1. Heartland District Meeting September 6 and 7, Greater Kansas City

2. Agenda, Friday 3:00 (Optional) Tour of Garmin Industries 5:30 – 7:00 Drury Inn Reception 6:30 – 9:00 Chapter Ice Breaker Tom Schulte

3. Agenda, Saturday 7:00 – 8:00 Drury Inn Quickstart Breakfast 8:00 – 8:30 Welcome, Logistics, Introductions 8:30 – 9:00 Student Case Competition #1 9:00 – 9:30 C-bar as a Chapter Tool 9:30 – 9:45 BREAK 9:45 – 11:00Jason Wheeler, APICS updates 11:00 – 11:30 Strategic Planning in the Twin Cities 11:30 – 12:15 LUNCH

4. Agenda, Afternoon 12:15–1:15 Board Management, Tom Schulte 1:15 – 1:45 Chapter Newsletters 1:45 – 2:15 Keeping our Members 2:15 – 2:30 BREAK 2:30 – 3:00 Heartland Webinars 3:00 – 4:30 Chapter Sharing 4:30Wrap up, Evaluations Optional Attend the Royals Baseball Game

5. Special Guests Jason Wheeler, Chair Elect, APICS Board of Directors Tom Schulte, Consultant, Omaha, Nebraska

6. Heartland District Team Al Downs Ione Dykstra, could not attend this weekend Scott Imhoff Barb Sorochak Karen Schiebout District Manager Board of Directors Tammy Williams, could not be with us this weekend

7. Chapter Assignments Al Downs St. Louis Greater Ozarks Central Ozarks Great Plains

8. Chapter Assignments Ione Dykstra Winona Lacrosse Siouxland Northeast Iowa Quad Cities Wichita Southeast Kansas

9. Chapter Assignments Scott Imhoff Twin Cities Top of Iowa Cedar Valley Red River Valley

10. Chapter Assignments Barb Sorochak Southern Minnesota Central Minnesota Midlands Central Nebraska

11. Chapter Assignments Karen Schiebout Central Iowa Northwest Iowa Greater Kansas City Southeast Iowa

12. Heartland 2013 Goals 3% growth in membership 2563 baseline, 2633 on 2/28, 2571 on 7/1, 2567 on 9/1 CBar: BRONZE + Staff communication District Meeting Attendance All Chapters represented

13. Chapter Introductions Please stand up and introduce all the members present, including current board position.

14. Which District Team Member…. Delivered their baby daughter in a car during rush hour? Al Downs

15. Which District Team Member…. Is an award winning archer? Scott Imhoff

16. Which District Team Member…. Is an Instrument Rated Pilot? Barb Sorochak

17. Which District Team Member…. Was the first District Manager, after the APICS regions were restructured? Scott Imhoff

18. Which District Team Member…. Is getting a new roof shingled this weekend? Ione Dykstra

19. Which District Volunteer….. Is the oldest of eight children, in a family of four boys and four girls? Karen Schiebout

20. Which District Volunteer….. hiked down the Bright Angel Pass, Grand Canyon and back - and lived to tell about it? Al Downs

21. Which District Volunteer….. Won the county spelling bee in eighth grade? Karen Schiebout

22. Next Meetings September 29, 30, Oct 1 International Conference, See You in Orlando! Note the discounts available Leadership summit Additional $100 off Car pooling/taxi sharing Rooms available at the Marriott

23. Volunteer Reception District Tables Ideas? Promoting the District Pictures? Cities? Brochures? Handouts representing the District Corn Flakes, Candy Corn, Corn Pops? Valentines? ????????????

24. Previous Notes Heartland IDP Instructors District Webinar Definition Adobe Connect for Chapters Chapter Services Practice Members at Large

25. IDP Instructors http://www.apics.org/careers-education-professional- development/courses/recognized-instructors http://www.apics.org/careers-education-professional- development/courses/recognized-instructors Heartland list included on your USB Drive 38 Instructors in our District current IDP instructors Heartland 090613.xlsx

26. Heartland Webinars Rebecca MacDonell, aka Beckie Manage and communicate Stick around for her presentation later!

27. Adobe Connect for chapters Will address at next District Managers’ Meeting Free tools: Any time meeting District Help Contact myself or Beckie Both meeting tool and conference call availability Once a year per chapter, schedules permitting

28. Chapter Services Issues Eric Schneider, Manager of Customer Services Discussion with Twin Cities Chapter Opening a Dialogue Practices Document, included in handouts Chapter is contacted $200/day

29. Members At Large List received from Corporate Services Manually sorted by zip code Sent to closest chapter Member must agree in writing/email to join Send to jventura@apics.orgjventura@apics.org

31. Next Year, 2014 March 28/29 West Des Moines LDI, 8 people minimum June 20/21 Omaha? TTT, 8 people September 12/13 St. Louis? AIS, TBD?

32. Fill out Evaluations Net Promoter Score Suggestions Meeting topics Speakers Webinars Suggestions

33. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US! Drive carefully Be Safe