NMRT Board Member 2002-2003 Planning Report
1. Office name: Sally Gibson, Member Services Director
2. How you plan to help committees address the four NMRT
goals (if it does not apply, put N/A):
The Member
Services Director oversees NMRT activities designed to inform and serve the
membership,
supporting
member efforts toward professional development. Footnotes, Publicity and the
Web committees
will keep
members informed about NMRT activities and opportunities to become active in
the profession. The
Membership,
Mentoring, and Resume Review Committees will provide opportunities to educate,
and encourage
new librarians.
Each committee will attempt to address the needs and concerns of NMRT members.
3. How you plan to create a positive committee experience,
including the frequency and type of support you plan
to provide to chairs and committee members:
Many of the committees have first time chairs. If I did not
meet them at the New Board Orientation or at a
previous event, I plan to speak with them on the phone in an
effort to become acquainted with them. It is
important to let the chairs take a leadership position.
Therefore I will quickly answer any questions they have
and provide direction but not dictate how things should be
accomplished. During the first months I will become
acquainted with the working style of the committee and
determine an acceptable workload. It is very important
to remember that everyone is a volunteer and I hope to
maintain his or her interest and enthusiasm for NMRT.
The volunteer determines how much of a time commitment
she/he is willing to make. I will monitor progress with
the goal of having each committee produce an end product. I
will also congratulate the committee on successful
accomplishments and support any decisions they make. By
Midwinter each committee will determine what ideas or
plans should be delegated to next year and what can be
accomplished this year. The rest of the year will be
spent completing the year's goal and objectives.
4. Future directions you see your office or NMRT needing to
take this year or the following year, including
strategies on how to address projects that affect committees
outside of your supervision:
A detailed timeline of webpage updates needs to be created
so that the web committee can anticipate the
workload and meet deadlines in a timely manner. Work with
the Executive Board and Committee Chairs to determine
the schedule. It is the responsibility of the Committee
Chairs to send in updated files with unique file names
and information for archiving or overwriting the older
files.
Explore the idea of a Web Taskforce, which contains members
from each NMRT committee. Those members would be
responsible for their committee's webpages. Work with the
Vice President and current web committee chair to
determine the direction to explore.
A smooth transfer of files is important for all committees
but especially critical for Resume Review,
Footnotes, and the Web. Explore options to prevent the loss
of files and restricted access to critical
information. Determine what procedures have been established
by other committees and decide if those
possibilities are viable.
Creation of NMRT Members news. To highlight the
accomplishments, new jobs, etc… of NMRT members. Distribute via
monthly email on NMRT-L and the webpage. Determine which
committee is the best choice for implementing this
project.
The idea of a "Members Only" section on the
website has not been brought before the general membership. There
should be feedback and support for the idea before it is
implemented. The cost factor to this project in terms
of volunteer time and effort needs to be taken into account.
If the "Members Only" section is not supported by
the general membership other ways should be explored for
expanding the content in Footnotes.
5. Date of report: November 20, 2002
6. Submitted by: Sally Gibson