This Tuesday Tipster is for Postsecondary chapters only.

UPCOMING DEADLINES
January 18 (Tomorrow): Statesman Torch Award deadline
January 30: Enter all dues-paying student members in online membership registration system
February 1: Dues payment deadline
February 1: State Leadership Conference registration deadline

UPCOMING EVENTS
February 11: State Leadership Conference (Northwood University, Midland, MI)

***IMPORTANT*** WSAP GUIDELINES FOR STATE COMPETITION
The WSAP Guidelines and ancillary documents have been updated quite a bit this year. In order to make sure everyone is on the same page for state competition, the official version that will be used for the SLC is posted online at http://www.michiganbpa.org/documents. This is the version you should provide to your students as they prepare for competition. (See note below regarding "Competitive Event Documentation Forms.")

BPA SCHEDULER REGISTRATION IS OPEN
Registration for the Michigan BPA Postsecondary State Leadership Conference is located at http://www.bpascheduler.com. Each chapter must use this Web site in order to register students for their competitions for the state conference. Your password to use the site is your six digit chapter ID number which starts with "04" such as "04-xxxx."

ADDING ADDITIONAL MEMBERS
You can add additional members up until January 30, 2012. You can add these additional members by going online to the http://www.registermychapter.com/bpamem/. Remember, all dues payments must be received at both the state and national offices on or before February 1, 2012. Both offices accept MasterCard and VISA if you wish to pay via credit card. If you wish to use a credit card to pay for you STATE membership dues, please visit http://www.michiganbpa.org/credit.

Please make sure you enter all your final names no later than January 30. This will make sure that the names are updated on the BPA Scheduler system for you to be able to submit your conference registration on the February 1 deadline.

COMPETITIVE EVENT DOCUMENTATION FORMS
Pre-submitted Event Documentation/Entry Forms (in Word Format) are posted online at
http://www.bpa.org/compete.aspx?div=ps&go=eventdownload. You will need the following documents:
*** Individual Event Entry Form and Statement of Originality
*** Team Event Entry Form and Statement of Originality
*** Release Form

Make sure students are following the guidelines in the SLC edition of the WSAP Guidelines when preparing materials for these competitions. (See message above regarding "WSAP Guidelines for State Competition.")

Handwritten forms will NOT be accepted and will result in disqualification. Obviously, if there is an area where it tells the student to print or sign his/her name, handwriting is allowed in that spot.

REPEAT: Handwritten forms will NOT be accepted and will result in DISQUALIFICATION.

Remember, if you want to look up your student's contestant numbers to include on these forms, please logon to the membership registration system at http://www.registermychapter.com/bpamem/ and click on "Enter/View Your Members" and then "List All." The 10-digit number that is next to the students' names will be their contestant # for the SLC.

NOTE: Events are not pre-submitted in advance for the Postsecondary SLC. You will bring everything with you to the state conference.

SLC ATTENDANCE
Remember, if you are *NOT* going to participate in the postsecondary state leadership conference or you are no longer active in BPA, please let me know. This will allow us to better plan the day's events if we know right away what chapters will or will not be participating.