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Welcome to Bahia Chapter!

Bahia Chapter's mission is to encourage our members to develop self-confidence, accept responsibility, make decisions and use their creative talents to increase their professional status. To accomplish this, our objective is to elevate and maintain the standards of our professions and promote its working relationship with management through continuing education and authorized programs.

Chartered December 4, 1962, Bahia Chapter is one of over 30 chapters in California.  Current membership of Bahia consists of 62 members from Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside and San Diego Counties.

Worldwide, IAAP has over 700 chapters and 40,000 members. Our members include administrative assistants, executive secretaries, office coordinators, information specialists, and related administrative professionals. Many corporations, educational institutions, students, and international affiliate organizations also belong to IAAP.
 

About International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP)

IAAP is a very important aspect of an office professional’s career. The association works in partnership with employers to promote excellence. Membership offers the opportunity for personal and professional growth and development. It also enables networking among office professionals having similar career goals and interests. Members take part in activities that develop initiative, leadership abilities and technical skills:

• Continuing Education -- Obtain professional certification and learn new business techniques.

• Networking -- Get to know your peers, competitors, and suppliers. Build relationships, tap your peers’ expertise, swap ideas and discuss mutual concerns.

• The Latest Industry Information and Research -- Cutting-edge research by IAAP reveals new market trends, reports on challenges in the field and keeps you up-to-date on ever-changing skill and knowledge requirements.

• The Chance to Create the Future -- IAAP creates standards for administrative professionals for the next five or 10 years and beyond. Headquarters staff, volunteer leaders and world-renowned educators determine the educational sessions for various IAAP educational events, write articles on industry trends, and choose the organizational direction of the association. As an IAAP member, you help create the future of the administrative profession.
   

Community Service Opportunities

Bahia participates in the Susan B. Komen Orange County Race for the Cure^®. The IAAP Team consisted of Bahia Chapter members, family and friends, who will collectively helped raise money for the fight against breast cancer.

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Newsletters

Monthly issues of the Spinnaker are sent to each Bahia member free of charge.  Annual subscriptions for non-members are available for $10.  To subscribe, please make your check or money order payable to Bahia Chapter-IAAP and send to IAAP Bahia Chapter Newsletter, PO Box 17451, Irvine CA 92623.

Click on the links below to view and/or print recent issues of the Spinnaker or IAAP's Bits & Bytes. To open these files, you must have Acrobat Reader program installed on your computer. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed, please visit www.adobe.com to upload this free program from Adobe's website.
 

 
Looking Toward the Future

 IAAP offers many educational and professional development opportunities.  Just in case anyone likes to plan ahead, below is a summarized list of many of the upcoming IAAP seminars, meetings, and conferences you may be interested in attending, along with their scheduled locations and dates.  All are wonderful networking and educational opportunities!

Each conference or program is described briefly below – for more complete information regarding any of these programs, please check the IAAP website. Click on the IAAP Events header and then click on any event you are interested in obtaining information. The IAAP website is located at: www.iaap-hq.org.

California Division Meeting and Education Forums are the 3^rd weekend in June and rotates between northern and southern California. An Education Forum is held on Friday giving participants an opportunity to choose among tracks of training, with Saturday and Sunday being business days. Also included are an open house, vendor fair and awards banquet. Installation of new Division Officers takes place during the business meeting on Saturday.  CEU/CPS Recertification points are granted for seminars and keynote speakers. (Attendance 100-300)

IAAP Annual Convention & Education Forums are held in various locations throughout the U.S. and Canada. It includes your choice of many seminars, both professional and personal, keynote speakers, an open house, vendor fair, business meetings, installation banquet of new International Officers and a music concert as well as some great trips and tours. This is open to members of IAAP and affiliates from all over the world. CEU/CPS Recertification points are granted for seminars and keynote speakers. (Attendance 1,500 – 4,000)

IAAP Certification Seminars are for anyone who has attained the CPS/CAP rating, including non-members of IAAP. If you have never been, it is well worth it to try to attend. This seminar is packed full of education and professional development opportunities. CEU/CPS Recertification points are granted for all sessions. (Attendance 300-400)

Spring Professional Education Conferences are open to all members of IAAP.  This is three days of great education sessions with everyone attending all sessions.  CEU/CPS Recertification points are granted for all sessions.  (Attendance 150-300)

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