Leadership Training Programs
Our Leadership Training Program Team has spent the past 12 months working with the GWRRA Officer corps to bring everyone the Officer Certification Program. The feedback from the participants has been excellent, our Officers are now more knowledgeable and the benefit to the members is being felt in the team approach at District and Chapter Level. Members are having more fun and becoming more involved, this new attitude should also attract new members.
Because of our large area we still have some members who have not benefited yet from this program. Alaska will be offered the program as their riding season closes this fall; I hope our Yukon members will also be able to attend a course in Alaska. Saskatchewan will also be offered the course at the end of July beginning of August; unfortunately we have been unable to set a date that was suitable previously. We are also reviewing the OCP on-line for members who are unable to attend a course due to cost or distance, as all LTP courses are to be provided at no cost to the member.
I would like to thank our LTP Team, John & Leslie Wait, Con & Pat Williams, Margaret Craven and the newest member Alex Zerbinos these Trainers have devoted a lot of time and effort into training our members. At this time I also would like to appeal to our members, we would like to have Trainers in Alberta, Yukon, and Saskatchewan, if you would be interested in training to become a member of our LTP Team please contact me at pjc2@telus.net; members who have experience in teaching or adult training would be especially suited. We are also looking for a member who would be willing to join our Region J Team as Region Trainer, this position requires organizational abilities to co-ordinate all the Region LTP courses and Trainers and also be able to conduct courses.
Leadership Training is a way of ensuring we have knowledgeable members ready to step into officer positions so that the future of GWRRA in our Region is assured.
GWRRA has made many changes over the past 2 years, the change to the Team approach of leadership should help us avoid the problem we have experienced in the past, the CDs have often been overworked and many were finally driven into retirement because everything was left to them, a CD position should be FUN, & Chapter life is the foundation that the association is built on, at this level that should be the goal of all our officers. Remember members join to ride and enjoy the company of likeminded individuals, keep politics out of Chapter life; a good Chapter Team will work for the members and get enjoyment from providing a FUN experience for all.
GWRRA has lots of information available on line to help you get the most enjoyment from your membership gwrra.org is the home page where there are links to all the programs.
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