Organizational Purposes
ACHE- SouthEastTexasChapter( ACHE-SETC) is a dba of ACHE- Greater Houston Chapter, Inc., a 501( c)( 6) corporation incorporated in 1999. The purposes for which the Corporation is organized and operated are educational. To accomplish such purposes, the Corporation:
� Assists and supports, in the southeast Texas region, the stated goals and objectives of the American College of Healthcare Executives(" ACHE ") national organization;
� Promotes professional interaction among individuals with responsibility in healthcare management;
� Provides assistance to meet the continuing education needs of the Corporation ' s membership that is in alignment with the " structured agreement " between the Chapter and ACHE; � Endeavors to recruit qualified applicants for affiliation with ACHE; � Establishes a liaison mechanism between members of the Corporation and ACHE to encourage participation in the affairs of ACHE; � Sponsors programs that will further any and all of the above and will provide members of the Corporation with the necessary forums for professional fellowship;
� Performs such other functions as may be necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purposes of the Corporation.
The Educational Foundation of the SouthEastTexasChapter, Inc., a 501( c)( 3) corporation, was incorporated in 2012. It is an independent affiliate of the ACHE- SouthEastTexasChapter, but is not affiliated, in any way, with the American College of Healthcare Executives. The purposes for which the Foundation Corporation is organized and operated are as follows:
� To support the educational needs of the members of the ACHE- SETC through seminars, programs, workshops, quarterly educational events held within the southeast Texas region( SETXR); an annual international health conference in Houston, TX, various panel discussions, classes, and training sessions;
� To offer and provide healthcare management instruction and training( including both theoretical knowledge and practical skills) designed for, but certainly not limited in attendance to healthcare managers and administrators within the SETXR;
� To sponsor local and national keynote presenters with expertise or special knowledge in a particular field of the healthcare industry at its educational events to advance healthcare management excellence;
� To strive to present educational material that is in alignment with current healthcare trends and provide the opportunity for every attending early, mid and senior healthcare careerist to improve and further develop their own unique capabilities in healthcare management;
� As a public charity, to perpetuate the Foundation ' s activities through contributions from the general public, local and regional healthcare systems, hospitals, and strategic business partners that is committed to improving the future delivery of healthcare.
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