California Water Environment Association Conference

1. California Water Environment Association Conference April 23, 2003 Ontario California

2. The Complete Amateur’s Guide to Presiding over a Local Section Presented by Chuck Borkman SARBS Past President

3. Introduction • Why are we here? • Helpful Hints you can use • Past President’s Pearls of Wisdom

4. Today’s Agenda • Intangibles • Duties and qualities that the President’s job requires • Tangibles • Helpful Hints • Pearls of Wisdom

5. Preside Lead Communicate Recognize Motivate Encourage Adapt Overcome Manage Resolve Coordinate Invent Set Example Promote Change Decide Presidential Duties and Qualities

6. Presiding • Meeting Guide • Participant • Foster Understanding • Time • Stick to Business

7. Some Tangibles - Helpful Hints • Local Section Handbook • Committees • Job Descriptions • Newsletter • President’s Message • Agendas

8. Handbook • Constitution/Bylaws • TCP • PDC Committee • Awards Program • Newsletter/Website • Meeting Protocol • CWEA Information • Historical Information • Board Members Jobs

9. Committee Approach • Patterned after CWEA governance • Three committees: Program and Planning; Operations; and Membership & Recognition • Comprised of Board members • Three or four people on a committee

10. IDEA BOARD COMMITTEE RECYCLE

12. Committees • Improve Board performance • Shorter meetings • Fewer meetings • Filter • Focus • Handle routine tasks

13. Job Descriptions

14. PRESIDENT’S RESPONSIBILITIES

15. Newsletter • Three month look ahead article assignments • Photos • Volunteer names • Local news • Events schedule • Training and Educational Flyers

17. President’s Messages • Conduit to the membership • Keep old copies of newsletters • The “news cycle”

18. Leader Link E-Bulletin Wastewater Professional WEF Highlights CWEA Website State of California Web site SWRCB Website WEF Website Professional Journals Trade Publications Board Minutes Gossip Mill Radio, TV, Newspaper President’s Messages

19. AGENDAS

20. Be a mentor and encourage others to mentor Tricia Butler, SARBS Past President Pearls of Wisdom

21. Pearls of Wisdom • Time is what happens to you while you’re busy making plans. Denis Pollak, CWEA President

22. Pearls of Wisdom • Save controversial items for the end of the meeting agenda Jim Clark, WEF Past President

23. Pearls of Wisdom • CWEA Staff and your Local Section Liaison are valuable resources. Steve Agor, San Diego Past President and CWEA Vice President

24. Pearls of Wisdom • Pre-sell your ideas Yvonne Schwab-Hauser, SARBS Past President

25. Pearls of Wisdom • Keep your successor clued in Bob Ooten, CWEA and SARBS Past-President

26. Pearls of Wisdom • Seek counsel from Past-Presidents when faced with tough decisions Mike Hogan, CWEA Past-President

27. Pearls of Wisdom • Liberally dispense praise and recognition; it doesn’t cost a thing Unanimous

28. Pearls of Wisdom • We’re unpaid volunteers….handle with care Jim Clark, WEF Past President and Don Roberson, CWEA and SARBS Past President

29. Pearls of Wisdom • Tap the “newbies” Chuck Borkman, SARBS Past President

30. Pearls of Wisdom • Laugh at yourself and never take yourself too seriously Don Roberson, CWEA and SARBS Past President and Paula Zeller, SARBS Past President

31. Pearls of Wisdom • Maintain current practices, policies and principles and add one new thing that you can call your own.Mark Gingras, SARBS Past President

32. What’s Next • More training opportunities for members • More efficient Board meetings • Reader-friendly newsletter • Improved Website • Promote SARBS and CWEA

33. And One Final Pearl of Wisdom • I’ll rest when I’m dead Anonymous

34. QUESTIONS???