Chapter Startup Kit

Starting a new AAPI-MSR chapter? Congratulations! We are excited to have you on board and are looking forward to working with you during the year. We have set up this membership kit to help you start your local chapter and effectively integrate it into our national ring. The first thing to look at is the membership checklist, which outlines the necessary steps to become an official recognized chapter. There is also a suggestions page that should help get things underway. My first piece of advice is to stay in contact with your regional representative, myself, and other nearby medical school chapters during this entire process. We can all give you lots of great ideas and options to start your new chapter. Also it will assist all of us in the greater goal of networking our South Asian medical community.

Remember membership is free and anyone can join. We ask that anybody that joins your local chapter also join the national parent AAPI organization. This will allow more efficient communication among all levels of AAPI and AAPI-MSR. There are also some requirements for your local chapter constitution, which can be found under the Sample AAPI-MSR Constitution.

This is an amazing undertaking and I applaud those of you that are willing to take on the responsibility. Please keep in contact with me and let me know how things are working out with you and your regional representative. The most important thing to do is completely have the New Chapter Checklist fulfilled. After fulfillment, send all the information to me and we will proceed from there. Best of luck!