NMRT
Board Member Final Report
1. Office Name: Network Director
2. Office Term (Date: Ex. 2002-2003): 2003-2004
3. Discuss/summarize your involvement with your committees this year:
Provided support via email to Local Arrangements
and 3M/NMRT Social Committees. Liaison Ad Hoc Committee is still working on
liaison database. Midwinter Activities Committee did a spendid job of
coordinating Midwinter Social in San Diego with an attendance of 60+.
4. Based on your year's experience in this office, what future directions do
you see your office or NMRT needing to take this year or the following year?
Sally Gibson, NMRT President-Elect, has
created an Organizational Review Ad Hoc committee to examine the structure of
NMRT committees. It is my hope that committees under the charge of the Network
Director will be a part of this review process.
5. What tips or hints do you have that might help your successor carry out
the duties of this office?
The Network Director may suggest to the
Local Arrangements Committee to draft and send their solicitation letters for
donations to local businesses in host cities at least six months in advance in
order to gauge the number of donations/door prizes available for various
committees requesting prizes.
6. Please address the role of the board member as coordinator. For example,
with student outreach split among three committees reporting to three
directors, somebody will need to take the initiative to make sure things are
going smoothly. Another example would be projects between membership, alumni,
and student outreach which need to be coordinated. How might activities such as
this be handled by board members efficiently and smoothly? Your thoughts here
will be most helpful for future boards.
Communication is necessary. In the case
of committees whose responsibility is split among other committees (with a
different director), directors should receive copies of correspondence to be
kept in the loop to help facilitate any project.
7. Date of report: June 20, 2004
8. Submitted by: Nadine M. Flores