MDI S1 Program Documents
A "Table of Contents" for the S1 Program manuals is in the S1 Program Guide, but here I list all the pieces in alphabetical order by title, as a precaution against the frequent occurrence of documents disappearing from "the cloud".
Essential Guide for New Division S1s
("Division S1: The First 30 Days")
Expectations and Agreements (has a couple small sections relevant to the S1 program)
General S1 Communication Standards
MDI Division S1 Position Overview
One-on-Ones and Regular Meetings
("Building Effective Relationships")
Regional S1 Manual (no link: not available to the general MDI membership)
Team S1 Duties (2025)
1. Support Your Leader
Support your leader in implementing his vision by reviewing his plans, providing feedback, helping to facilitate decision-making and being a trusted confidant. Practically speaking, you assist him by scheduling and tracking meetings, overseeing a flow of communications and managing online tools.
2. Relay Messaging
Ensure any messaging is clear and engaging and that all members within your sphere get messaging from the Division, Region and MDI international. Ideally, you want MDI members to get the spirit of the message so that they get the opportunity to develop an appreciation and pride in the organization that supports them.
3. Roster Management
Support an accurate roster by reporting or recording member and role changes on personal and leadership teams.
4. Dues Management (Member Integrity)
In joining MDI, men promise to make dues payments on time. S1s support the integrity of the member and his men’s team by instituting a conversation within the team about members who have failed to pay their dues on time.
This conversation is to build trust and respect, and get to know where the man "is at" presently in his life. Listen to be clear. After building a relationship of trust and respect you can find out more; every man who is late on paying dues has his own situation.
5. Team Connection
Meet with your S1 program leader and your S1 team regularly as a group plus on a One On One basis to know them as people and to receive mentoring, training, operational details and to brainstorming on how to improve the effectiveness of the S1 role. The same can be said of developing a connection with Team members beyond the Team Meetings.
This page was written in the "embarrassingly readable" markup language RHTF, and was last updated on 2026 Sep 23.
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