Dear PBL members,

I’m Zehra Ahmed, and I’d like to introduce myself as your new state president for the 2011-2012 school year. I’m a junior at ASU studying Finance. I’m excited to work with all of you and make this a memorable year for PBL. This year I, along with the state officer team, hope to accomplish several things. In line with my goals, I would like to start committees within Arizona PBL. There is information about the committees at the end of this e-mail. Please let me know if there is a committee that you are interested in joining.Goals
First of all, I would like to increase collaboration between chapters. Right now, we generally get to network with other chapters at conferences. I think success is only as good as our communication, so I think it would be great if we could work on projects together and network with each other regularly throughout the year. I hope to see us unify and work together on community service and other ventures with more than just our own chapter.

Secondly, I want to make our PBL state website more dynamic. The state officers will be working hard to enrich our website and give it more features along with updating the content often. Please feel free to give me any suggestions on what you would like to see on the website.

Thirdly, I want to increase membership and recruitment efforts throughout the state. The state officer team is constantly thinking of creative new ways to stimulate involvement and increase membership. I encourage all of you to spread the word about PBL to your friends, classmates, professors, and other peers. The more members we have, the more fun and competitive of an environment it will be at conferences and meetings. Arizona PBL will have more energy.

Committees

Please let me know if there is a committee that you would like to join – they will definitely be a lot of fun!Event committee – You would be working with Jordan Borchert (VP of Programs) to plan and conduct events. This can include inter-chapter volunteer activities, socials, trips, etc. This committee is intended to create stronger bonds between members of different chapters. Recruitment committee – This committee will come up with innovate ways to recruit new members and increase member retention. We not only want new members to join, we them to stay and see that PBL is a great place that they can grow as leaders – this is what membership retention would be about. You would be in contact with the state officer team and we will all work together to help PBL grow.
If you have a suggestion for a committee, don’t hesitate to express your ideas. I want to take your great ideas and actualize them. I promise to utilize my position to its fullest potential, and to make sure it’s an enjoyable school year for all of us. I also promise to listen to all of your individual ideas and I will always respond to you. Please feel free to say hello and introduce yourself to me! I would love to hear from you. Have a great summer, and I hope to meet you at nationals.
Sincerely,

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Zehra Ahmed
President
AZ Phi Beta Lambda
zahmed1@asu.edu