Please check immediately to see if you have your access info – it will be in your inbox coming from the actual registration system itself – it will not be from jackie@tekstar.com but would have been generated from MN CTSO Registration System [admin@mnctsoreg.org] If you do not have this email that was sent at 10:40 am on Saturday, Feb 2, 2012, please check your spam folder. Please let me know by noon today if you do not have the info so that we can get all this out at once instead of one at a time over the next few days.

February 6, 2012

ROOMMATES NEEDED: Luverne HS is looking for room mates for 2 young men. Please contact Diana Erickson direct: d.erickson@isd2184.net

OPEN EVENTS/GENERALS: You can sign your students up for open events on the online system or they can simply take them on site without being registered. Either is fine.

Minnesota BPA thanks you for your patience the past few days. I think we all agree (and I appreciate your positive feedback) that we are on the right track with our new system. Keep in mind the following:

February 5, 2012

The actual conference system generated an email to each chapter advisor yesterday that included your user name and pass code to access the new online registration system TO REGISTER FOR THE STATE CONFERENCE! Please be ready and have these instructions readily available for yourself! Please remember to also submit your excel hotel lodging file to the hotel and cc me as well.

January 30, 2012

NLC TRANSPORTATION
The question has been if there are chapters that are interested in bussing into Chicago. Please let me know if you are interested - I will keep a list and try to connect potential chapters.

MN BPA is utilizing Constant Contact to recruit judges for state. If you have an excel file and/or a contact list from your Region Conference that you would be able to provide us we can send out recruitment information.

Thanks! Your support is appreciated!

January 29, 2012

BPA FLASH – online site to register for state is not yet available – thank you for your patience. You have not missed the link. It is still in the testing process. STATE CONFERENCE REGISTRATION PROCESS – site will be live approximately February 1st.

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS STATE CRITERIA - Remember, Minnesota has actual score sheets used for the various special recognition awards. These score sheets are posted to our website, www.mnbpa.org. Scroll down on the Special Recognition Page for each individual project score sheet. Minnesota BPA date for submissions of these projects is February 18, 2012. See attached list for specific email address to use for the various projects. Once again this year, the Torch Awards will be awarded during the Opening General Session on Thursday evening. If you have a student that has qualified to receive the Torch Award, please be certain that you select this code number/event when you submit your chapter’s registration via the upcoming online registration link. The Outstanding Recipients of the various special recognition awards will be awarded at the Grand Awards Ceremony.

January 28, 2012

MEMBERSHIP - Remember to double check your rosters if you have not yet done so. Membership deadline is on Feb. 15th. Don't let someone slip through! STUDENT TEACHERS OR EXTRA HELP AT STATE - If you have a student teacher or someone else that is available to help proctor etc, during the State Leadership Conference, please let me know! We need all the help we can get! Thanks! ON STATE PRESUBMISSIONS - When it asks for id number - we don't have our "state conference system" generated id's until we are onsite for the conference so please use your national membership number. APPLICATION INTERVIEW EVENTS - The electronic forms have been posted to our state website - find them at www.mnbpa.org on the Forms and Downloads page under Miscellaneous. REQUEST FOR CHAPTER ACTIVITIES & PHOTOS - Please send a paragraph or two along with a photo of any activities that your chapter has been involved with - we really like to have new things to place/feature on our state website but we need your help! You can email to either myself or webmaster Nancy McAfee at: nmcafee@tds.net

CHAPTER OF THE MONTH – a message from your state officers. The Chapter of the Month Award is an award presented to one chapter every month for their outstanding program of work and activities. All that a Chapter needs to do in order to be eligible to win is fill out the Chapter of the Month application form and email it to the State Vice-President by that month’s deadline. From there on all the Chapter has to do is wait. The applications are then read over by the Executive Team and the State Executive Director and a vote is cast. The winning chapter will be announced on the Minnesota BPA website and at the Spring Leadership Conference. Winning chapters will also receive a certificate, designed by our own state secretary, and signed by the State President.So what are you waiting for! Talk to your chapter advisor today and your chapter may be the next Chapter of the Month!

