Important update about the Chapter Operating Requirement for joint membership in 2008. Click here for the announcement.

CORE: ASTD Chapter Operating Requirements

What is CORE?

ASTD Chapter Operating Requirements (CORE) are a set of performance guidelines designed to help chapters deliver consistent benefits to members. CORE consists of elements in five key areas: administration, financial, membership, professional development, and communication, which are necessary for running a chapter like a business.

Where did the need for CORE come from?

Chapter leaders requested a clear set of standards to assist them in providing excellent services and benefits to their members. ASTD appointed a task force of chapter leaders to develop these standards, which came to be known as CORE elements. These requirements must be met for chapters to remain chartered ASTD chapters

How were the CORE standards developed?

 Although originally developed in 1998, the CORE process has been redesigned and will become effective in a phased approach, beginning with the 2007 submission, due in January 2008. The CORE Committee, made up of current and past chapter leaders and representatives of the National Advisors for Chapters (NAC), in partnership with Chapter Services staff, has thoroughly reviewed the elements and revised them to assist chapters in delivering consistent benefits to members and to attain the greatest level of success possible.

Other CORE facts and documentation:

• 2009 CORE Submission Summary
• Letter from Tony Bingham, ASTD CEO
• CORE Element Quick List
• CORE element matrix 
• CORE submission worksheet
• CORE update chapter-wide presentation
• CORE Policy
• CORE FAQs
• Model Bylaws
• Tips from CORE Committee
• ALC 2008 CORE Breakout Session

CORE Samples and Templates Requested
The Chapter Recognition Committee and the CORE Committee are joining forces to identify chapter best practices for the Sharing Our Success (SOS) recognition that link to the new and updated CORE elements. If your chapter’s best practice, sample form or template links to CORE and is accepted for SOS recognition, it will also be posted as a resource on the CORE homepage and help other chapters with their CORE achievement efforts. To submit your SOS best practice, click here.

Congratulations to the chapters that achieved 100 percent CORE in 2008: