The 2012 Chapter/Section Officer Training Workshop is being held on Saturday, January 21st Saturday, March 3rd!, at Michael's Restaurant at Shoreline in Mountain View. It begins with a full breakfast from 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM (come hungry!) and ends when lunch is finished at 12:45 PM or so. The intervening time is packed with two tracks of sessions -- see the lineup in the Table below -- bring several of your Chapter officers or potential volunteers, to get up to speed!

(We have had to switch from Jan. 21st to March 3rd because of a scheduling conflict at Michaels. If you previously registered for Jan. 21, Paul Wesling will be in touch with you.)

Best of all, there is no cost -- the Council covers all expenses, including an IEEE-branded item for the first 100 who register. (Don't miss this year's gift ....) In addition, there'll be a drawing for a $100 Gift Certificate to ... Frys Electronics!

Here are your resources:

Flyer, with schedule of morning sessions/talks, and details about meals, location, etc.   You don't need meal choices this year -- the choices at our Buffet Lunch are breast of chicken, sirloin tips, and penne pasta, with salads, seasonal vegetables, and more.

Registration Page (where you can register yourself, and several attendees from your Chapter -- have their email addresses handy)

Map to Michael's at Shoreline

Time   -   Program	Time   -   Program
7:30   Complementary Buffet 8:30   -- Welcome (Brent McHale, outgoing Council Chair) 8:35   -- Council Overview: What did I get myself into? (Bill DeHope, past Council Secretary) 8:55   -- Sections Congress'11 Wrap-up (Tom Coughlin, Sections Congress 2011 Chair) 9:15   -- session conclusion; move to Session A or Session B
SESSION A: Chapter Nuts and Bolts 9:30   -- Bill's Basics: A Minimal-Action Solution for Chapter Success (Bill DeHope) 10:00   -- Best Practices: Striving for a 'Grade-A' Chapter (Roger Hoyt) 10:30   coffee break (shared with Session B)	SESSION B: Resources and Ideas for your Chapter 9:30   -- Setting up and Using a ListServ Dlist (Paul Wesling, SFBAC Communications Director) 9:50   -- Publicizing your Events to 25,000 Techies: the GRID (Paul Wesling, SFBAC Communications Director) 10:10   -- Nominating One of your "best" for a Region or MGA Award (Tom Coughlin, with Jeffrey Pawlan) 10:30   coffee break (shared with Session A)
SESSION C: 21st Century Tools for your Chapter 10:45   -- IEEE's Center for Leadership Excellence (Brent McHale) 11:00   -- IEEE's vTools – Web-based Apps for the Chapter Volunteer (Ram Sivaraman) Includes Elections; PayPal; Meeting registration/reports; Easy Website setup & Maintenance; other new facilites for your Chapter to use. Review them, and see them in operation. 11:45 Break for lunch
Closing Session 11:45   -- Complementary Buffet Lunch 12:30   -- Closing remarks and Raffle for Fry's Gift Card 12:45   -- Distribution of Council-branded gifts to first 100 registrants