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2011 National Convention

John — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:54:13 +0000

The United States Junior Chamber Annual Meeting was held June 8 – 11, 2011 in Lisle, Illinois with delegates from El Dorado & Magnolia in attendance.

Past State President & current National Vice-President John Baine was recognized by 2010 National President Jeff Lank with a Presidential Medallion for outstanding service last year. John Baine also completed requirements to become a JCI Certified National Trainer earlier that week.

Spring 2011 Newsletter Available

Jeff — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:42:16 +0000

The Spring Newsletter is now available. Thanks to Carolyn Hefke and Jennifer Baine for putting this together for us.

2010 Year End Awards

John — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:25:31 +0000

The 2010 Year-End Awards were presented on Saturday, March 5th by 73rd State President Jeff Deniston in Jonesboro. The winners are:

Jaycee of the Year: John Baine, El Dorado Jaycees

Outstanding Chapter of the Year: Fort Smith Jaycees

Outstanding Local President President of the Year: Hannah Stephens, Magnolia Jaycees

Outstanding Local Officer of the Year: Josh Groner, Fort Smith Jaycees

Outstanding State Officer of the Year: Sam Abernathy, Jonesboro Jaycees

Parade of Chapters:

Jonesboro Jaycees
Magnolia Jaycee
El Dorado Jaycees

Why Should You Be A Jaycee?

John — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:39:01 +0000

Ever wanted to attend a Jaycee meeting or unsure what we are about. Jeff Riggs joined the Fort Smith Jaycees and wrote a column about it at The City Wire, check it out at http://www.thecitywire.com/index.php?q=node/10352

El Dorado Jaycee Elected National Vice-President

John — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:26:14 +0000

John Baine of El Dorado was elected as a National Vice-President of The United States Junior Chamber for 2011. The election was held at the 90th Annual Meeting on June 4, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

John Baine served as President of the El Dorado Jaycees in 2006 when he led the Chapter to #1 in Arkansas and #3 in the United States in the National Parade of Chapters. His work earned him the Charles Kulp, Jr. Memorial Award from The United States Junior Chamber and the Local Chapter President of the Year Award from the Arkansas Junior Chamber. He went on to serve as Business Development Vice-President of the Arkansas Junior Chamber in 2007 where he was recognized with the Dennis Hamilton Memorial Award for Outstanding Programming by The United States Junior Chamber. He served as the 71st President of the Arkansas Junior Chamber in 2008 and Chairman of the Board in 2009.

He is a JCI Certified Local Trainer and was appointed by The United States Junior Chamber President Jeff Lank as the 2010 Chair of The United States Junior Chamber Training Task Force. The Training Task Force was created to develop training materials for state and local chapters.

He is an accountant with Murphy Oil Corporation and is serving his fifth term as a Justice of the Peace on the Union County Quorum Court. He is also active on the boards of the Arkansas Association of Quorum Courts, Arkansas State University Alumni Association, and was appointed by Governor Mike Beebe to the Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources Advisory Committee.

Arkansas Jaycees in New Orleans at United States Jaycees Annual Meeting

Jennifer Baine — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:26:00 +0000

At the Opening Ceremony and Awards Toby Stephens received for Arkansas the plaque for coming in 7th place in the Parade of States. John Judd and Jeff Taylor of Jonesboro won Presidential Medallions for R.E.D. Alert. Chad Peterson of Conway was awarded a Presidential Medallion for his work as State President. Sam Abernathy of Jonesboro was award the Outstanding Local Vice-President Award.

John Baine of El Dorado was nominated for National Vice-President. John was placed forward by Arkansas; he was nominated by South Dakota and seconded by Iowa. John’s nomination acceptance speech was great and received resounding applause. He was elected by acclamation at the Annual Meeting. He is the first Arkansas Jaycee elected to national office since Chris Reese was elected National President back in 1998.

The following national officers were elected at the Annual Meeting:

President-elect Joanie Cramer, North Carolina

National Vice-Presidents elect:
Heather Austin, Ohio
John Baine, Arkansas
Kathy Crick, Illinois
Misty Miner, Montana
Amy Newton, Pennsylvania
Bob Prater, Georgia
Arwen Pritchett, Florida
Jennifer Ray, Maryland

Arkansas Jaycee attends JCI Conference of the Americas

John — Wed, 19 May 2010 02:14:34 +0000

: The photo left to right: John Baine (El Dorado, Arkansas), JCI Executive Vice-President for the Americas Michelle MacDonald McAlister (Michigan, USA), and JCI World President Roland Kwemain (Buea Summit, Cameroon)

John Baine recently participated in the 2010 JCI Conference of the Americas. He served as one of three voting delegates representing the United States Junior Chamber. The Conference is held annually with all the nations of North & South America, this year’s conference had 800 total delegates in Rosario, Argentina.

He is the 2010 Chair of the United States Junior Chamber Training Task Force and a JCI Certified Local Trainer with Junior Chamber International, JCI. JCI is a worldwide leadership development organization with 200,000 members in 5,000 local chapters in over 100 countries. JCI is the worldwide organization that includes the United States Junior Chamber and the Arkansas Junior Chamber.

Baine served as President of the El Dorado Jaycees in 2006. He went on to serve the Arkansas Junior Chamber as Business Development Vice-President in 2007, as the 71st President in 2008, and as Chairman of the Board in 2009.

El Dorado Jaycee to Chair United States Junior Chamber Training Task Force

John — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:40:02 +0000

John Baine was appointed by United States Junior Chamber President Jeff Lank as the 2010 Chair of the United States Junior Chamber Training Task Force. The Training Task Force was created to develop training materials for state and local chapters along with operating a trainer’s database of the some two-hundred US based JCI Trainers as well as other trainers with special skills available to local chapters through the Junior Chamber University program.

He recently completed all requirements to become a JCI Certified Local Trainer with Junior Chamber International, JCI. Baine is the only graduate of the JCI Trainer program in the state of Arkansas and is responsible for interactive member training within local Junior Chamber chapters across the state. JCI is a worldwide leadership development organization with 200,000 members in 5,000 local chapters in over 100 countries. JCI is the worldwide organization that includes the United States Junior Chamber, the Arkansas Junior Chamber, and the El Dorado Jaycees.

He is an accountant with Murphy Oil Corporation and is serving his fifth term as a Justice of the Peace on the Union County Quorum Court. He is also active on the boards of the Boomtown Toastmasters of El Dorado, Arkansas Association of Quorum Courts, Arkansas State University Alumni Association, and was appointed by Governor Beebe to the Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources Advisory Committee.

Bradley Phillips named to the 40 Under 40

Jeff — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:41:40 +0000

Business Development Vice President Bradley Phillips has been named to Arkansas Business‘s 2008 40 Under 40. 40 Under 40 recognizes “intriguing business and political leaders under 40 years old who bear watching”.

Bradley Phillips : 40 Under 40 | ArkansasBusiness.com