NMRT Board Member Progress Report

 

1. Office Name: Member Services Director

 

2. Office Term (Date: Ex. 2002-2003): 2002-2003

 

3. What kind of interaction have you had with your committees thus far this year? What support have you been able to provide them?

 

I have attempted to quickly answer any questions that the committee chairs have had. I try to stay in contact via email and accomplish any tasks that they need me to do. I met with the Mentoring committee, the Web committee chair, and a Publicity committee member at the ALA Midwinter conference.      

 

The Web committee chair and the Publicity committee chair resigned in March so I am currently helping the new chairs outline what needs to be done the rest of the year.

 

Footnotes, Mentoring, Resume Review, and Membership are on track for accomplishing the goals for the year. Each committee is doing an excellent job and has needed very little guidance.

 

 

4. What would you still like to accomplish in your office before the end of your term?

 

In previous years NMRT was able to place an ad in American Libraries for free. This is no longer the case and a ½ page ad would cost $500. I need to document the reasons why NMRT will no longer place an ad in American Libraries.

 

The transition to ALA's content management software has not been smooth. The majority of the webpages have not been transferred over. I need to make sure that next year's web committee is aware of any problems and to ensure that the process of transferring pages continues.

 

 

5. Date of report: April 9, 2003

 

6. Submitted by: Sally Gibson