LOCAL CHAPTER ANNUAL BUSINESS REPORT

Roger H. Stubing Award

Local Chapter Annual Business Report provides chapter members with the opportunity to share their chapter’s Program of Work and activities for the year. This competitive event consists of a pre-judged report on the state level.

Event Overview

Division: High School
Event Type: Team of 1, 2 or 3 members present the chapter project
Event Category: Chapter Event
Event Elements: Pre-judged Report
Pre-judged Component: 17-page report due by date specified in SLC registration packet
NACE Connections: Career & Self-Development, Critical Thinking, Communication, Leadership, Professionalism, Teamwork

District

There is no competition for this on the district level.

State

Eligibility

·         FBLA membership dues are paid by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on December 1 (or earlier date specified by District Director) of the current program year.
·         Members must be registered for the SLC and pay the State conference registration fee in order to participate in competitive events.
·         Members must stay in an official FBLA hotel in order to compete.
·         Each chapter may submit one entry.
·         Each competitor can only compete in one individual/team event and one chapter event (American Enterprise Project, Community Service Project, Local Chapter Annual Business Report, Partnership with Business Project).
·         All members of a team must consist of individuals from the same chapter.

Recognition

·         The number of competitors will determine the number of winners. The maximum number of winners for each competitive event is 5.

Event Administration

·         On the state level, this event has one portion:  the pre-judged report.

·         Pre-judged Report

o   Submission Deadline: A PDF of the report must be uploaded in the conference registration system by the date specified in the SLC registration packet.
o   Number of Pages: The report will be no more than seventeen (17) pages.
o   Report Specifics

§  The first page (front cover) should include the name of school, state, name of the event, and school year (2024-25) on the cover.
§  The second page must include a table of contents and each page must be numbered.  
§  Divider pages and appendices are optional and must be included in the page count.
§  Reports must describe chapter activities conducted from the end of the 2024 State Leadership Conference to the end of the 2025 State Leadership Conference.

o   Restricted Items: QR codes and links cannot be included in the report.
o   Competitors must prepare reports. Advisers and others are not permitted to write reports. Reports must be original, current, and not submitted for a previous NLC.
o   Pages must be formatted to fit on 8 ½” x 11” paper.
o   Reports should follow the rating sheet sequence.
o   Chapter activity artifacts are included and accurately and professionally displayed.
o   The report is pre-judged before the SLC.
o   Pre-judged materials will not be returned. Reports submitted for competition become the property of FBLA. These reports may be used for publication and/or reproduced for sale by FBLA.

National

Be sure to see the National guidelines at:  https://www.fbla.org/divisions/fbla/fbla-competitive-events/