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Winter ’24 CA Woman –
Succession Planning

How is CFBPW doing at developing future leaders. Perhaps not so well. Can we do something about
this?

If your club or district is struggling to find officers, maybe it’s time for a bylaw review.
What are the requirements to serve as an officer? Do they include prior service as a Director, Club
President, Committee Chair?

CFBPW Bylaws have the following requirement to serve as an officer...

Article X Section 4. Eligibility for Office
A. Each officer shall be eligible for bonding.
B. Candidates for the office of President and President-Elect shall have served a minimum
of two (2) years on the CFBPW Board of Directors, one (1) year as a District President
or two (2) years on the CFBPW Board of Directors and one (1) year as president of a
deliberative assembly.
C. Candidates for the office of Treasurer shall be financially literate, computer literate,
and have access to a computer.
D. Candidates for the office of Secretary shall be computer literate, have access to a
computer, and have one (1) year as secretary of an organization.

Do your Club or District bylaws have something similar? There are no CFBPW mandatory
requirements for club or district officer prerequisites so you may have your own...or none.

Members may have experience serving as officers in other organizations that would benefit your
club/district. You might consider eliminating all prior club/district service or adding leadership service
in any BPW club, district or state in the USA or even in other organizations.

We have new members who know almost zero about the organization they just joined. They should
be given a New Member Orientation right away. Much of the NFBPWC Lifelong Learning &
Leadership is applicable and should be utilized.

To supplement the L3 information perhaps the club could bring back some of the leadership and
history sessions from the former Individual Development Program. And for those who say...we’ve all
done it before? Well make those members mentors/instructors

Consider one-on-one weekly (bi-weekly) home-study sessions. No Charge! Assign each new member
a seasoned member to mentor them.
Keep it simple.
• Be assigned a mentor.
• Read the session material.
• Chat by phone, email or Zoom.
• Take a short written quiz.
• Go on to the next session and repeat.

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