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Become involved in
one of CHPA's dynamic committees today! More than one hundred of
your colleagues and competitors actively participate in strengthening
the corporate housing industry and the association. To sign up for
a committee, please complete a volunteer
form, contact the CHPA office
or email one of the committee chairs directly
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CHPA
Committee initiatives support the organization's strategic goals:
- Brand: CHPA will increase the awareness of the corporate
housing segment to the lodging industry.
- Member Value: CHPA will increase the value of membership
in the organization and members will understand the benefits of
belonging.
- Education: CHPA members will benefit from quality, valued
and easily accessible education and training to help them operate
their businesses more efficiently, professionally and profitably.
- Communication: CHPA will be the leading source of information
on corporate housing, both internally and externally.
- Industry Relations: CHPA will establish
strong relationships with related industries and other associations
in order to advance its purpose and achieve its vision.
- Industry Advocated: CHPA will be a resource
for members on local, regional and nation issues that have larger
implications for the corporate housing industry.
CHPA 2007 Committees
Communications
Committee
Focus:
CHPA will be the leading source of information on corporate housing,
both internally and externally.
Current
Initiatives:
- Drive
members to website
- Drive
usage of online discussion groups and information sharing
- Compile
on line reference library with a searchable database
- Communicate
certification progress
- Create
greater awareness of the value of CHPA programs and services
- Increase
public understanding of CH
- Create
press releases on pertinent issues to CH industry
- Provide
supporting documents for industry relations committee and immediate
past president
For more information on this committee's
activities, specific meeting dates or to become involved, please
contact:
Jim
Drass, CCHP, Committee Chair
Habitat Corporate Suites Network
jdrass@habitat.com
Conference
Committee
Focus:
Developing a continuous and exciting annual conference aimed at
attracting providers globally, building on the knowledge base of
the industry and introducing new exhibitors' products and services
to members
Current
Initiatives:
- Create ‘playbook'
on how to create a successful conference
-
Determine a regular rotation cycle
- Healthy
mix of speakers, inside and outside to address current topics
for all levels of attendance
- Increase
profits to conference; more companies and depth in current companies
- Create consistent
image to represent CHPA
- Make
conference information available to non-attendees in some format
This
committee collaborates with the Education and Membership Services
Committees, as well as meets separately to plan the CHPA Annual
Conference.
For more information
on this committee's activities, specific meeting dates or to become
involved, please contact:
Lorna
Bosco, CCHP, Committee Chair
Marriott ExecuStay
lorna.bosco@marriott.com
Marelyn
Krueger, Committee Co-Chair
Instant
Furniture Rental
mkrueger@instantfurniture.com
Program Subcommittee
Focus:
To develop the educational program for the Annual Conference on
key topics of interest and relevance to the CHPA membership
Current
Initiatives:
- Identifying dynamic and knowledgeable speakers outside the
membership to share their expertise at the conference
- Securing speakers for all conference program sessions, including
keynote speakers
- Developing educational sessions on topics of interest to CHPA
members
For
more information, to suggest a speaker or to volunteer to speak
at the Annual Conference, please contact:
Piper
Ayala,CCHP, Committee Chair
Suite
Options Corporate Housing
payala@suiteoptions.com
Exhibitor/
Sponsor Subcommittee
Marietta
Alba, CCHP, Committee Co-Chair
Apartment
& Relocation Center
mar@aptreloctr.com
Jane
Ramsay, Committee Co-Chair
Annapolis
Accommodations
jane@stayannapolis.com
Industry
Networking Event Subcommittee
Lori Conroy,
Committee Chair
BridgeStreet Worldwide
lori.conroy@bridgestreet.com
Education
Committee
Focus:
CHPA members will benefit from quality, valued and easily accessible
education and training to help them operate their businesses more
efficiently, professionally and profitably.
Current
Initiatives:
- Development
of the industry specific CH certification program
- Establish
industry terms
- Establish
reference sources for use in the CH industry
- Increase
our understanding of the educational needs for content, delivery
and priority
- Session
evaluations tally
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Increase our ability to deliver educational programming desired
by the membership
- Facilitate
round table discussions
- Increase
use of non-traditional delivery mechanisms, including technology
Click
here for the CHPA Industry
Terms.
For more
information on this committee's activities, specific meeting dates
or to become involved, please contact:
Marilyn
Kempter, CCHP, Committee Chair
ABODA
marilyn.kempter@aboda.com
Industry
Relations Committee
Focus: CHPA will
establish strong relationships with related industries and other
associations in order to advance its purpose and achieve its vision.
Current
Initiatives:
- E
xpand network connection events to include affiliated industries
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Identify potential associate members for follow up
- Enhance
the Buyer's Guide to make it a more useful resource
- Act
as spokes group for associate members
- Capitalize
on industry related opportunities on which we can make an impact
(other conferences, trade shows, etc. where we should have a presence)
- Establish
relationships with key external organizations (Subchair of this
should be a provider, not an associate member)
For more
information on this committee's activities, specific meeting dates
or to become involved, please contact:
George
Bertrand , Committee Chair
CORT Furniture Rental
gbertrand@cort1.com
Membership
Committee
Focus:
CHPA will increase the value of membership in the organization and
members will understand the benefits of belonging.
- Increase
our understanding of why people join and why they stay
- Provide
feedback from renewing and non-renewing members (provider/associate)
- Recruit
35 new members
- Engaging
new members from 2005, so they ‘experience' the value and renew
in 2006
- Improve
the level of connection of members at both national and regional
levels
- Continue
offering Regional connection
- Regional
luncheons
- Network
connection events
- Create
programs to deliver recognition of exemplary members
- Building
Awards Program: clarifying criteria; providing samples on the
website to ‘demystify' the selection process; proactive marketing
to increase submissions
- Establish
and increase the number of group purchasing programs to increase
value of membership
- Credit
card processing, affinity programs, etc.
For more
information on this committee's activities, specific meeting dates
or to become involved, please contact:
Jeff
Chase, Committee Chair
Terra Nova Corprate Housing
jeff.chase@execustaysocal.com
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