Membership Counterparts Session

Membership Counterparts Session

AAUW-NC Convention, March 31, 2001

Sue Metz, Greensboro, smetz@infoave.net
Kathy Pearre, Winston-Salem, kpearre@tarheeltriad.org
Virginia Roth, Sandhills/Southern Pines, lroth@pinehurst.net
Mary Neal Mills, Kinston, maryneal@goldsboronc.net
Nancy Shoemaker, Raleigh/Wake County, shoemaker@acm.org
Ruth Z. Sweetser, AAUW Leader on Loan, sweetser@iit.edu

Mailing lists to get better communication from AAUW NC Membership VP

After the change of aauw-list@rtpnet.org to aauwnc-list@rtpnet.org

Make sure a contact is designated from each branch to monitor the list and make sure that items of interest to the branch (e.g. callers to the 800 number) get forwarded to the right person in the branch (who may not be on the list or may not even have e-mail)
Consider adding something like aauwnc-mem@yahoogroups.com that would provide a focused forum for membership discussions and a repository (that could be used by everyone, not just the Web master) for membership collateral. However, this would require additional training.

The current list, aauw-list@rtpnet.org, is maintained by Raleigh/Wake County. For information, or to subscribe, send mail to aauw@rtpnet.org.

Publicize the 800 number

Bookmarks in the libraries

Projects

Job fairs, university visibility

College nights – table

Women’s shows/coalitions

One-on-one sessions – let people know who we are…

Mentors – facilitate projects

Find local concerns to develop projects and programs

Intergenerational projects – younger mentoring computers, etc.

Other collateral

Executive summaries of the AAUW reports – distribute through materials at teacher’s conventions.

Money

People aren’t dropping out because of the cost, but the value for the money

Communication about the value of what’s coming from the Association

Being solicited multiple times a year is just annoying

Cumulative frustration at repeated solicitations

It is possible to have the Association remove your name from the list that is sold to other organizations.

However, some of us have no difficulty just moving the junk mail (unread, even) to the recycling bin.

Structural Changes

Change the program schedule – maybe fewer traditional programs, more time devoted to projects.