild grant project. A meeting is scheduled with U.S. Department of Labor officials to discuss the project. The Alumni Coordinating Committee met here in Leesburg recently. Alumni membership is now over 17,300, and Ohio, Texas and Wisconsin alumni are working on their constitutions to establish their state associations. We’re writing a contract with The Center for Energy Workforce Development to develop a new assessment for the center using our employability skills assessment and engineering assessment and cross walking both to the Career Skills Education Program. The Center is working under a Gates Foundation grant. Staff reported on excellent meetings in Kansas City with the IBEW, Teamsters and the Kauffman Foundation, among others.
  • And, membership is up 13,248 over last year at this time and 1,139 Skill Connect Assessments have been sold this year.

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2010-11 Alumni Coordinating Committee

July 15th, 2010

Following the recent election, the 2010-11 Alumni Coordinating Committee has been announced:

Executive Chair: George Laubmeier, Wisc.
Executive Secretary: Alicia Brown, Colo.
Region 1 Representative: Kristen Smith, R.I.
Region 2 Representative: Steven Hawes, Ga.
Region 3 Representative: Peggy Plowman, Mich.
Region 4 Representative: Brice Harader-Pate, Okla.
Region 5 Representative: Jessica Lueck, Wash.
State Association Director Liaison: Dara Dubois, Calif.

The committee members look forward to working with their respective state association directors during the coming year. The group is working to coordinate their first conference call. To contact your regional representative, go to: www.skillsusa.org/supporters/alumnicoord.shtml.

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Alumni Committee Elections Reminder

June 15th, 2010

All registered alumni members are eligible to participate in the 2010 Alumni Coordinating Committee elections. Representatives for Regions 2, 4 and Executive Chair will be elected on this ballot. Alumni members may vote for all positions online at www.skillsusa.org/supporters/alumniballot.shtml. Alumni members may vote only once. Voting will be open from June 1-18, 2010.

Ballots will be counted at the 2010 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference, and results will be announced on Friday, June 25, at the Annual Alumni Appreciation Luncheon at 2 p.m.

Please contact Niki Clausen at 703-737-0639 or nclausen@skillsusa.org with questions.

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Web Meetings Pulling Leaders Together

March 1st, 2010

February 18 was a day for gathering people together on the Web. Both the state association director Web meeting in the morning and the Alumni Coordinating Committee Web meeting in the evening went well.

There were 31 state association directors online. Curtis Barnett and other members of the State Association Directors’ Executive Committee led the discussion. This was the committee’s report on their January meeting in Florida and the opportunity for discussion and comment from other directors.

The Alumni Coordinating Committee Web conference was also well attended. Niki Clausen reports that the committee covered: national conference activities; the move of the 5K race to Friday during conference and how that will affect registration; increasing the number of entries in the Alumni Pin Design Contest; and, job descriptions for volunteers. They have at least two nominees for each of the coordinating positions coming open this year. Nominations are due in April. Niki also says the committee is grateful for the $100 gift card offered by Air Products for the winning pin design. Alumni membership now stands at 8,473 and 167 more applicants still have to be entered in the database. The alumni membership goal for the year is 15,000.

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Nominations for the 2010 Alumni Coordinating Committee Elections

January 1st, 2010

SkillsUSA is accepting nominations of qualified alumni for service on the Alumni Coordinating Committee. Nominations are being accepted for the following positions:

  • Executive Chair: Open to any registered member of the SkillsUSA Alumni Association
  • Region II: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Puerto Rico or the U. S. Virgin Islands
  • Region IV: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Iowa or Minnesota.

All nominees must be active Annual, Lifetime or Honorary Life members of the SkillsUSA Alumni & Friends Association in good standing. Additionally, a nominee must have been an active member for at least 12 months preceding the date of nomination. You are encouraged to nominate candidates as soon as possible. You may nominate yourself or any Alumni member in good standing. Nominations are due by close of business on April 15, 2010. If you have questions, please contact Niki Clausen at  or call 703-737-0639.

For an application, go to: www.skillsusa.org/supporters/alumni.shtml.

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