Governance

• Organizational Goals for State Ophthalmology Societies (PDF 25K)
• Sample State Society Annual Plan (PDF 480K)
• Sample State Society Mission Statements (PDF 18K)
• Template Policy Statement on Anticompetitive Behavior (PDF 509K)

Working with Volunteers

• Sample volunteer leader position description: President (PDF 91K)
• Sample committee description: Finance Committee (PDF 46K)
• Sample committee procedures (PDF 117K) 
• Sample board of trustees orientation book (PDF 1.9M) 

Working with Staff

• Sample state society executive director position description (MS Word 70K)

Communication to Members

• Sample Annual Report (PDF 1.3M) 
• Sample State Society Newsletters
  • California (PDF 1.6M)
  • California Sept. 2008 (PDF 302K) 
  • Indiana (PDF 18K)
  • Michigan (PDF 1M)
  • New York (PDF 1.7M)
• Sample Membership Directory (PDF 1M) excerpts from Washington directory

Membership Recruiting/Retention

• State Membership Chair Manual (PDF 1.9M)
• Archived State Society Membership Pearls messages
  • Developing a Relationship Management Plan (PDF 40K)
  • Member Segmentation (PDF 35K)
  • Board Member Participation (PDF 36K)

Educational Meetings

• Sample state society annual meeting brochures
  • Alabama (PDF 279K); includes technician program
  • California (PDF 398K); includes technician program 
  • Washington (PDF 1M)

Society Programs

• Leadership Development Program - Project Abstracts by Year
  • Contents (PDF 337K)
  • LDP I, Class of 1999 Project Abstracts (PDF 991K)
  • LDP II, Class of 2000 Project Abstracts (PDF 431K)
  • LDP III, Class of 2001 Project Abstracts (PDF 243K)
  • LDP IV, Class of 2002 Project Abstracts (PDF 84K)
  • LDP V, Class of 2003 Project Abstracts (PDF 132K)
  • LDP VI, Class of 2004 Project Abstracts (PDF 115K)
  • LDP VII, Class of 2005 Project Abstracts (PDF 105K)
  • LDP VIII, Class of 2006 Project Abstracts (PDF 880K)
  • LDP IX, Class of 2007 Project Abstracts (PDF 985K)
  • LDP X, Class of 2008 Project Abstracts (PDF 634K)
  • Index (PDF 1.1M)

Academy Resources

• State Affairs Programs (PDF 42K)
• Leadership Development Program
• Advocacy Ambassador Program
  • Program description (PDF 42K)
  • Template Nomination Form (MS Word 132K)
• 2008 Residents Noontime Session booklet (PDF 1.9M): "Welcome to the Real World of Ophthalmology: Reality 101 for Residents and Fellows"
• Ethics education at state society meetings:  Jerome W. Bettman Sr., MD, Ethics Education Lecture Program
• CODEquest Ophthalmic Coding College coding education programs jointly sponsored by AAOE and state ophthalmology societies
• Joint Sponsorship of CME (PDF 157K)

Other

• OMIC Cooperative Ventures with State Societies (PDF 434K)