Angela Lala
March Update
Hi New York FBLA!! Happy March, and Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all our Irish members. I’m so glad that spring is finally here and that the weather is getting warmer. Small update for my friend’s promposal: she said yes!!! My friend unfortunately did not win Mr. Lakeland but at least he won a prom date. SLC is a short time away so some tips for packing from my personal experience are: bring warm clothes (Rochester is basically always freezing), make a checklist beforehand of all of the materials you need to bring for competitions, and bring at least one pair of flats because if you only have heels, you will be in pain the whole conference. I can’t wait to see over 700 members of NYSFBLA at Rochester soon, and I’m so excited for you guys to find out the theme of the dance soon. I know this year’s SLC is going to be even better than the last and I look forward to meeting as many people as possible at the Conference, so don’t be afraid to come up and say hi! Send me questions, concerns, or what you’re most excited for at SLC at 1parliamentarian@nysfbla.org!!😋
February Update
Hello New York FBLA!!! I hope everyone has had a great February this year with that extra leap day meaning some of our members could potentially be turning 3 or 4 this year (for the 2008 & 2012 kids). I got to attend the District 3N and 3S FDMs this month and I’m so glad I got to see a ton of members from FDM along with a few new ones, alongside my state officers. In tune with February being the month of love I actually helped my friend plan his promposal for my best friend and he’s going to be doing it at a huge senior pageant that my school has so I’m very excited for that to go through. If my best friend wanted to find out about her promposal and spoil it for herself in a meeting using parliamentary procedure, she could go about it by using the incidental motion to rise to a point of information and saying, “I rise to a point of information regarding how I’m going to be promposed to”. The chair would then be forced to spoil her amazing promposal and it would be a bummer. Hopefully she doesn’t read these and figure out it’s about her, but if she does at least she knows a new motion she can use in parli pro!! Send me questions, concerns, or promposal ideas at 1parliamentarian@nysfbla.org!!💘☝️
January Update
I hope everyone’s 2024 has been going smoothly so far as we transition into some of these (much) colder months. I bore these freezing temperatures to see my fellow state officers at JJM January 26th, and we made a lot of cool decisions pertaining to SLC that will be public knowledge soon! I had a lot of fun reuniting with everyone and getting to hear all about how everyone’s chapters were running was really cool. If you’re in a debate where everyone is getting multiple opinions in on a motion, make sure to remind yourself that the limit for speaking turns in debate is twice, BUT you can move to extend the limits of debate to five speaking terms to accommodate for the particularly impassioned speakers (or yappers lol). I hope that everyone is following through on at least one of their New Year’s resolutions or wishes and I wish you all the best of luck going into February!! Send me questions, concerns, or any general updates on your chapter at 1parliamentarian@nysfbla.org !!!!!!🪩🧑⚖️
December Update
Happy New Year!!!! I hope all of you have been having a great 2024 so far and that you’re well rested from holiday break. My December has been amazing, although hectic, with that stretch of year between Thanksgiving and Christmas Break being filled with tests, quizzes, and presentations. I also performed in my ballet studio’s Nutcracker production which was an awesome experience that always gets me in a more festive mood. Even though there was no snow where I was I still had a great Christmas with my family and got to see my friends that are finally home from college!! All of us State Officers have a meeting at the end of JJM in which we are going to make all of the decisions pertaining to SLC and other topics, but I’m super excited to reunite with everyone! Happy 2024 and feel free to send me questions, concerns, or your New Years resolutions at 1parliamentarian@nysfbla.org!!!🎆
November Update
Hello all!! I hope everyone has had a restful Thanksgiving break this month filled with family, friends, and food obviously. November has been a pretty eventful month for FBLA with the NFLCs and the first due date to apply for State Officer Candidacy also being in November and if you have an interview for State Officer Candidacy coming up, good luck! It’s also approaching finals season so if you have any siblings or friends in college wish them luck and/or console them through these times. November has been pretty busy for me as I’m always rehearsing for my company’s production of Nutcracker that is now in less than two weeks😱. We haven’t gotten any snow yet, but I’m still holding out hope for December! Make sure to complete a level of BAAs for a ribbon at SLC and I hope you all have had a great November and feel free to email me with questions, concerns, or your local landscape (hopefully snowier than mine🙄) at 1parliamentarian@nysfbla.org 🦃!!!
