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TO:          District Advisors and Advisors of students who have registered for Courtesy Corps

FROM:    Janet Feken, Oklahoma SkillsUSA State Director

RE:          COURTESY CORPS
                2009 State SkillsUSA Leadership & Skills Championships

The Oklahoma State Leadership & Skills Championships involve a lot of behind the scenes work by a large number of individuals. Each year the District Advisors and the incoming and outgoing District officers are asked to serve as the Courtesy Corps for the conference. Our Courtesy Corps coordinator is Summer Gerbitz, Indian Capital Technology Center - Muskogee.

District Advisors please contact your District Officers! At least 8 individuals are needed from each district to serve. If your 2008-09 officers are unable to participate in Courtesy Corps, you may substitute with students from your school or newly elected District officers.

All Courtesy Corps members must attend the first orientation meeting on Sunday, May 3 at 11:30 a.m. in the Remington Room at the Doubletree Hotel. All Courtesy Corps students will receive an official t-shirt to wear as their “uniform” for conference. All students should plan to wear black pants or skirts with their new Courtesy Corps shirt, EXCEPT for the students assigned to the fairgrounds. The students assisting with the occupational skill contests at the fairgrounds may wear jeans with their shirts.

PLEASE NOTE: Students serving on the Courtesy Corps must be available (but may not be required) to work all three days of the conference, including Sunday until after the delegate session ends and on Monday until after the skill contest area is completely disassembled. The initial orientation meeting will allow these students to select the areas that they would be most interested to help with. Each student will be expected to attend all of the “briefing” meetings to receive their next assignments and designated time off. Please reference the schedule below for posted Courtesy Corps meetings.
 

Each District Advisor may bring 2 to 4 additional students to work as Courtesy Corps – especially in the skill contest area at the convention center. THESE STUDENTS CANNOT BE ENTERED IN A LEADERSHIP OR SKILL CONTEST. These students must be available (but may not be required) to work on Sunday, Monday and on Tuesday morning – depending on the level of help needed during each session. These students CAN serve as voting delegates on Sunday night at 8:00pm.

Courtesy Corps members will not have to pay the $40 registration fee; however, they must be registered for the conference on each school form.  This is extremely important to make sure we have enough t-shirts for all workers.  Students who serve as Courtesy Corps members must be dependable. Please explain to your students that their waived $40 registration fee will be charged if the student fails to work or to check in at assigned times during the conference. (If you have not registered the students you are bringing to the state conference, please call our office immediately).

Please provide copies of the “Courtesy Corps Letter of Understanding” for each student and see that the proper signatures are obtained. Students should bring these forms with them to the first briefing meeting on Sunday morning. Thanks again and we’ll see you in May!
 

Thank you for your assistance. If you have any questions, please call the Oklahoma SkillsUSA office at (405)743-5143.

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