Texas FBLA 2009-10! The theme this year is FBLA... Your Beacon Into The Future. The 2010 State Leadership Conference will be held in Corpus Christi. The 2010 National Leadership Conference will be in Nashville, Tennessee from July 12 - July 17. Start making plans now to attend these exciting events!

Hello Texas FBLA!

Our entire officer team is psyched for the year! To go along with next year's SLC, which is in Corpus Christi, our theme this year is "FBLA...Your Beacon Into The Future." This theme goes harmoniously with our goals for the year, especially with our Mentoring Program. There is more information about this on the officer pages, but to get all the information, contact your local Vice President, myself, or any other officer. Another exciting goal we have is to get 4,000 members. The information below details Nationals.

In addition, the National Fall Leadership Conference is in November. And since we are in the same National Region as Colorado, which is where one of the NFLC's is being held, I believe we all should attend this one. But either way, Denver, Colorado, Orlando, Florida, or Baltimore, Maryland, I encourage each of you to attend this exciting conference. I myself will more than likely attend the Colorado NFLC, so I hope to see you there! Use this website to its full potential and let's have a good year.

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June 23 - 29

Sheraton Park Hotel at the Anaheim Resort
1855 South Harbor Boulevard · Anaheim, California 92802
Phone: (714) 750-1811

The hotel and airline arrangements for the 2009 NLC will be handled by National Travel Systems. All Texas Chapters attending the National Leadership Conference must make travel arrangements through NTS. The forms are below.

Important Due Dates--If you qualified for one of the following, you are responsible for mailing your materials to nationals. If your team is not participating, please let Malia Hudson know ASAP so she can contact the next team.

1. All materials need to be sent to Barbara Small, FBLA-PBL, Inc.,
1912 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191

2. Receipt Due Date Friday, May 8 (materials must be received by that date or they will not be judged)

3. 2 copies of all the reports-American Enterprise, Business Plan,
Business Financial Plan, Community Service, Local Chapter Annual
Business Report, Partnership w/ Business, and State Annual Chapter Business Report

4. 2 CD/DVDs-Electronic Career Portfolio (may also be just a URL), Desktop Application Programming, Digital Video Production, Internet Application Programming

5. 6 copies of resume/letter in 6 folders (see guidelines) for Future Business Leader & Job Interview

6. Gold Seal Chapters (outstanding chapters, please see guidelines)

7. Statement of Assurance for E-business, Electronic Career Portfolio (if using a URL), and Web Site Development. Several other events require the Statement of Assurance as well (see attached)

8. Forms (attached and in state key contact area) - Businessperson of Year, Outstanding Adviser, State Comp Registration, Voting Delegates, etc.

9. Computer Production Tests: Accounting II, Computer Applications, Desktop Publishing, Database Applications & Design, Spreadsheet Applications, Word Processing I, Word Processing II. Due back in Reston by May 15 so it is imperative that you find out if your students will participate.

2009 NLC Texas Itinerary

NLC Registration - Online

Online FBLA Travel Form - Online

FBLA Travel Form with Prices

Texas FBLA Air Block

Texas FBLA State Trip

The Chapter Presidents Handbook has been updated by Lina Hidalgo, Texas FBLA State President, and is now available for download.

Chapter President's Handbook

The Texas FBLA Message Board is back! All members are encouraged to register and participate in the online discussions and get to know other members and your State Officers! To get to the FBLA Message Board, click on Message Board link on the menu bar at the top.

The Area VPs will be holding online meeting for Chapter Presidents. The purpose is to help bring chapters together and to keep all chapters informed as to what is going in with Texas FBLA and within your respective Areas. All Chapter Presidents are encouraged to register and to participate in the online meetings. Scheduled meeting times will be posted on your Area VPs web page.

Online Area Meeting Registration & Login

LinkedIn is a networking resource for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and professionals whose purpose is to provide its members a way to search and connect with each other to find jobs, people, and business opportunities in the network. All 500 of the Fortune 500 are represented in LinkedIn; in fact, 499 of them are represented by director-level and above employees. Advisers, members, officers, and alumni are encouraged to join the Texas FBLA Group on LinkedIn.

Texas FBLA LinkedIn Group

All chapters should register each of their members online through the national web site. Members must be registered before they may participate at any Area or State Conference.

  Online Membership Registration (Registration with National FBLA).

Texas FBLA Golf Tournament

Thanks to all players and sponsors of the Texas FBLA Golf Tournament. Everyone had a great time! Picutres from the golf tournament have been posted to the FBLA Photo Gallary.

Golf Tournament Photos