Report on Organizing Meeting for the Rancho Santa Margarita Management Society, Affiliated with the BYU Marriott School

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Here is a report of our meeting today:

• Attendance. 19 people were in attendance: Alan Neilsen, Ben Brewster, Bill Chapman, Bill Gilbert, Bill Rowe, Brock Hatch, Carol Schelin, Dave Carter, David Schelin, Doug Higham, Jeanne Arnold, Jennifer Proffit, Jim Evans, Kevin McDaniel, Marilyn Campbell, Nate Farnsworth, Peter Vidmar, Richard Eynon, Young Hong.
• Name of Chapter. If was unanimously voted it the name of the organization will be the following: "Rancho Santa Margarita Management Society, Affiliated with the BYU Marriott School."
  
• BYU/LDS Church. Our policy is to seek out local business people who identify with and exemplify our vision of "growing moral and ethical leadership around world," regardless of their religious affiliation or alma mater. (UCLA, USC, Cal State Fullerton and alumni of other institutions welcome.) The name of our chapter reflects the fact that although we are"affiliated with" the BYU Marriott School, we are not an alumni Association and seek a diverse membership without regard to where our members went to school. Nor is this organization a unit of the LDS Church. We want to invite, welcome and provide an open setting for persons of all faiths and educational institutions to meet and discuss local business issues, as long as they subscribe to our vision. We specifically seek members and guest speakers of diverse backgrounds who share our vision. Therefore, we will avoid using any particular denomination's vocabulary, or references to any particular faith or its events, beliefs, etc., in our meetings. You can see more information on the topic, "Act Professionally" Cultural Belief, on the BYU Management Society website.
• Orange County Management Association. We have a more local focus than the Orange County Management Association; however, we believe most, if not all, of our local chapter members will become members of the OCMA and participate in its functions whenever possible. When
  
• Meeting Location: Rancho Santa Margarita Bell Tower Community Center.
• Next Meeting: January 10, 2008, 7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m. We would like to pick a regular day of each month to meet. If you have a conflict with us holding our meetings on the Second Thursday of every month, or any other day of the month, please indicate that by comment below. Just scroll down to the word "Comments," and indicate any day of the month that you are unable to attend. While we cannot promise to avoid every potential conflict, if you will tell us what days of the month you have conflicts, we will take that into consideration.
  
• Survey: We would like to get input as to what benefits we could provide to our members. Please respond to the questions below by posting a comment on this blog. You may do so by clicking on the word "Comments," below, and typing in your responses. The questions are as follows:
  
• What time would you prefer our meetings to begin/end? (7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m., 7a.m.-8 a.m., etc.)
  
• Is there any day of the week that is impossible for you to attend our meetings? If so, what day is that?
  
• What type of events would be most beneficial to you?
• local business speakers
• speakers from our own group
  
• networking opportunities
• career development
• seeking employment
• searching for employees
• focus on "moral and ethical leadership"
• adopting a chapter outside the United States and a "Sister Chapter (exchange of information such as business trends in a foreign country by way of video conference or standard conference call, annual visit to a chapter in a foreign country, etc.)
• golf tournament to raise funds for scholarships
• Entrepreneur's Conference
• breakfast meeting
• lunch meeting
• dinner meeting
• other?

The purposes of our next meeting will be as follows:

• find out how many additional people we can recruit to better assess our potential size;
• establish a regular place, day of the month and time for our meetings;
• elect officers (chair, chair elect, secretary, treasurer and committee chairs);
• establishing dues;
• discuss and vote on a calendar of events for 2008.
  

Prior to our next meeting, January 10, 2008 at 7:30 a.m., we ask that you do the following:

• Fill out the above survey and post as comments below;
  
• Invite one or more of your friends, neighbors or colleagues whom you believe would be interested in this group to join us at our next meeting;
• Research and come prepared to propose several speakers for our breakfasts in 2008;
• Let me know if you would be willing to be in charge of a committee (committees to be formed at our next meeting).
  

Although each speaker and event will be different, we would hope that a common thread running through everything we do is our vision of "Growing moral and ethical leaders around the world."

I would appreciate it if you could RSVP by posting a comment on this blog or by sending me an e-mail (wchapman@byu.net) whether you will be able to attend the next meeting. We look forward to hearing your comments.

Bill Chapman