We are very excited about our new membership structure for 2008-09! We have been serving Michigan's student council and honor society advisers and students for many, many years now. Our conferences help develop leadership in the youth of our state and also provide resources for advisers to continue that training throughout the school year when not at conferences. However, we realized that while our mission was on target, it was exclusive. Being exclusive certainly isn't a bad thing, unless the opportunities we provide are not available for the other students in your school through other associations.
It is with great pleasure that we now open our doors to ALL student leaders from all student groups! Some of our member schools have been ahead of the curve - already they bring their class officers to all of our conferences. Now we understand why - we provide services for student leaders and their advisers that no one else does.
With that in mind, we now offer a building-wide membership. This membership is all-inclusive for your entire school building - councils, chapters, class officers, SADD, Drama, Service Learning and all others that exist. It doesn't matter which groups you have or don't have - all of them can be included - all students can take advantage of the trainings we offer. Advisers from EACH group and students from EACH group can benefit from this new membership, ultimately creating a school where your student leaders can better connect, relate and lead their fellow students to success. All for one membership!
Our new membership rate is $150 per school year, per building. For schools that submit their membership forms prior to October 1, we will offer an "eager-leader" (or early bird!) rate of $125 for the year. We hope you will continue to join us as we make Michigan's students bigger, better and STRONGER leaders!
