Type of report being submitted: Committee Planning Report
Date: Oct. 16, 2006
Committee Name: Membership, Promotion, Diversity and Recruitment Committee
Supervising Board Member: Samantha Schmehl Hines
Chair, Co-Chairs, Assistant Chairs: Jeannette Ho
Committee members: Octavius Spruill, Danya Leebaw, Jean Chelich, Veronica Stevenson-Moudamane, Judith Gaydos, Marla Peppers
Committee Charge:
This committee focuses on recruiting new members, library school students,
and members from underrepresented groups.
It will incorporate the work of the Diversity committee and serve as a
liaison to
2006 - 2007 Project Description / Goals: This year's committee will focus on recruiting newer members of ALA. We will also work on clarifying the charge as it relates to diversity, and investigate ways to promote NMRT membership to minority-based affiliates of ALA.
Specific Objectives (numbers, tangible end-products):
6. Discuss charge with committee members.
7. Investigate
feasibility of carrying out diversity survey of NMRT.
of Statistics (and ALA Office of Diversity) to learn what data has been collected.
8. Develop timeline and handbook entry for the committee.
Financial Report Section:
Your budget appropriation (see budget) |
a. 50.00 |
Amount which you have spent so far this year |
b. 0 |
Your estimated additional expenses this year |
c. 0 |
Total of amount spent and additional
"estimated" expenses for this year (b+c) |
d.0 |
Difference between budgeted amount and total expenses
from above (a-d) |
e. 50.00 |
f. Vendor support planned or anticipated for the year
(either money or in-kind gifts), list here:
None
g. Vendor support requested: (From the above list, what, if any, has been requested from the Exhibitor Contact and Relations Committee?)
None
h. Vendor support received: (From the above list, what if any, has been received?)
None
Specific Needs/Support (non-financial): (For the categories below, please include approximate date service needed)
a. Web Support (help with webpage creation, web form
creation, web database, web database, scripting, etc):
None at this time.
b. On-site conference volunteers: (include estimated numbers needed and brief job description)
None.
c. Publicity planned for the committee (posting to other
discussion lists, official press release for webpage, etc.):
We may post messages to other discussion lists inviting new librarians to join NMRT.
Report submitted by: Jeannette Ho
Email address: jaho@tamu.edu