October Update
Hi everyone!! I hope everyone has had a fantastic October whether your favorite thing to do is ordering the seasonal drinks at Starbucks, watching the leaves change, or watching super scary movies. I’ve had an awesome October going apple picking, starting up my Nutcracker rehearsals, and getting time to hang out with all of my friends! I recently attended both District 3S and 3N’s FDMs and I had such a great time meeting new members, running workshops, and seeing some of the state officers again. I’m always glad to see the ambitious and hard working members we have in our state and I couldn’t be prouder! My Parliamentary involvement mainly consisted of informing the people running the FDMs how many times to bang the gavel (two gavel taps to start a meeting, one gavel tap to adjourn it) but I’ve also worked on a basic Parliamentary Procedure slideshow for District 3N’s FDM and it was fun to be able to share some knowledge about Parli Pro with other members. Overall I think October was a success, I hope you all have had a happy halloweekend and Halloween, and feel free to email me with questions, concerns, or creative Halloween costumes at 1parliamentarian@nysfbla.org 🍁🎃!!!
September Update
Hi NY FBLA!! September has been a BUSY month for me this year with school and all of my extracurriculars starting seeming all at once but it made the month interesting so I don’t mind at all. So far I’ve gone to football games and taken the themes very seriously, started my dance classes again with our company’s Nutcracker auditions coming up soon, and have gotten settled into all of my classes. I have a couple of dance performances coming up soon in town fair which are always a little nerve-wracking but exciting nevertheless. I’m also very prepared for fall to really start kicking in with the leaves starting to change and Starbucks fall menu coming out (Iced Chai Latte with Pumpkin Cold Foam on top). I’m also anticipating the FDMs I will be attending soon which I have already prepared for!
I have been going through my Parliamentary Procedure slideshow to create a simpler slideshow for FDM which has come with great success and I still really like the theme I used for both slideshows which is always fun! I also sent several of my favorite state scenery pictures to our awesome state historian which I highly recommend you all do. New York is especially beautiful this time of year. We need to see some foliage pics! I have also gathered some short facts about Parliamentary Procedure and will be posting them to the NYS FBLA Instagram at random intervals so be sure to look out for that. I hope you all have a fantastic fall and celebrate the spooky season by watching tons of Halloween movies! Email me any questions, concerns, or Halloween movie recommendations at 1parliamentarian@nysfbla.org 🙂
August Update
Hi Again New York State FBLA!! This August has mainly consisted of me trying to hang out with all of my senior friends before they leave for college 🙁 , going on a ton of walks, and preparing myself for this upcoming school year. In terms of FBLA throughout August I attended our first Monthly Conference Call of the year where I got to see all of the State Officers again after SOT which was awesome. Also, if you’ve been checking the New York FBLA Instagram recently you’ll notice the pinned posts that introduce the team to everyone which I also worked on because I wanted everyone to see the fun and interesting side of the team I got to see at SOT! For this upcoming year I am the Committee Chair of the Career Development Committee, which I HIGHLY suggest you join using the applications that will come out on the website soon, and I hope everyone has as much fun completing the POW challenges as I had coming up with them with my committee.
July Update
Hello New York State FBLA!!! My name is Angela Lala and I’m thrilled to be serving as your 2023-2024 New York State Parliamentarian. This is my first website update and it’s an eventful one for sure because this past July I’ve been working with my fellow officers at State Officer Training! Before SOT I had mainly just been going out with friends, visiting the city, and even celebrating my birthday, but during SOT I bonded with my state officer team, worked tirelessly on POW challenges with my committee and even got to know the Board of Trustees. This training has not only taught me how to be a competent officer, but has also made me excited for this coming year and I hope I can meet as many of you as possible whether in person or virtually.
The main question that comes up when I tell people my position is “What do you even do?” which is valid and also a question I had at the beginning of the year. As a parliamentarian it is my job to make sure meetings run smoothly with the correct usage of Parliamentary Procedure. Parliamentary Procedure is basically a universal guide explaining how to run meetings with instructions on how to make motions in order to propose ideas, change aspects of a meeting, and make sure that the meeting is hitting all of the points set in an agenda. Agendas are hugely helpful, especially to all of my chapter presidents out there, because they provide a basic guide on what topics and points you want to hit within a meeting and make sure it stays on track. Throughout this coming year I will put out little Parliamentary Procedure tidbits on our Instagram @newyorkfbla so make sure to look out for that, as well as in articles for the FBLA Express which you can find right here on our website!