ADDITION TO SLC - Participants should look for exciting new additions at the SLC. After being selected to attend the National Organization for Youth "Teen Distracted Driving" Summit, 4 BPA members from Morris Area High School will share their expertise with Minnesota BPA. The state executive board approved the team of 4 from Morris BPA to add awareness about the dangers of texting while driving to various aspects of SLC. A captivating video will be shown during the opening ceremony, with a possible guest to accompany the video. Work is underway to bring a driving simulator to be available to BPA participants during down time. Fun and energetic activities will be added to the already-fun state officer room. No texting while driving literature and freebies will be added to the registration materials. Overall, the goal of adding information about teen driving safety at an event such as the SLC is to reach the target audience: teens. Watch for more information in the coming weeks.

January 20, 2012

STATE CONFERENCE REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Attached is the conference overview with lots of details as well as the packet that contains various forms including judges recruitment, cancellation of attendee etc.!

STATE CONFERENCE REGISTRATION PROCESS – site will be live February 1st
Minnesota BPA is pleased to announce an all new registration system for the state conference in 2012! This new registration system will be completely based online. We anticipate providing each of you with a website link in the very near future that will take you to a website that you will be able to use to register your students, and choose the events that they will be competing in.

We anticipate that much of this will flow very similar to the Excel spreadsheets that you are used to seeing in the past, and will provide you with screen shots when we send the link out that will help walk you through the process. Each chapter advisor will receive a unique login, you will first be taken to a screen where we ask you to provide us with the “Summary” information for your school, including phone numbers, email address, chapter president information, and school principal information.

After entering this information, you will be taken to a screen where you will register each of your students, and choose the events that they will be participating in. Just like in the Excel sheets, you will be choosing between each of the types of events.

We are looking forward to this new process, and all of the great advancements it is going to bring to our state organization!

The programmer is finishing up the final reviews prior to our making the site live shortly. Thanks for your patience.

There are a number of awards our advisors can apply for, not just top level, seasoned BPA people; deadlines are approaching for some. Also, please be reminded of the Act Out Loud Competition, which could net chapters $10,000! I have provided a link under What's New, but here it is again:

January 19, 2012

STATE CONFERENCE REGISTRATION PROCESS
Minnesota BPA is pleased to announce an all new registration system for the state conference in 2012! This new registration system will be completely based online. We anticipate providing each of you with a website link in the very near future that will take you to a website that you will be able to use to register your students, and choose the events that they will be competing in.

We are looking forward to this new process, and all of the great advancements it is going to bring to our state organization!

The programmer is finishing up the final reviews prior to our making the site live shortly. Thanks for your patience.

CONFERENCE OVERVIEW PACKET
The conference overview packet will be sent tomorrow in a flash.

January 16, 2012

STATE AND NATIONAL DUES: Reminder – payment for both state and national dues go to the National Center in ONE check. Address is on the invoice that you can print from your chapter’s login.

CHAPTER OF THE MONTH: Once again, MN BPA State Officers are having a chapter of the month selected – see attached! Submit your chapter for consideration before the end of the month! The Chapter of the Month Award is an award presented to one chapter every month for their outstanding program of work and activities. All that a Chapter needs to do in order to be eligible to win is fill out the Chapter of the Month application form and email it to the State Vice-President rowena.zhang@mnbpa.org by that month’s deadline, which is the last day of each month. The State Executive Team will then read over the applications and vote for a winner. The winning chapter will be announced on the Minnesota BPA website and at the Spring Leadership Conference. Winning chapters will also receive a certificate. So why wait? Apply Today!!

January 11, 2012

STATE CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: Attached is an overview of the upcoming State Leadership Conference, March 8-10, 2012.Registration deadline is February 10, 2012.Fee remains at $60 per attendee.

SPECIAL HONORS & AWARD NOMINATIONS: Please see attached packet for various forms for nominations.

HOTEL ROOM RESERVATIONS FILE: Please use the attached file instead of the one sent earlier this week – the hotel has made some changes to it as it was not auto filling correctly.Thanks!

The rubric for Parliamentary Procedure Team has been updated. Please go to the forms page for the most recent rubric.

January 9, 2012

It was discovered that in the Region Desktop Publishing test, it says "color is allowed for this event" - however, the WSAP says color is not allowed. Color is not allowed for the Desktop Publishing Event.

