Crescent City to Half Moon Bay, North Coast Region ALL THE WAY!
North Coast Region has been off to an amazing start this year! This
year we want to remind the members that despite the distance we are
always interlinked with each other through our love for this organization,
leadership and most importantly agriculture which is why our theme
is “North Coast United, Stronger Together.” The North Coast Region
Officer Team has decided that we will be continuing the “NCR Chapter
of the Month.” We hope that we can highlight accomplishments
chapters have made within the region through our Instagram account.
We have also chosen to highlight events throughout the region that
connect multiple chapters or sections. We hope these posts can remind the members of our strength and keep us connected. Just around the
corner is our COLC! We can’t wait to watch our members learn and
grow as individuals, and as officer teams during our time together at
COLC. We are ready and excited to see all our chapters’ amazing lip
sync performances. We hope the chapter officers take this time to make
connections with other chapters, learn and build our strengths together.
We hope you are all just as excited as we are for the coming year. We
cannot wait to make connections, meet with the members and UNITE.
Thank you for the excellence our members bring to this region and we
look forward to the achievements our members make this year. Have an
amazing year, and remember NORTH COAST UNITED, STRONGER
TOGETHER!
The South Coast Regional leaders first met during the summer in San Luis
Obispo, where our retreat consisted of deciding this year’s theme, getting
to know our teammates, planning and writing workshops, practicing our
volleyball skills and bonding over our love of food and passion for
agriculture. We then traveled to Tomales Bay for this year’s Regional
Officer leadership conference. There we learned the importance of
believing in ourselves, our members, and in agriculture. We had the
opportunity to meet other Regional Officers as well as this year’s State
Officer team. From there the South Coast conducted their Sectional
Officer Leadership Conference in Atascadero where we encouraged
our sectional leaders to “Take Flight” in order to elevate their influence
not only in their chapters but as individuals in the real world. Throughout
this conference we allowed the teams in our section to gain a better understanding of how to operate sectional events, develop skills for
public speaking, and bond as a team overall. In October South Coast
hosted the Chapter Officer Leadership Conference in Hollister. This is
where we revealed our theme not only for COLC but for the whole year.
We encouraged our members to find the “Power of Purpose” in their role
as chapter leaders. There we designed workshops pertaining to each
perspective office explaining their roles and duties to their chapter. We
allowed our chapter teams to grow closer together and gain a better
understanding of how to work and function. Our goal this year for the
South Coast Region is to have our members understand the importance
and impact they have in their schools, homes, communities, and in the
FFA.
California FFANEWS • PAGE 8 • Winter 2018