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Member
Recruitment. Rossville
FBLA works to maintain or boost yearly membership
through two recruitment drives during the school year.
At the end of the 2003-2004 school year, FBLA members
spoke at the Rossville Junior High School Eighth Grade
Orientation to inform incoming freshman of the basic
principles and ideas of the FBLA organization. Members
spoke on conferences, projects, and opportunities
available to freshmen through FBLA. Potential members
were also given a pamphlet outlining general information
about the benefits of joining FBLA. A Desktop Publishing
participant on the school’s business software formatted
the pamphlet.
 Students reporting for school in August were greeted
with displays, announcements, and invitations announcing
plans for the FBLA Chapter Recruitment Party to be held
at the Rossville High School. All students listed as
former members, potential members, or who just wanted to
have a good time and find out what FBLA was about, were
invited to attend. Members watched a short video
presentation about FBLA and future members were then
sent on a “Human Scavenger Hunt” which included finding
members with qualities such as, someone older than you,
someone with the same hair color as you, ect. The future
members then proceeded to eat ice cream and socialize
about the upcoming year. The real scavenger hunt was
postponed due to a tornado storm. The night came to a
close with students waiting out the tornados in the
storm shelter of the high school.
Any students interested in joining FBLA were encouraged
to attend the first chapter meeting. Chapter meetings
are held at Rossville High School during the school day,
and only paid, active members are allowed to attend.
However, at the first meeting, any student interested in
finding out more about the organization was invited to
observe. The first few meetings served to familiarize
new and potential members with the organization and meet
local chapter officers. The officer team was introduced
and those in attendance were given a brief description
of the opportunities available to them through FBLA
during the coming school year. Officers also shared with
chapter members the business conducted during the
summer. The chapter acted on its regular business agenda
to give attendees an idea on how meetings are conducted
and a basic understanding of parliamentary procedure.
Chapter Recruitment.
Rossville’s local chapter contributed to chapter
recruiting by corresponding with schools that currently
do not have FBLA chapters. In all, the local chapter has
contacted four area schools concerning the FBLA program,
distributing general information about the organization
and how to begin a local chapter. High schools contacted
include Kinsley, Royal Valley, Silver Lake, and Garden
Plain. St. Marys was urged to reactivate also. The
Rossville FBLA Chapter is willing to assist any school
wishing to begin a FBLA chapter by offering input on
leadership and competition.
Professional Division Recruitment.
The Rossville chapter submitted the name of Celin Bock,
a Program Manager at Intel in Portland, OR, as a
lifetime member of the chapter's Professional division.
As an alumnus of Rossville High and the University of
Kansas, Mrs. Bock brings her expertise in the field of
technology and computers to the local chapter by
offering advice on new trends in business software. The
chapter keeps in contact with Mrs. Bock through
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