Club Achievement

8 Steps to AAF Excellence

Club achievement is a system designed to make your year as president strategic, successful, and well-rewarded. The tools below will give you practically everything you need to plan, achieve, and compete on a national level to earn your place in AAF history. Just click the links to download.

For any questions or concerns, contact your current 4th District Club Achievement Chair.

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1) Eight Core Values Cheat Sheet
This simple document has everything you need to get the juices flowing in club-planning brainstorm sessions.

2) Beginning-of-Year Board Planning Document
This series of worksheets empower your board to set goals and plan their year in advance. Pair with previous year’s “Board Transition Handbook” documents for best results.

3) Board Meeting Documents
This package includes three key documents for recording your accomplishments throughout the year. Use all 3 for best results.

An “Initiatives Report” for tracking all those great individual initiatives throughout the year
8 individual “Board Meeting Reports” to empower your board members to track their initiatives
A “Consent Agenda” to keep your meetings on track.

4) Presidents Report
This document gives you a handy guide to what topics to cover in your District President’s Report.

5) Winning Achievement Book Outline
This document gives you an excellent framework for outlining your first achievement book once you’ve compiled your year’s initiatives. Pair with “Eight Core Values Cheat Sheet” and completed “Board Meeting Reports”, “Initiative Reports” or “Presidents Reports” for best results.

6) 2011-2012 AAF 4th District Call for Entries
This is the official Call for Entries for this year’s 4th District Club Achievement competition. Download and enter for your chance to win a golden whistle and a cash prize for your club.

7) 2011-2012 AAF National Call for Entries and 2010-2011 Award Winning Ideas

This Call for Entries is your official Bible for this year’s competition. Pay very careful attention to the details of these rules, as the judges will be following this CFE to a “T” when making their scoring decisions.

The Award Winning Ideas booklet is a very handy piece of insight – the full books of last year’s winners. Browse these to see exactly what a winning book looks like.

8 ) Board Transition Handbooks
These documents will help you successfully “pass the torch” to your incoming president, and reduce their reliance on you for institutional knowledge throughout their club year. Complete at end of club year and pass to Incoming President for best results.

Note that the “Presidents” handbook includes everything you need to plan the transition, and the “Board” handbook gives your directors a handy way to prepare for their Exit Interview.