Wyoming
Chamber of Commerce Executives
Scholarship Program
Application Instructions
Purpose:
The purpose of the Wyoming Chamber of Commerce (WCCE) Scholarship
Program is to assist professional chamber of commerce staff and
those directly involved with the chamber of commerce efforts in
their communities with training costs that promote their professional
development. This program is intended to be a benefit of membership
in WCCE.
Funding:
Each year WCCE will provide scholarships to assist qualified members
of the organization with professional training. Scholarship funding
may be applied to program tuition and/or travel expenses. Funding
for the WCCE Scholarship Program is provided through the Wyoming
Business Council and WCCE. Scholarships will be limited to one
per organization, per year. Additional scholarships can be funded
at the discretion of the WCCE Board. The Scholarship Program is
limited to available funding on a first-come, first-served basis.
Program
Eligibility:
Participation in the WCCE Scholarship Program is limited to members
of WCCE. The scholarships are provided to Wyoming members actively
working in a chamber of commerce as paid professional staff or
in smaller Wyoming communities without full-time paid chamber
of commerce staff, for designated persons involved in local community
chamber of commerce activities. Priority will be placed on first
time paid chamber of commerce staff to develop their professional
chamber of commerce skills. Eligible training programs include
ACCE, NAMD, Institute for Organizational Management, Leadership
Wyoming and others as approved by WCCE. Additional training programs
may be eligible for consideration with adequate justification
of the training’s benefits to the community and state.
Eligible
Expenditures:
Scholarship awards may be designated to cover either the greater
of total program tuition expenses or $500 of actual expenses (registration
fees and/or travel costs). Expenses eligible for reimbursement
through the WCCE Scholarship Program are limited to tuition or
registration fees, including training materials, and/or travel
expenses. Tuition/registration expenses may be prepaid directly
by WCCE to the educational organization, upon request, or reimbursed
upon completion of the training via submission of the Final Report.
Travel expenses will be paid in the form of a reimbursement only.
If
the scholarship is sponsoring a combination of tuition and transportation
expenses, or tuition is not prepaid directly, the following expenses
will be paid as follows:
1. Travel. Automobile mileage will be paid at the current IRS
rate. Air travel will be reimbursed up to, but not more than the
automobile mileage cost.
2. Incidental ground transportation required to reach the meeting
destination.
3. Meals (not to exceed $50 per day), unless included in registration
fee.
4. Hotel/motel accommodations for the dates of the training.
5. Actual tuition/registration fees.
Other
expenses that are specific to a particular training program and
not covered above require prior written authorization from the
WCCE Training and Scholarship Committee, which is made up of WCCE’s
Executive Board.
Application
Process:
The organization requesting a WCCE Scholarship must complete and
submit a scholarship application form to WCCE for approval at
least 45 days prior to the starting date of the training program
they are applying for. If applying for prepayment of tuition/registration
fees, an original registration form must be submitted with this
application. If applying for expense reimbursement, please include
registration costs and estimated travel expenses in the “Itemized
Request” section of your application. This application must
also include a letter from the sponsoring chamber’s Board
of Directors supporting the individual participant’s training.
Expenses will be reimbursed upon receipt of paid invoices.
Required
Reporting:
Participants in the Scholarship Program are required to complete
a Request for Payment/Reimbursement, accompanied by copies of
registration form, paid invoices or credit card charges.
Wyoming
Leadership Class:
WCCE will cover tuition to the Wyoming Leadership Class for the
Board President following their term.
Click on the link below to view the scholarship
form, fill it out, print it and send it to:
Wyoming Chamber of Commerce Executives
P.O. Box 301
Wheatland, Wyoming 82201
Scholarship Form
