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Board of Directors 2006-07

Chairwoman

Joanne Miner

Chair Elect

Donna Rooth

Vice Chair

SP Husain

Interim- Shaun Pan

Vice Chair

Ken Hetlage

Vice Chair

Diane Catani

Legal Counsel

Joseph Caccamo

Scholarship Committee Co- Chair

Sally Musser

Scholarship Committee Co-Chair

Jacqueline Bledsoe

MPPRCC President Stella Tokar

Future Board members include:

Chair of the PIE

Chair of VISION

Chair of Business Education & Development

1. SCHOLARHIP COMMITTEE

Goal:

• To raise $16 K + this fiscal year to give away bigger and/or more scholarships to students in need of financial support to attend college
• Award granted money to local  middle and elementary schools serving Miramar and Pembroke Pines in support of a school project 
• Host the annual STAR breakfast (Student Teacher Awards & Recognition) to present the monies awarded to students and schools as well as honor the teachers of the year of the Miramar Pembroke Pines elementary and secondary schools.

          ~To honor the outstanding teachers servicing our children in our area

          ~To award the scholarship recipients and grant schools

             ~To build relationship with our education community

             ~To bridge our business community to the education community

Action:

• Drawings at monthly membership Breakfasts and Business Card Exchanges using  items donated from members
• Committee to collect on a regular basis at each event and turn in the monies to the chamber staff for accounting at the corresponding meeting
• Inform the Chamber office how many items will be in the drawing
• Designated person to count money with Chamber Staff Bookkeeper for accountability
• Initial paperwork prior to leaving breakfast, BCE, or event
• Staff person to handle money and make deposit
• Drawing at December 2006 Breakfast for a laptop
• Drawing at Sip and Taste event in March 3, 2007
• Drawing at Spring Breakfast April 12, 2007  
• Campaign Donations
• During campaign year, candidates will receive a letter of explanation and invitation to donate left over campaign funds to the 501C3 and the worthy cause of investing in the young people of the community.
• Follow up phone calls are to be made per a committee member and chamber office.   Office will coordinate with the volunteer on calls.
• Golf Committee has chosen the 501C3 scholarship committee as their charity of choice for this year
• Committee to work tournament drawing to raise designated funds for the 501c3
• 100% of the drawing will go to the 501 (c3)
• Auction will split the proceeds 50/50 between the (c3) and the (c6)

Basic Guidelines:

• Scholarships:  Serve students that are residents of the Miramar Pembroke Pines cities, even if they attend an out of zone school.  i.e.: magnet schools, etc.
• Monies are to leave the event with a chamber staff person only.  Volunteers are not to take chamber money with them.
• Grants:  Serving Miramar and Pembroke Pines elementary and middles schools only.
• All applications will be adjudicated per a committee of MPPR Chamber members
• Both scholarship and grant presentations will be made at the annual STAR breakfast.

2. Grant writing for the 501(c) (3) 

Goal:

• To seek funding from a variety of sources to support the variety of activities of the 501 (c) (3) 

Action:

• Jan 2007- It was determined  that in the remaining 6 months of the 2006-07 Chamber fiscal year will serve as a grooming time to launch this effort.
• A grant team will be sought and the team will be educated on basic processes.  
• A workshop will be sought to attend, and the team will be invited to attend to gain knowledge of the process.
• Agenda should include workshops that offer the student education on how to look for monies themselves.   Keiser University already hosts a series so the scholarship committee would not have to re-invent the structure.   This would be a win-win partnership.
• Research targeted information to use to build a library of options
• The target launch date to begin regular activity will be August 2007. 

3. Partners in Education

 Goal: 

• To connect the business community with the education community in order to develop the next generation workforce

Action:

• Recruit a volunteer to chair this committee and build a team to facilitate the process of connecting the business member to a PIE program
• PIE program registration form already developed
• Committee simply markets the PIE program to the membership at large
• Business member makes a selection of which program to participate in
• Committee turns the form into the chamber office
• Chamber office makes a copy of the form for chamber records
• Chamber office turns the form over to the representative for the program of choice of the business member
• The program representative then is responsible for connecting the business member with the PIE program / school of choice
• The program representative is responsible for all processing, screening and orientation of the business member for the PIE program of choice
• Program selections include:
• Mentoring
• Shadowing
• Internship
• Police Athletic League – Miramar and Pembroke Pines
• Career Day
• Follow up phone calls are facilitate by committee members monthly to check on business partners
• Quarterly survey with schools is made in order to get feedback on how the PIE program is working
• Quarterly reporting is given to the chamber office for assessment
• PIE program adjustments are made as needed

4. Youth Chamber of Commerce - VISION

 Goal: 

• Create a venue that will offer Miramar Pembroke Pines high school juniors and seniors opportunities to develop their workforce knowledge and experience along with overall leadership training.

Action:

• Partner with AMPS Institute to take advantage of the student entrepreneurial program
• AMPS will be a liaison with the schools regarding registering this program on behalf of the chamber
• Partner with Leadership Broward to take advantage of the student leadership program already in existence and operating successfully
• Leadership XX has taken this endeavor on as their class project and will focus on the structuring of the foundation and initial promotion of the program
• Details of the plan of work for Leadership XX are attached to this document for full explanation of timeline
• A marketing piece is being produced by Leadership XX
• Leadership XX has named the youth group “VISION” 

Guidelines:

• The VISION Advisory Council will include the following:  Chamber President, Chamber Board Member, one Leadership XX representative, James AMPS, one student representative from each of the 5 high schools, one adult representative of each high school.   
• Meeting dates and times are to be determined per initial meetings with the schools.
• The chamber office is the main hub of communication regarding VISION

Business Education and Workforce Development

Goal:

• To provide ongoing business education and development for the business community of  Miramar  & Pembroke Pines through a variety of venues and funding sources 

Actions: 

• Survey the business membership on a regular basis in order to stay on top of the educational and developmental needs of the cities
• Stay in touch with the cities in order to partner/enhance the already developed programs and meet the needs of the business community at large
• Search for funding sources that may be available to support or sustain business  education / workforce development needs
• Schedule seminars and/or workshops that address the identified needs of the business members on a regular basis
• Market the services provided at the chamber office through the certified business analyst
• Create a marketing piece that will market these services
• Stay in touch with the economic development committees of the cities and their agenda
• Stay in touch with the governmental affairs committee of the chamber