Membership Officer

The Role

1. What the local membership officer does (and doesn't do), What is a membership officer responsible for?  (what do they do)
2. How local membership officer differs from the National Membership Officer and Membership Director (how it fits in)
3. Working with your ExComm and RVC
4. Setting expectations with your local board
5. The philosophy: members who never attend events still matter–all members matter

Membership Office Activities

Welcoming New Members

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Keeping Members Engaged

• Event Calendar Best Practices - newsletter as the authoritative source, lead times, what to include in listings (contact, directions, accessibility notes, pets/stairs)
  • Other types of calendar info (regular emails, Meetup, Facebook, local group website, national website event calendar)
• Variety of Offerings - making the case for non-food events, ideas by category (active, intellectual, creative, social)
• Logistics - transportation info, public venues vs. private homes, how to make events findable (signage, host tips, mapping caveats)
• New Member Orientation - what to cover, building a local new member handbook (encourage website), greeting new members

New Member handbook for wiki: Communications guide, MC, SIG, profile, email choices, definitions: national new member handbook, encouragement to attend events, guest policy, how to meet people, Jargon Decoder

Supporting Remote Members

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