branches
TERMS OF REFERENCE
I Major Objective
Whereas the branches generally represent the Association in their geographic
areas, they advance APEGA's mission by assisting Council and Staff to carry
out their responsibilities primarily in the areas of Communications, Public Affairs
and Professional Development.
II Specific Goals
Branches, by themselves or in conjunction with other APEGA groups, focus on two audiences - the public and members. The activities to support these goals will vary by Branch.
Public
1. Promote science
and technology in local schools, as part of APEGA's Outreach Program under the
direction of APEGA's Outreach Coordinators.
2. Enhance and promote the image of the professions in their communities, as
part of APEGA's strategic initiative under the direction of APEGA's Communication & Public
Affairs Department.
Members
1. Provide information
and mentoring to MITs, as part of APEGA's Mentoring Program under the direction
of the Professional Development Department.
2. Provide opportunities to network with members and the public in order to assist
career development, to problem solve and to understand the other professions
in the Association.
3. Provide local professional development and other programming needs tailored
to the branch members' needs, as part of APEGA's Professional Development Program
under the direction of the Professional Development Department.
4. Provide a conduit or network through which information can flow between the
membership and Council and vice versa, under the direction of the Executive Director
or designate.
5. Enhance APEGA's image and value to members and those who should and could
be members, as part of APEGA's strategic initiative to enhance the value and
relevance of professional membership under the direction of various departments.
6. Increase member involvement in issues, committees and activities.
III Principal Activities
Corresponding
to the above number items, the activities can be summarized as follows:
Public
1. Conducting
classroom instruction and experiments, sponsoring and judging science fairs and
math competitions, sponsoring events during National Engineering Week.
2. Exhibiting at trade fairs, supporting charitable and other community based
events.
Members
1. Recruit, train,
connect, record and reward mentors and provide feedback on the Mentoring program.
2. Organize lunch and dinner meetings, PD Days and Evenings, golf tournaments,
curling bonspiels, First Year College Transfer events and other social events.
3. Lunches, dinners, PD Days and Evenings.
4. One on one discussions, issue forums
IV Structure
Refer to Section
1.5 and 1.6 of the Branch Bylaws for the constitution and role of the Executive
and the duties of the Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and Members at Large.
