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Regional Chairmanship Responsibilities
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It's become obvious recently that a single State Chairman in each State is
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not going to be sufficient to meet all the needs that must be addressed.
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What several states have suggested, and we think is an excellant idea, is to
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have a single State Chairman who is responsible for handling applications
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for the state and coordinating any state level activities; BUT also having
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one or more "Regional" Chairmen to handle activities in specific geographical
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areas or metropolitan concentrations. This issue arose in California,
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naturally, where the population (and thus the BBS Communities) are separated
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but are concentrated in several areas. In Alabama, for instance, the State
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Chairman is concentrating on the Birmingham area while a "Regional Chairman"
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is concentrating on activities in the Huntsville area.
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This dispersion of activity seems to be much more practical since a Chairman
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in say Los Angeles is not going to be aware of the TV and Newspaper coverage
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of the BBS Community in San Francisco.
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We see the difference between a "State" Chairman and a "Regional" Chairman as
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being simply that the State Chairman will essentially be a Regioanal Chairman
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who assumes the additional responsibility for processing and maintaining new
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applications and the State Member List, and for coordination with the National
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ABBSA Office.
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Note: THIS IS NOT A HEIRARCHICAL STRUCTURE!
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Regional Chairmen should, of course, coordinate their activities with each
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other so everyone is kept up to date on activities and ideas, but there is NO
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authority invested in any one Chairman over another.
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This is simply a case of us not thinking everything completely through during
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the formation of the ABBSA. We simply forgot that each major city will have
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it's own newspapers and Television stations and really need to be handled
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separately.
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So if you the State Chairman of your state is in a different geographical or
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metropolitan area than you and you would like to take on the responsibility of
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being a Regional Chairman, please contact your State Chairman or the National
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ABBSA Office.
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Even if there is no State Chairman and you would like to take on Regional
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Responsibility please get in with us at the National Office.
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