Changes that impact Econ Research – Individual Econ Research – TeamAdmin. Research The changes were: Pages 57, 61, & 80 were updated to include the following: The research paper must follow the report format located in the Style & Reference Manual with the exception of the following: omit Sender, Recipient, Recipient Title and Date from report format. New WSAP has been posted to state and national websites.

The State Conference is just around the corner! Just 2 months to go! Judges solicitation has begun and it is full speed ahead! *All files will also be posted to our website after they have been distributed via FLASH so you can also go to the site if you misplace the files. Here are some key things to call your attention to:

DEADLINE DATE FOR SCDCDeadline to register at the lower fee of $60 before higher registration of $65 kicks in, is February 10, 2012. Also, if payment from your chapter is not received prior to the start of State, you will be charged the higher rate.

Remember to submit your state & national dues. All students must be members to be eligible to compete at the region level. ADVISOR ASSIGNMENTSWhile we NEED and value those that are seasoned to certain events, we also realize that perhaps you are ready for either more of a challenge or a change. Please let me know if this is the case!

Attached, you will find the form you will utilize for the 2012 Leadership Conference Housing. It is the same format in excel that has been used the past few years. Be certain to save this file to your hard drive with your chapter name as the title. File is submitted TO: BPA@hyatt.com Deadline for state is February 10, 2012. When you fill out the hotel form, remember, work from left to right and each line represents a room.

Could you please send this link and message out to all DECA & BPA advisors?Eastview High School in Apple Valley MN has a 1.0 LTS opening starting approximately March 28th and ending June 8th. If anyone is interested or knows of anyone that might be interested please apply on-line and/or e-mail me with any questions! Erica Phelps.

December 30, 2011 - Happy New Year!

As you prepare for your region contests, attached you will find the membership report as of today for state and national membership. Please make certain the chapters in your region have submitted dues –
If I can be assistance, please let me know!

December 21, 2011

INTERVIEW SKILLS: Attached is the application for the Interview Skills/Advanced Interview Skills Events for Regions. Please be sure you know the correct procedures for submission dates etc. for your Region Contests. Hope you are ready to have a fantastic holiday break!!!! Have a great day! Jackie

December 19, 2011

December 6, 2011

STATE DUES The $5 state dues increase to $6 per state member on the first Monday of December which was yesterday. I will be going into the system later today to update that $ amount to the $6. You still have a few hours to get your initial membership submitted at the lower rate!EVENT SPONSORSEncourage your chapter to secure your event sponsor soon! Students could use this opportunity for Torch Awards Points. The code would be 306 - participate in a state-sponsored project. These businesses will be recognized on the web site, in conference book and announced on state during awards ceremony.

December 2, 2011

Welcome to the first business to join support MN BPA Event Sponsors!
Park Rapids BPA has secured Lamb/Weston RDO.

Thank you for your chapter’s part in making Minnesota BPA a strong state association!

UPCOMING MEETINGS
State Board will meet next Friday in St. Cloud.
Officer Training will take place next weekend in Bloomington, MN.
Have a great weekend everyone!

November 28, 2011

November 22, 2011

Good afternoon MN BPA advisors! The state executive council will attend an officer training session on December 10-11th, where we will be creating our final program of work for the upcoming year. As many of you heard in our election speeches last month, we have a common goal of communication with local chapters. Please respond to either myself, at claire.schiller@mnbpa.org, or replying to Jackie through this email, with your chapter presidents email address if you have not already done so. If you do not elect a chapter president, it would be most beneficial to both the state officers and your members if we could have an email address of a contact person in your chapter. In the mean time, please make sure your members know that they can contact any member of the state executive council at firstname.lastname@mnbpa.org with any ideas, questions, comments, or concerns they may have for the six of us.

November 18, 2011

The following members were elected to state office at the Fall Leadership Conference. Congratulations! State officer training will take place December 10/11, 2011 at the Double Tree (formerly Sheraton South) Bloomington, MN.

I recently updated my desktop in my office. With this, I had to re-create the BPA FLASH distribution list. If you could double check with people in your region to make sure they received this message it would be helpful. I don’t want to miss anyone! Also remember that all FLASH UPDATES are posted on our state website on the announcements page.

BPA State Board will meet on Friday, December 9, 2011 in St. Cloud for the next regular meeting.

Please check the National BPA website for updates to the WSAP which can be found on the home page. Below is a listing as of 11/8/11 that have been updated in the original WSAP which was released. Please make the changes accordingly.

