Camp AAJA

(photo courtesy of Vino Wong, Camp AAJA/AAJA Atlanta Chapter)

Camp AAJA 2008

Congratulations to the 28 members and leaders from 19 AAJA chapters who participated at Camp AAJA, a 3-day chapter leadership retreat, held February 1-3, 2008 at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Florida.

The biennial training is designed to hone participants' leadership skills and provide a venue to discuss effective national and local strategies to help achieve AAJA's goals. Among the topics discussed by participants with the help of consultants and guest speakers included leadership styles, membership recruitment and retention, fundraising, program planning, and chapter involvement in local communities.

Camp AAJA was first held in San Francisco in 2000. Subsequent retreats were held in 2002, 2004, 2006 & 2008 at The Poynter Institute. Many of Camp AAJA graduates have since taken on leadership positions within AAJA, both on the national and local levels.

This year's Camp AAJA was made possible through grants and contributions from The Poynter Institute , St. Petersburg Times Fund, AAJA supporter Skip Rhodes, AAJA Florida Chapter, and the AAJA National Endowment.

This year's Camp AAJA participants were:

Arizona Chapter
Mindy Lee

Atlanta Chapter
Vino Wong

Chicago Chapter
Sabrina Wu
Inggrid Yonata

Florida Chapter
Valerie Boey

Hawai'i Chapter
Laurie Au

Los Angeles Chapter
Darleene Powells
Cathy Tran

Michigan Chapter
Erin Chan

Minnesota Chapter
Thomas Lee
Bao Ong

New England Chapter
Shirley Goh

New York Chapter
Raymund Flandez

North Carolina Chapter
Meiling Arounnarath

Philadelphia Chapter
Ko Im

Portland Chapter
Ruth Liao
Elizabeth Suh

Sacramento Chapter
Bobby Caina Calvan
Judy Lin

San Diego Chapter
Jessica Chang
Warisa Chulindra

San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
Katherine Tam
Janet Kim

Seattle Chapter
Candace Heckman

Texas Chapter
Kristi Hsu
Angie Joe

Washington, D.C. Chapter
Hanah Cho
Susan Yoo