BFU-USA

Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Office of the National President,
BFU-USA

BFU-USA restructures Culture, Education and Health Committees to improve collaboration and efficiency

Helmetta, NJ: In an effort to improve collaboration between the chapters and the National Executive, increase chapter awareness of and participation at activities at the National level, and to minimize conflict and duplication in executing chapter and National initiatives, BFU-USA's National Executive is restructuring the Culture, Education and Health Committees.

Each committee of Culture, Education and Health will now comprise of representatives from each chapter - known as chapter liaisons.  The attached powerpoint document outlines the changes in detail and covers the following:

• Restructuring BFU-USA Committees (a review of the structure yesterday and what the changes are)
• The roles of committee members
• Examples of how the committee's will function (with previews of new programs to be introduced)
• Benefits and Risks of new structure
• Parting Thoughts (Conclusion)
• Next Steps
• Appendix

This document is also accessible on our National website here for those who may not have the powerpoint version attached.

The National Executive successfully reviewed this concept with the chapter presidents during their first meeting on Sunday, September 13, 2009 and the chapter presidents are already working towards obtaining proper chapter representation on these three committees.

The anticipated benefits from these structural changes are huge - from the execution of initiatives to collaboration across chapters and with the National Executive, the true benefits will lie on the chapters', members' and National Coordinators' ability to work together for the benefit of our communities here and in Bui division, as is outlined in the document.

Members are strongly encouraged to review this document and reach out to the National Executive (via This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or their chapter presidents with questions, comments, concerns or suggestions.

The National President will also be reviewing this document during the upcoming Town Hall Web Conference this Sunday, September 20th, 2009 at 7pm EDT.

Regards,
Tarbinlam Lafon
National President, BFU-USA
For, and on behalf of, BFU-USA National Executive