The 2012 Workplace Skills Assessment Program Guidelines have been updated! After the preliminary publication of the Guidelines, several small changes have been made. To see if your students’ competitions are affected, view the list what was changed can be found on page 184 of the document or see below. Most changes are minor and do not affect the administration of the event.

2. Page 128 corrected to show that each state can enter two teams rather than 3.(9-20-11)

7. Page 14 V03 SET has been changed to show the number of entrants is unlimited (9/27/11)

14. Page 14 number of judges utilized updated for event 58 Computer Modeling (11-03-11)

I wanted to give you an update on the issues and progress we’ve had with Computerized Accounting exam. After the regional exams were posted we found that data was missing in the WSAP that student’s needed in order to complete the exam. In the past, a case study has been included in the WSAP giving students the necessary data to build a flash drive that is used to take the exam. This was not included. The revisions to the event are now being completed and we expect to post the missing information on Monday. You will receive an email once the posting is completed.

The case study that student’s will need will be included in the WSAP as an appendix at the back of the document. By posting it this way, it will not change the page numbers of the WSAP that you and other advisors have been using. I apologize for the time it has taken to get this corrected. The errors were more significant that had been expected.

Attached is the preconference instructions for (03) Computerized Accounting. The WSAP will be reposted with this information attached as an appendix.

November 15, 2011

A new contest for our students is available called the Special Olympics Pin Design. The deadline is February, 2012. Check it out under the National Section on our forms page.

November 9, 2011

The 2012 Workplace Skills Assessment Program Guidelines have been updated! After the preliminary publication of the Guildelines, several small changes have been made. To see if your students’ competitions are affected, view the list what was changed can be found on page 184 of the document or see below. Most changes are minor and do not affect the administration of the event.

Page 65 removed the reference to this event being a pilot (9-20-11)
Page 128 corrected to show that each state can enter two teams rather than 3.(9-20-11)
Pages 94, 96, 97, 106, 108, 110 added back in use of CD’s (9-21-11)
Page 116 deleted references to DVD being required (9-21-11).
Page 14 Computer Modeling is not an ―associate‖ event. (9-21-11)
Page 14 Federal Income Tax is not an associate event (9-21-11)
Page 14 V03 SET has been changed to show the number of entrants is unlimited (9/27/11)
Page 100 Added Specifications Rubric (9/27/11)
Page 99 blanked out (was a duplicate rubric (9/27/11)
Page 101 Total Maximum points correct to now show 540 (9/27/11)
Page 63. Removed the sentence allowing reference material (10/5/11)
Page 107 Total rubric points corrected. Should be 660 10/6/11).
Page 137 and 141. Presentation time corrected to show 10 minutes (11-03-11)
Page 14 number of judges utilized updated for event 58 Computer Modeling (11-03-11)

MN EVENT SPONSORSHIPS
On behalf of your State Board of Directors and myself, I am proud to present a new plan that will create awareness for Business Professionals of America in Minnesota as well as help provide a solid foundation for our offerings without requiring a dues increase. The Board reviewed and approved this plan at our August meeting. Each chapter is asked to secure one business sponsor for $100. If you prefer, it could also be multiple businesses making up the $100 collectively. Please secure your sponsor no later than February 1. This will help cover in part trophies, plaques, & medals at the State Leadership Conference. Students could use this opportunity for Torch Awards Points. These businesses will be recognized on the web site, in conference book and announced on state during awards ceremony. Please review the attached information and let me know how I can assist! Thank you for your chapter’s part in making Minnesota BPA a strong state association!

FLC FLASH
Please continue to send any changes last minute substitutions - but please include shirt size (we will TRY to accommodate size request but can't guarantee it).

TRACKING OF STUDENT SESSION ATTENDANCE
We are pleased to announce that through the use of cell phone polling software, we will be asking students to register with us the sessions that they attend during this weekend’s FLC! Following the conference, we will send to advisors a report that will tell you what breakout sessions your students attended. We will be doing this through text messaging, asking the attendees to first text us their ID number during the opening session, and then as they attend each of the breakout sessions, we will provide them with a code that will tell us which sessions they were at . Accordingly, we are encouraging students to bring their cell phones with to the conference. If you have students at this conference that do not have cell phones, we will have means to track their attendance following each session in a manual process. They will be asked to visit with a trainer or staff member to report that they were just at a session. More information on this process will be distributed when you arrive to pickup your registration.

