Congrats!

I'd like to introduce your new officer team for school year 2008-2009!

President: Sarah F., Vice President: Mike W., Secretary: Stephen H. Treasurer: Chris C., Historian: Timmy! I am thankful for a terrific team this year. I knew we couldn't go wrong with the candidates we had!

In the meantime, I'm putting together a binder for each of the shops who have students in BPA. This binder has all of the contests (guidelines) in which you can compete. I suggest you look through the binder and pick a few that are of interest to you. If you have questions or want clarification, send an email or comment here! The seasoned students love to share their ideas and comments!

Good meeting today! Stay tuned......

Officer Candidates!

So, it's official. We have some pretty awesome candidates running for office this year! Our elections will be held at our regular meeting on Monday, September 29 at 2:30. Only those members who have paid dues should attend the meeting, as you are the only ones eligible to vote. Our officer candidates are:

President:

Sarah F.

Vice President:

Mike W.

Secretary:

Stephen H.

Treasurer:

Chris C.
Nick G.

Historian:

Paige D.
Timothy N.

These people will be compiling their speeches, and you will be able to hear from them Monday. Good luck to the candidates!

Blazing New Trails!

Welcome back everyone! I hope you had an enjoyable summer and are ready to BLAZE NEW TRAILS to get yourselves to Dallas! I wanted to let you all know that the new guidelines are posted. I should be having a meeting some time during the week of September 15. Try to recruit members from other shops because other students add so much to our chapter! I would also like you to start thinking about becoming chapter officers. We'll be having our elections just as soon as members pay their membership dues!

More later! P.S. That's Stephen at Lake Tahoe!

Farewell for the summer

My first attempt at a podcast! This took me two hours to figure out. (If I indeed figured it out. :)

BPA Limericks! (kinda, sorta)

Mass BPA went to Reno
You may ask why did we go?
KevBen was elected
Four others were selected
We were all winners, what do you know!



Chris Cady cast his spell
Secrets we would tell
Tim danced a tango
Played an air piano
And Ms. Sylvia caught it on her cell



Got one?

Time of Reckoning!

So we are 25 minutes from boarding the bus to the convention center to find out who won. We already know that Sara got called for finals for Prepared Speaking! So far she will hold the $300 prize money alone!

We went to Lake Tahoe today - our only real day out of the hotel. The hotel had so much to offer, that we didn't really have to leave, but wow! Tahoe was absolutely gorgeous!

Something so funny happened last night! Timmy got hypnotized and modeled for us, played "air" piano and a whole bunch of other things. All I have to say to Timmy is "Chris Cady!" I feel good!!!!!!!

We'll let you know who won! Thank you to all the students. You all behaved perfectly and I hope you are taking home an experience to last a lifetime. Always remember, our world is a big place that needs exploring!

National Campaign Under Way!

Wow! What a week it's been. I'm writing this blog post from Reno, NV where Kevin has just finished his campaign rally and national officer speech. I must say, HE WAS AMAZING! It was fun to watch Kevin answer the tough questions at the rally and nail just about all of them! I was also inspired by our whole BP chapter and the other students from Massachusetts who came out to help get the good word out! A special thanks to our state officers and Taconic!


In other news, many of the students have competed and the worst is behind them. We will have to wait until Saturday to find out the results. Remember - there's a $300 prize to be split among all of those who make it on the national stage for winning their event.


Mrs. Powers and I are enjoying the trip - our students are all so well behaved and a blast to be with. Tomorrow, Mrs. P. and I will be proctoring an accounting test for the post-secondary students.

Oh! Kristen and Melissa just got back from their Medical Office test, banged on our door, and exclaimed that they "rocked it!" So we shall see!