eSlate - President's Message - October 2007

Dear Colleagues:

Our 2007 National Philanthropy Day Gala Celebration and Luncheon is scheduled for Wednesday, November 14 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and features Master of Ceremonies Chris Schauble of KNBC Channel 4’s "Today in LA". National Philanthropy Day is dedicated to honoring those who make our community a better place to live. This is a wonderful opportunity to invite and honor your special volunteers, donors, clients and colleagues.

The AFP International Conference on Fundraising will take place in San Diego March 30-April 2, 2008. Special deadlines approaching soon are listed below for early bird discounts to the conference and for Chamberlain Scholarship and Baumgardner Scholarship applications.

We are delighted to announce our new slate of officers for 2008 and will host our annual meeting to elect our officers and new Board members on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at the Cathedral Conference Center downtown. We thank our members who responded to our call for nominations in June.

Thank you to our wonderful team of officers chairs and volunteers in the Greater Los Angeles region. You are invited to get more involved. Please feel free to call me, our NPD Co-Chairs or any member of the AFP-GLAC Executive Committee.

Terry Monteleone, CFRE, CSPG
TLM Consulting
President, AFP-GLAC

National Philanthropy Day 2007

National Philanthropy Day
Wednesday November 14, 2007
Noon at the Beverly Hilton

Master of Ceremonies
Chris Schauble
Co-anchor KNBC Channel 4 "Today in LA"
 
2007 NPD Honorees

Outstanding Professional
Dr. Charles Runnels

Outstanding Corporation/Corporate Foundation
Majestic Realty Foundation

Outstanding Volunteer Organization
Big Sunday

Outstanding Volunteer
Mary Reichley

Outstanding Youth Volunteer
Jevon Wilkes

Outstanding Private/Community Foundation
Walter Lantz Foundation

Outstanding Philanthropist
Margaret Rodi Galbraith

AFP Conference San Diego March 2008

Attending the AFP International Conference on Fundraising is an opportunity for you and your colleagues to join together to create a critical mass necessary to generate the ideas and energy to transform your community. Early Bird registration is open. Join us in San Diego and get energized!

When:	March 30 - April 2, 2008
Where:	San Diego Convention Center   333 W. Harbor Drive   San Diego, California
Registration - Register Early And Save:
10.01.2007 - 11.02.2007 -  Early Bird:	Member: $510 - Non-member: $795
11.03.2007 - 02.20.2008 -   Advance:	Member: $595 - Non-member: $895
After 02.20.2008 -     Regular:	Member: $695 - Non-member: $995

2008 Baumgardner Scholar Program

Through funding from the Margye S. Baumgardner Endowment Fund, the AFP Foundation will fund the registration fee for two (2) senior fundraising professionals with a minimum of ten (10) years in the profession to attend the Master’s Track of the 2008 AFP International Conference (March 30 - April 2, 2008 in San Diego, CA). The individual must adhere to the AFP Code of Ethical Principles and Standards of Professional Practice and be a CFRE or ACFRE. The scholarships will be awarded to individuals who would not ordinarily attend the conference without the support offered through the Baumgardner Scholar Program. Preference will be given to members of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter. Recipients of the scholarships will be required to share knowledge gained from the Master’s Track with their AFP chapter by making presentations at a chapter meeting or by using the knowledge in some type of service to the chapter.

The scholarships will cover the full conference registration fee ($495) plus fees for four Master’s Track segments ($35 each), for a total of $635.00.

The applicaiton deadline is Friday, November 30, 2007.

Completed application forms should be forwarded to Peg Bergeron, Director of AFP Chapter Administration by fax to 703-684-0540 or email to: mbergeron@afpnet.org. Please direct telephone inquiries to Peg Bergeron at 800.666.3863 Ext. 452.

2008 Chamberlain Scholarship

The Chamberlain Scholarship Program honors Ralph Chamberlain, CFRE, a long-time fundraiser and supporter of AFP. Mr. Chamberlain helped to form one of the organization’s first chapters, the Greater New York Chapter and served as both chair of the association and the foundation. Because of his long-time support of the Foundation for Philanthropy, the AFP Board of Directors renamed the Conference Scholar Program in 2000 to honor the memory of Mr. Chamberlain and his commitment to the fundraising profession.

AFP Chapters may name one $500 grant recipient per year. The AFP Foundation for Philanthropy will pay $500 of the $510 registration fee for Chamberlain Scholars.
 
All Chamberlain Scholars qualify for the discount conference registration rate regardless of when they register. Chamberlain Scholars are responsible for registering themselves for the Conference and for making all travel and lodging arrangements.

Chapters select their Chamberlain Scholar(s) based on the following criteria, which are established by the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy:

• Candidate is employed as a fundraising professional or, if candidate is an executive director, a substantial amount of time must be devoted to fundraising.
   
  
• Candidate has never attended an AFP (or NSFRE) International Conference on Fundraising as a registered participant (unless as a member of the Conference Host Committee).
  
  
• Candidate agrees to complete and return an Evaluation Form about his or her experience to the Scholarship Committee.
  
  
• Only one individual from any local organization or institution may be selected.

The application deadline is Thursday, October 18, 2007.

2008 AFPGLAC Executive Officers

During early September, the Nominating Committee met to select a slate of officers for the upcoming year. General membership Chapter’s Annual Meeting will approve the proposed slate on December 11.


A special thanks goes to the members of the Nominating Committee for their efforts on behalf of the chapter. The Committee was chaired by the Chapter’s Immediate Past President, Jeanne Barry, CFRE. Committee members were Lambert Bittinger, Diane Hutson, Terry Monteleone, Jan Rice, Susan Rice and Kate Rosloff.

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