1. Region 1 Board Of Governors Meeting Saturday June 10, 2017 Nashua, NH
“Things They Didn’t Tell You About Being a Section Chair”
Santo (Sandy) Mazzola
Bylaws, Operations/ Leadership Training

2. “Things They Didn’t Tell You About Being Section Chair”
You Need to train your volunteers
Train your Excom members with CLE (Center For Leadership Excellence)
(IEEE positions, Professional)
Train them in vTools, SAMIEEE, L31s etc
Trained volunteers are more valuable
IEEE training available at IEEE Technical Activities Operations
(General and Professional)

3. “Things They Didn’t Tell You About Being Section Chair”
Finding Volunteers – You need to recruit, recruit, recruit from day one
Your job is to make people want to get involved
Communicate effectively
Have job descriptions available so potential volunteers know what is involved
Try to find people with energy - Try to find young people – find new people

4. “Things They Didn’t Tell You About Being Section Chair”
You will face challenges in your section
Individuals, finances, Personality clashes, dwindling membership numbers
Unmotivated volunteers, disruptive volunteers
Encourage all – Be a problem solver – we are engineers
Be inclusive –make your section have a welcoming environment
Don’t play favorites - Celebrate all activities going on in the section
If you find problems in the section – you can’t change it all at once
Tackle things one at a time

5. “Things They Didn’t Tell You About Being Section Chair”
Don’t let your Excom meeting become a boring dirge
Don’t let people read their reports - Invite outsiders to your Excom meeting
Be a team builder
Think outside the box don’t be afraid to try something new –Just because that’s the way it was always been done in the section doesn’t make it right
Skills needed as Section Chair – Salesman, engineer, motivator, cleric, communicator, Teacher, Listener, Conflict Manager, Example setter, counselor, and of course a Leader