AAW Local Chapter Best Practices are listed below. To view, click on the underlined links. Titles not underlined are suggested areas of interest, where a Best Practices has not yet been written. All AAW members and Chapters are encouraged to document your Best Practices experiences and submit a draft to our subcommittee. Please read our editorial policy before beginning to write a new Best Practice.

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Chapter Structure:

•   Starting a New Chapter 018
•   Chapter Bylaws 039 Simple in pdf and in Word
•   Chapter Bylaws 001 Expanded in pdf and in Word
•   Nonprofit Incorporation 043 (added 10/09)
•   Liability Insurance 013
•   Keeping and Maintaining Chapter Records 032
•   Bookkeeping
•   Officers and Elections
•   Passing the Baton 029
•   Archives 
•   Chapter Evaluation Checklist 015
•   AW Winter 2003, Building and Growing a Chapter 044 (added 4/08)
•   AW Winter 2004, Chapter Tune-Up 047 (added 4/08)
•   AW Spring 2005, Envision, Enable, Energize 048 (added 4/08)

Membership:

•   Leadership 002
•   Volunteerism 003
•   Growing a Chapter 020
•   Recruiting/Retention 034
•   New Member Orientation 033
•   Membership Dues
•   Directories and Privacy Issues
•   AAW Membership
•   Benefits of Local Membership 028
•   AW Fall 2004, Rewards of Starting a Chapter 046 (added 4/08)

Meetings and Demonstrations:

•   Video Support for Demonstrations 051 (added 2/09)
•   Meeting Frequency and Location 035
•   Meeting Agendas 004
•   Planning and Presenting a Useful Woodturning Demonstration 052 (added 2/10)
•   Handouts 053 (added 2/10)
•   Professional Demonstrators
•   Inter-Chapter Demonstrators
•   Chapter Video/Audio Systems 017
•   President's Challenge Project 031
•   Demonstration Equipment
•   Safety Guidelines
•   Show & Tell 038
•   Promoting a Demonstration 042
•   Gallery
•   Surveying Members' Interests 037 (added 9/09)
  

Multi-Club Relations and Events:

•   Multi-Chapter Competition/Exhibit
•   Multi-Chapter Picnic
•   Organizing Regional Symposiums
•   Symposium Check-List
•   AW Spring 2005, 10 Tips for a Successful Turning Event 050 (added 4/08)
  

Member Services:

•   Chapter Library 010
•   Wood Raffle 006
•   Chapter Store 009
•   Special Interest Groups
•   Sawdust Sessions
•   Field Trips
•   Chapter Apparel
•   Vendor Discounts 007
•   Mentoring Program
•   Used Tool Exchange
•   Wood Sources
•   Volunteer Thank You Raffle 012
•   Purchase Raffle Prizes 014
•   'Bring Back' 026
•   Symposium Check-List
•   AW Spring 2005, Rethinking Chapter Library 049 (added 4-6-08)
  

Exhibitions and Competitions:

•   Competition Formats
•   Sources for Judges
•   Judging Rules
•   Guidelines for Critiquing Work 005
•   AW Spring 2004, The Art of Critique 045 (added 4/08)
  

Publicity and Community Affairs:

•   Brochures 025
•   News Media
•   Craft Fairs
•   Community Projects
•   Historic Tree Project 008
•   Public Teaching
•   School Programs
•   Working with Other Art Groups
  

Chapter Communications:

•   Web Site 040
•   Mass Email System
•   Newsletters 016
•   Phone Tree/Wood Alert
•   Yahoo! Groups 011