Membership Affairs Council (MbrCouncil)
The Council's Purpose...
The Membership Affairs Council facilitates the FPA's Membership recruitment and retention programs as well as oversees the activities of the #1 Club, or any other matters referred to it for consideration. The Membership Committee is charged with monitoring FPA Membership. It develops and implements plans for increasing Membership in all Membership Types.
Membership is one of FPA's pillars, upon which the entire Association is built: Advocacy. Education. Governance, Membership. Sustainability.
Is This Council Right for You...
We are stronger together! The more of us there are, standing shoulder-to-shoulder, advocating together, learning from each other, and comparing notes, the better we all are. Do you like promoting, marketing, advertising, and yelling from the highest mountaintop - I AM THE FPA! If so, then, oh yeah, you need to be here. This is your kind of Council.
If this doesn't all sound super-exciting, ask yourself what you are missing. Could you, possibly, be covering lack of skills & techniques behind a pretend veil of apathy? Chances are... you are an introvert - over 80% in our industry are. Does that personality type, cause you to back away from self-promotion and cause self-esteem issues sometimes? Maybe, if you spend a little time around effective promotion techniques, persuasion, marketing, and advertising, with a metric-driven approach to continuous improvement, maybe, just maybe, you might find some of those ways of thinking creeping into the way you conduct business, stand up for yourself, and grow in your profession & career. A year, or two, or three, on the Membership Affairs Council might just be EXACTLY what you need to push yourself to the next level.
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Interest List!
** Although Members can sign up for as many Council and Committee Interest Lists as you choose, Board Policy limits all Members to serving on only one Council or Committee at a time, unless specially appointed to another by the President.
Because of the high demand, if your name is on a Council or Committee Interest List and you decline to join that Council or Committee when invited, you move to the bottom of ALL Council and Committee Interest Lists.
Thus, only add your name to the Council and / or Committee Interest List(s) on which you truly would like to serve.
Membership Affairs Council Chair
Amanda Haddad
The Council Chair is responsible for the overall leadership and management of the Council. Though a Council Chair may appoint Council Members to oversee particular tasks or certain events; all tasks, events, and responsibilities of the Council ultimately are the responsibility of the Council Chair.
Council Chairs also prepare all meeting agendas, run all meetings, manage the annual Council budget, and ensure that all Council responsibilities are being addressed and fulfilled.
The position of Council Chair is considered a high honor in the FPA and is thus considered an FPA Leader.
Council Vice Chairs perform the role of Secretary (take minutes of the meetings) and assist the Chair or run the meeting in the Chair's absence. The Vice Chair is heir-apparent to the Council; meaning, if they do a good job and work hard, they will likely be the Chair of that Council the following Association year, as appointed by the then President-Elect.
Aneesh Lakhani, PharmD
FPA President
Currently Vacant
Vice Chair
Chris Heil
Membership Director
Staff Liaison