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Membership Services (Co-Chairs: study guides to go along with it, and
Angela Petitti and Robert Harris) potential online courses are coming
Presented a revision of the Company along quickly. The YEC and Marketing
Certification packet to the board for have a task force working on our
approval. We want to thank Tania philanthropy projects like CFESA cares
Jackson for her time and involvement and training scholarships. Membership
with this project. Services has a task force working on
revamping the membership categories
Education Training (Co-Chairs: Paul structure. Scott Hester is heading up a
Morrison and Jim Eason) task force on putting out a White Paper
Completing Soft Skills and Dispatcher on third party vendors. Moreover,
training for in-house use by members. then we have started having all the
committee chairs get together once

Industry Trends (Co-Chairs: Glenn every three months on a joint call
Clark III and Rich Farrell) to discuss what each committee is
Investigating IoT trends and Google working on to try to keep any overlap
glasses for troubleshooting application. or duplication from wasting valuable
time of our volunteers.
Young Executive (Co-Chairs: Katie
Green and Steve Sliter) I am very proud to have been chosen
Completed the creation of the CFESA by the membership of CFESA during
Cares Mission Statement and will be this time to lead this exceptional group
creating a task force to work on the of board members and committee
marketing of the scholarship program. workers. We are experiencing exciting
growth and influence, by working side
Marketing (Co-Chairs: Patti Williams by side with our allied organizations
and Erik Koening) to face the day to day challenges in
Website revision is being reviewed, our industry. We have proven in the
and request for proposals are being past that when we work together as
gathered. Membership growth and partners, these challenges can be
regional meeting promotions are on the overcome for the betterment of us all.
agenda along with a 2019 marketing The joint conference we had in Palm
plan. FFA and Skills USA are a few of Desert is just the beginning of this
the newer organizations that we are adventure. Learning from each other
trying to partner with to promote our on our common issues will guide our
industry as a career path. future. We must have a seat at the
table, or we have no voice. Be involved.

Task Forces have been very busy as Be bold. Let’s lead the way!
well with Heather Price and I working
on CFESA’s certification, and electronic

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