Neighborhood (NG)/Special Interest (SI) Group Chair

Carolyn Barden

The responsibilities of the neighborhood/special interest group chair include the following:

• Functioning as a liaison between the CAB and the chapter’s neighborhood/special interest group leaders.
• Organizing and conducting a meeting each year of all the neighborhood/special interest group leaders to enhance their leadership skills and share program ideas.
• Helping neighborhood/special interest group leaders with program ideas and coordinate members who will present programs to various neighborhood/special interest groups.
• Initiating new neighborhood/special interest groups as the need is identified or as membership growth dictates.
• Possibly coordinating a column for the chapter newsletter on neighborhood/special interest group activities and future meeting topics.
• With assistance, and at the request of a neighborhood/special interest group, helping recruit a new leader.
• Coordinating the involvement of neighborhood/special interest groups in chapter activities.