Volume 1, Issue 1
January 2019
Upstate SC Chapter M o n t h l y Special points of interest: •
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The January meeting will be held at Low Country Shrimper in Mauldin, SC.(105 E Butler Rd, Mauldin, SC 29662 ) If you know of other Rattlers in the area, please invite them out to the meetings and activities.
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I would like to welcome everyone to the year 2019. 2018 saw a great deal of progress for the Upstate Chapter of the FAMU Alumni Association. If you think about it, in 2018 we were coming off the visit of the (then) Interim President Larry Robinson and approximately nine Deans or Assistant Deans coming to the Upstate in search of potential scholars and for meetings with the business community to start forming relationships to hopefully forge a relationship that would lead to internships and employment opportunities for the local scholars heading to FAMU for their education. Also in this visit, the President and the team traveling with him meet with the Greenville Hospital System, other Universities and lead-
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National Alumni Day of Service
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ing organizations to discuss the needs of these organizations to have a high level of quality minorities to employ in their businesses and in their organizations
chapters charter acceptance letter and the chapter was official formed. Chapter Officers President ··· Kevin Brinson Vice Pres. ···· Tracy Isham Treas ···· Darius Woodford Secretary ········ Rod Isham Ass’t Sec/Trea Farell Scott Advisory Committee
(professors, nurses, doctors, researchers, etc.). As a result of these meetings with these organizations, we certainly and clearly saw the need to have an official Alumni chapter in the area and the work began. In September of 2018, we obtained the
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My Fellow Rattlers, what are some of your ideas on things that we as a chapter should be doing and do ing more of. Please remember that our chapter is NEW and the sky is the limit for us. What we put into the chapter is what we are go-
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Anton Thomas, David Blanding, Dr. Daniel Grisham, Pastor Darian Blue Also, in December of 2018, we had what one might consider the First Annual Holiday Social. We meet for our monthly meeting at the Low Country
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ing to get out of the chapter. We have an amazing cross section of alumni from all different types of backgrounds, ages, etc. and we should try and utilize that to our advantage to try and plan and execute diverse activities to make the chap-
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ter fun and active. Please submit your suggestions and recommendations to the chapters email address (famu.upstatesc@gmail.com ) so that the leadership can start working on those items. Thanks for your ideas, suggestions, etc.
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Shrimper Restaurant in Mauldin, SC. We had a great turn out, great conversations and a great time.. So as we start this 2019, we pray that all are healthy and ready to start this year off on the good foot and with the goal of expanding this chapter that was formed and letting the Upstate of SC. know about Florida A&M University and the alumni that call this area home. We have several things in the works and will need as much help as feasibly
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possible to make them the success that we envision. Please be on the look out for updates on these activities and make plans to support the chapter.
Emails for the Chapter FAMU Alumni Chapter famu.upstatesc@gmail.com
FAMU Alumni President famu.upstatesc.pres@gmail.com
FAMU Alumni Secretary famu.upstatesc.sec@gmail.com
N a t i o n a l A l u m n i A s s o c i a t i o n S o u t h e r n R e g i o n N o m i n a t i o n s
If you are interested in running for an office, please let someone know or nominate yourself.
It has been almost a decade since the region has held elections. As notified just before the end of 2018 we will hold region elections (in person) for the 2019 – 2021 term during the upcoming Southern Region One Day Conference in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, February 9, 2019. Nominations are now open and can be made until midnight (ET) January 26, 2019 by visit-
ing https:// famunaa.org/page/ SRNominations for the following positions:
standing with the Region will be eligible to run for an elected position.
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Only active members of the Region will have the right to vote as defined in the Region Bylaws Section III – Membership
Regional Vice President • Regional MemberAt-Large • Regional Recording Secretary • Regional Treasurer • Regional Chaplain Per the Region Bylaws Section VI.C – Regional Nominations and Elections, only members in good financial
For questions or comments, please contact the Southern Region Nomination Committee Chair, Jacques Meadows at 770-5278521
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Join the Florida A&M University National Alumni Association (FAMU NAA) Southern Region at it's first one day conference in over a decade! The one day conference is an opportunity for Rattlers in the Southern Region to come together to fellowship, network, hands on learning to increase chapter operations; including chapter best practices, share knowledge/best practices/new
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ideas, hear from University, National and Regional leadership. During this time we will also hold our first regional election in over 5 years! What an exciting time to come together as we elevate the region and expound its foundation as we Strike from the South!
Florida A&M University National Alumni Association
Southern Region One Day Conference (Feb 9, 2019)
U p c o m i n g E v e n t s M a r 3 0 , p l e a s e p a s s i n f o a l o n g t o o t h e r s. I f yo u n e e d a n e l e c t r o n i c c o p y, p l e a s e a s k .
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