Attached, please find the program book for the upcoming Fall Leadership Conference. I encourage you to spend some time with it as well as share with your members that will be attending.

Following the Opening Session, there are 11 Race Car Lanes offered as students start their ZOOM! Accelerate Your Leadership experience at FLC. These sessions begin at 3:00 pm.

At 3:00 pm, they can go to any of the 11 locations - the kick off will be the same in any of the 11 breakouts. On Sunday, ALL student breakouts will be contained to the 2nd floor of the hotel.

I would encourage you to print out copies of the "grid" of workshops and session descriptions so that students can highlight which sessions they plan on participating in before you arrive.

OFFICER ELECTION UPDATE
All candidates will take the exam at 12:30 pm on Sunday in Directors 3 on 3rd floor. They can set their booths up during the dinner break in Conrad D. See agenda for additional specific times on election sessions. PRIMARY VOTING will take place - votes can be cast at the Coat Check/Red Wing Room on Sunday evening from 10:30 - 11:00 pm.

FLC
I will have the final program book proof back by the end of the day. I will forward in a flash so that you can review with your participants and go thru the final agenda.

Please be sure to make any necessary changes with the hotel PRIOR to arrival if you are able - it will make the check in process much smoother for you.

Keep in mind that payments need to be received PRIOR to the start of the conference to avoid having the late fee imposed. PLEASE do not turn in check AT the conference - it is almost a given that they will be difficult to keep track.

October 17, 2011

FLC UPDATE
We have more than 380 registered for FLC - this is up from 300 last year. Thank you for your efforts to increase participation! We are 2 weeks out so you can imagine it is very busy at the State Office. If you have substitutions on attendees, please be sure to email so that we can update the database for name badges.

BPA STATE OFFICER CANDIDATES
We have 15 candidates this year! This is up from 8 last year! It will be an exciting election!

Head voting delegates - please read the State Officer Candidate Handbook - two sections: Election Information and Election Sessions.

REGION PRESIDENTS
The following students have been elected to serve on behalf of their regions:
1Taylor BergquistWatertown-Mayer HS
2Vaibhav SharmaEagan HS
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4Nhat Phuong NguyenAnoka HS
5Sarah ChuteAitkin HS
6Nick LeTourneauNew York Mills HS
7Kelly RellerBBE HS
8Felicia Pineda Madelia HS
9Brianne BernardOwatonna HS

October 11, 2011

The WSAP will be updated at the end of this month. As soon as this is done, it will be posted on our forms page. The current WSAP, Style Guide, HR Manual, and forms are currently posted on our website as of yesterday.

October 4, 2011

Applications are being processed. Your candidate and the advisor will receive additional details by the end of the week. Because of the number of candidates (more than 12) a primary election will be held. Candidates will receive a study guide. The on site exam will be made up of items from this study guide. Although there will not be a pass or fail and a candidate will NOT be eliminated, the voting delegates will receive the candidate scores and it will also be used in case of a tie. This is the same procedure that is followed for national candidates.

October 1, 2011

Good Afternoon Chapter Advisors!
The term of the 2010-2011 Minnesota Business Professionals of America State Executive Council is near the end. Thus it is time to ensure that progress toward officer goals in our last year will continue to benefit our members. One area of focus is the Adopt-A-Chapter Program which is designed to increase communication between chapters and the state level. State Officers are assigned chapter presidents in each region to keep in contact with. A roster of chapter presidents is needed yearly; please submit your chapter president’s name and email address to Jackie, or myself at claire.schiller@mnbpa.org, so this resource is available for the 2011-2012 State Executive Council.
Thank you for your time, Claire Schiller
2010-2011 Minnesota BPA State Executive Secretary

Please email the name of your Region President and Region Chair to nmcafee@tds.net for you on our website. Thank you.

September 30, 2011

EXCEL FILE TO REGISTER FOR FLC
Some of you are having challenges with the spreadsheet to register for FLC. This is the same exact file from previous years. If you are trying to key into areas that auto fill you will receive a write protection message. There is nothing wrong with the file.

