Important update about the Chapter Operating Requirement for joint membership in 2010. Click here for the announcement.

CORE: ASTD Chapter Operating Requirements

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.

CORE Resources for Chapter Leaders

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.

Chapter Membership Stars & Superstars Announcement

In 2008, about 75 percent of ASTD chapters met or were above the CORE requirement of 30 percent joint membership. The CORE membership goal helps establish that members of the national organization and its chapters are part of the same organization with shared valuable resources and a shared compelling mission that effectively meets members’ professional development needs. ASTD would like to give recognition to those chapters who went above and beyond the 30 percent requirement; these chapters are our membership STAR and SUPERSTAR chapters.

Special recognition goes to the Mid New Jersey chapter who had 91 percent joint membership within their chapter. This is an remarkable achievement and shows their commitment to informing members of the benefits of both ASTD national and its local chapters. The Mid-NJ chapter received one complimentary registration to the ASTD Chapter Leaders Conference (ALC). Congratulations to the chapter – be sure to attend ALC to learn how they did it!

The following chapters were 100 percent CORE and Chapter Membership SUPERSTARS:  over 50 percent joint membership