The Chamber of Commerce would like to congratulate all of this year's graduates on their great projects that have made a wonderful impact on our LOU community. Way to go Leaders!
2010 Class Graduation and Leadership Award Winner Press Release
2010 Leadership Award Recipient David Flautt (middle) with Leadership Lafayette Program Chair Mary-Kathryn Millner and Chamber Chairman of the Board Randy Leister.The Leadership Award got to a program participant who has excelled throughout the program, who has shown outstanding leadership skills, as well as dedication and excellence in community service. The award is voted on by the entire class.
2010 Leadership Lafayette Class
Requirements for Successful Participation
Beginning in January and ending in August, each monthly session is packed with information about our unique community. This monthly commitment between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m. will be time well spent acquiring knowledge about community and current issues in Lafayette County, as well as focused leadership training. The following requirements must be met for successful completion/graduation:
- Attendance at sessions is mandatory. Only ONE absence is allowed.
- Except in truly unavoidable situations, punctuality and maintaining presence for the entire session is required.
- Where a personal or business crisis arises, the participant is required
to make up any missed session according to guidelines established by the Steering Committee. - Active participation in a community based project.
Selection of Class Participants
Leadership Lafayette participants are selected by the Steering Committee on the basis of completed applications received. 2010 Class applications are available now. The deadline for applications is December 11, 2009. Preference will be given to candidates who, in addition to their potential for leadership, would contribute to the overall diversity and strength of the class and have available time to commit to the program and future community service. Program participation is limited to 25. Tuition for the program is $300.00. (That’s an average of only $30 per session!)
Successful Past Projects
The Community We See - With the mission to make an immediate, lasting contribution to the overall beautification of public and private lands in Lafayette County, the team placed 21 trash receptacles in public areas
around the county and held a campaign to promote beautification of private property.
Community 2000 - A visioning project to help the city develop a master plan. That project is now called Vision 2020 and is certainly one
of the most impactful projects that Oxford has ever seen.
Green Lafayette Oxford University (GLOU) - GLOU’s mission was to work with the LOU community to raise awareness of green initiatives by providing re-usable shopping bags to the community. They passed out 1500 bags at various events and promoted a greener LOU to area citizens.