First, enter all the names of students attending and select shirt size etc. on the REGISTRATION tab. Then when you go BACK to the summary page it will have auto filled the number of attendees. You can not manually enter the number of attendees. This is a way for us to make sure the number of attendees match the number of names.

ON THE SUMMARY, select your chapter and key in the advisor info. Do NOT try to key this in on the registration attendee tab.

September 27, 2011

To access the online membership registration system, please go to http://www.registermychapter.com/bpamem/ and enter your username and password. Attached is a user guide for your reference.

Please remember that it will be essential that you include a copy of your invoice with your payment when submitting it to National BPA.

Minnesota BPA will continue the process for submitting state dues that was implemented several years ago. Minnesota state dues will be submitted online through the national website. We are a unified dues state, that meaning that all state members must be national members as well. This means that you will submit ONE check to NATIONAL BPA for both state and national dues.

State dues will continue to be $5 per member up until December 1st. Thereafter ALL additions will be at a rate of $6 for state membership.

National dues will be $12.00 this year.

It is imperative that all members understand the benefits of being unified state. Our grant that we receive from the Minnesota Foundation for Student Organizations (MFSO) is directly related to our national membership. Each CTSO receive allocations that are determined by number of chapters as well as number of student national members. This year our grant dollars will be increased because we now have more chapters paying dues on all memberhsip not just those that would be strong contenders for national competition.

Additionally, we need to support our national organization – all of our competitive events and entire WSAP is dependent upon our national affiliation and support.

We look forward to a terrific year with Minnesota BPA! Thank you for your continued support.

September 13, 2011

ZOOM Accelerate Your Leadership!
FLC 2011 is going to be a terrific event to get your chapter motivated for a successful year with BPA! If I can be of any assistance, please don’t hesitate to e-mail or call.

MN Fall Leadership Conference
MN BPA will host the 2011 FLC, October 30 & 31 at the MInneapolis Hilton Hotel for a great rate of $89 plus tax. Conference registration fee will be $35 and includes a conference t-shirt.

Attached is a complete information packet as well as some additional information. Be sure to read!

FORMAT FOR FLC
Tri Leadership will be hosting the "ZOOM Accelerate Your Leadership" where each student will have the opportunity to get their engines started! On the excel file you will submit for registration, you will indicate their choices and alternatives. ALL NEW FORMAT! If you have a DECA chapter in your school or district , check with them about sharing bussing and/or filling rooms. The DECA conference will be at the Hilton at the same time - that's why we are able to get such a great room rate. The Opening Session, entertainment and some breakouts will encompass both groups - all other activities, e.g. closing sessions, officer speeches etc. will be for specific organizations.

EXCEL FILE TO REGISTER
Please use the attached file and be sure to save as your chapter name BEFORE you submit to me. There is also a file that you will submit to the Hilton Hotel for your room reservations.

EVENING ENTERTAINMENT
Zoom! is excited to present Tim Mahoney of "The Voice" for a concert just for our attendees!

DEADLINE TO REGISTER - October 1, 2011

September 6, 2011

BPA FLASH
PLEASE SHARE WITH INTERESTED BPA MEMBERS:

Attached is the packet with State Officer Candidate Information. Elections will take place at the 2011 Fall Leadership Conference, October 30 & 31, 2011. Deadline for RECEIPT of all application materials is Saturday, October 1, 2011.

THIS PACKET HAS BEEN CHANGED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD TO ALIGN WITH NATIONAL CANDIDATE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

September 1, 2011

August 31, 2011

To get things rolling today, I have a few pieces of information for you -
First of all - within the next 10 days you will receive several FLASH emails that will have attachments on them for the Fall Leadership Conference, October 30 & 31! Please consider attending and participating! You will also find this same information posted to our state website as it becomes available: www.mnbpa.org

IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE NEW TO BPA
If you know of any new chapter advisors, please let me know and I will get them added/updated in our email group - thank you for your assistance!

BPA NAME BADGE
Attached is an order form for BPA name badges - order deadline is September 26, 2011.

CHAPTER LINKS
If your chapter has a website, please forward the link so that we can post it on our Minnesota home page.

I look forward to working with each of you this year - it will be a fabulous year for BPA!

July 26, 2011

Please send Nancy McAfee your updated region information for the BPA Region page of our website.

ADVISOR ANNOUNCEMENTS

February 7, 2012