Dear GCATD colleagues, I hope you are all well as summer makes its presence felt!

In case you missed it, we had a tremendous networking/learning event last month at MPH Brewing (they have some really great beers!). It was a chance to meet other members and have a great talk/discussion about Crucial Conversations with Cheryl Becker. We believe that giving our members in-person opportunities to connect with each other and advance their professional development is a crucial part of our chapter. Stay tuned for more events like these.

The Call for Facilitators at our Annual Conference is closed. Thanks to all who submitted a proposal. Registration for the Conference is open. Stay tuned for more information about the speakers and other activities this year.

We have a lot of interest coming in to volunteer with the chapter. Thank you! If you haven’t heard back from a Board member, please reach out to me, president@gcatd.org.

There has also been tremendous work done by our SIG/GIG leaders to put on timely, relevant programming to help you address your professional development news.

Thanks to all the Board members who work behind the scenes to provide value to our members.

Some of the things our Board is working on:

• Connecting with lapsed members and inviting them back
• Evaluating our expenses to be good steward of our resources
• Coordinating our programming to provide the greatest value to you, our members
• Planning more in-person networking and learning events
• Smoothing out the volunteer intake process
• Conducting our annual Risk Assessment

We are also revising our Chapter Bylaws, which we’ll present to you for approval in the near future.

Longer term plans include a major overhaul of the Chapter website and consideration of a more affordable and effective contact/event management application.

I encourage you to take advantage of our chapter discussion board and Linkedin group as easy means of staying connected with our local TD community. We are also found on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. The Dayton GIG has its own Linkedin page. Whenever I talk to chapter members, I’m always enriched by your talents, experience, and insight. Take advantage of that!

I hope to see you at one of our upcoming events. The website is chock full of them!

John Carter
President, GCATD
president@gcatd.org