NASIG Newsletter

MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Marla Chesler and Tina Feick, Co-chairs

REPORT OF ACTIVITIES FROM NOVEMBER 2006 – APRIL 2007

NARRATIVE OF ACTIVITIES SINCE LAST REPORT FROM OCTOBER 2006

CONTINUING ACTIVITIES

• A draft of the revised NASIG brochure has been sent to the NASIG Executive Board for review.  Morag Boyd, Alice Rhoades, Linda Griffin, Meg Walker, and Pam Cipkowski worked on the revision.   We will produce one set of quick set of brochures using a color printer to get the revised brochures out quickly – by May 16.  The professionally printed brochures will be available shortly afterward. (Strategic Direction #2 & 4)
• Tina Feick has been in contact with Tyler Goldberg, one of the Louisville Conference Planning Committee chairs to see if there were local serial-related groups that we could send membership brochures to encourage them to join and attend the conference. (Strategic Direction #2 & 6)
• Members of the MDC have volunteered to serve as mentors for the upcoming NASIG conference is Louisville, KY. (Strategic Direction #1 &2)
• We are still working on a survey to the NASIG commercial sector in order to determine what would keep NASIG relevant to the group and to increase participation in the commercial sector. (Strategic Direction #2 &6)
• After the conference, the MDC will contact attendees that did not join NASIG to see why they didn’t join and to encourage them to join for 2008. (Strategic Direction #2 &6)
• Mentor Group Activities
  o The first announcement to sign-up for the Mentoring Program was sent out on April 3rd and it has been publicized in a number of other locations.  The deadline has also been added to the conference important dates.
  o At least two more reminders will be going out before May 14. 
  o Updated mentoring forms have also been made available from the main NASIG webpage and the conference page. 
  o A list of new members will be sent to us shortly and we will be sending a target announcement to them as well.

COMPLETED ACTIVITIES

• The MDC (Membership Development Committee) reviewed our membership and asked Alice Rhoades, Linda Griffin, Meg Walker, and Morag Boyd to accept reappointment of their committee membership for another two years.  They all agreed.
• Tina and Marla met at ALA Midwinter in Seattle.
• In February 2007, MDC started sending out personalized renewal notices for members who had not yet renewed.  We included their NASIG membership ID to facilitate the renewal process.  (Strategic Direction #2 &6)
• The committee wrote up a report on the renewal process to submit to the Executive Board.  It was suggested that the report be sent to the Database & Directory Committee since they are the group responsible for the renewals. (Strategic Direction #2 &6)

ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT THE NASIG STRATEGIC PLAN
The committee is involved in activities, which support Strategic Directions 1-4 & 6.  Please see notes in Continuing Activities and Completed Activities.
 
ANY CHANGES OR EXCEPTIONS TO BUDGET
None
 
STATISTICAL INFORMATION
Renewal Reminders:
• Renewal reminders sent February 2007: 455
• Bad email addresses:  17
• Number indicating they had or planned on renewing soon = 31
• Number indicating they did not intend to renew = 21
• Non-renewed members as of 3/30/2007 = 380
• Number of members renewed after the reminders were sent = 75
 
ACTION(S) REQUIRED BY BOARD (IF APPLICABLE)
None
 
QUESTIONS FOR BOARD (IF APPLICABLE)
None
 
RECOMMENDATIONS TO BOARD (IF APPLICABLE)
After reviewing our charge, we would like to recommend that the following sentence be removed since we are a standing committee and are required to submit reports to the Executive Board on a regular basis:

The Committee will prepare a Membership Development Plan with specific action items for review by the Executive Board at their Fall 2006 meeting.