1. Office Name: Networking Director
2. Office Term (Date: Ex. 2005-2006): 2005-2006
3. Discuss/summarize your involvement with your committees this year:
I worked with the Networking Committees: 3M/NMRT Social, Local Arrangements, Booth, Orientation, and Midwinter Activities. I tried to monitor the committees' planning and discussion, offered guidance, and answered questions as necessary.
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?
The position still needs to revise the handout entry and each committee should check that too. Booth committee should work on a proposal for a more permanent booth structure, as the current one is a tad problematic. The committee and I did not get to that this year.
The charge of the 3M/NMRT committee should also be examined. In the past, NMRT has had more say with the direction of the social, but this year 3M called more of the shots and the budget allocations.
5. What tips or hints do you have that might help your successor carry out the duties of this office?
Keep in touch with the treasurer! We had several questions about reimbursement this year.
Read the reports from previous committees.
Follow-up periodically with your committees. This director's position has all of the work happen right before conference. Be mellow, but be available for chairs and committees.
6. Please address the role of the board member as
coordinator. For example, projects between membership promotion, diversity & recruitment
and student outreach would 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.
I
monitored all of my committees' workflow so that I could liaison when
necessary. It's important for all board members to remember to keep each other
in the loop. Often, committee chairs will contact previous board members or
others they know with questions. While it is the overall good of the
organization that we are all working towards, it is helpful to be in the know.
Communication between the board members is as important as communication with
chairs.
7. Date of report: June 29, 2006
8. Submitted by: Michelle S. Millet