City Centers
Northern Pacific Chapter City Centers are groups of IIDA members in a particular city who organize and deliver programs of interest to local members, as frequently or infrequently as they wish. In areas where there are educational institutions, Campus Centers can form to deliver programs geared toward students. Any Chapter member may attend any program offered by any City Center or Campus Center. Even an area containing a handful of members can put on a program. It is not necessary to be a City Center.
A City Center’s governance structure and operation is subject to the bylaws, policies and procedures as approved by the Chapter. The Chapter Board acts as an umbrella administrative group. It is NOT attached to any one city center I the Chapter area and should included Board members representative of the Chapter area. The Board may meet as often as is convenient (2 to 12 times a year), often in local rotation and fill in with conference calls as required.
The City Center Task Force recommends a guideline of 10 or more members that exist in the same population center in order to form a City Center. However, the task force recognizes that it is the commitment and level of interest of the members that is most important.
City Centers prepare an annual budget for programs and events for approval by the Chapter Board and inclusion in the Chapter budget.
Where more than one population center containing IIDA members exists within a Chapter and City Centers are formed, all centers become City Centers, including what may have been the primary location within the Chapter.
A City Center:
- Is Membership
- Is Students
- Is Programs
- Is focused on the local members’ needs, while making its activities available to the Chapter.
A City Center (as determined by the Northern Pacific Chapter)
- May have its own committees
- May fundraise for its own events
If you are interested in starting a City Center in your area please contact our VP of City Centers and consider the following:
- Identify need for City Center programs in specific area.
- Identify contact person in geographic area.
- Chapter Vice President of City Centers, pertinent board members and Contact person to discuss interest levels.
- Vice President of City Centers to take to Chapter Board for approval to proceed at investigative level.
- Chapter to propose a budget of "seed $" for the City Center.
- City Center Director to be appointed by Chapter President.
- Notify IIDA HQ that group is functioning as a City Center.
- City Center Director to recruit and form appropriate committees for events.
- Place schedule of events in Chapter Calendar and Newsletter and on the international web site calendar of events.
