Committee Planning Report

NOTE: ** = Required Field

 

 

**Type of report being submitted: Committee Planning Report

 

**Date: 10/16/06

 

 

**Committee Name:  3M/NMRT Social Committee

 

 

 

**Supervising Board Member:  Sally Bickley

 

 

 

**Chair, Co-Chairs, Assistant Chairs:  Amanda Bakken

 

 

 

**Committee members:  Kimberley Bugg, Adam Haigh, Chris Metzger, Shilo Pearson, Emily Rimland

 

 

 

**Committee Charge:  The purpose of the 3M/NMRT Social Committee is to plan an event at the Annual Conference to recognize the recipients of the 3M Professional Development Grant and to provide an opportunity for NMRT members to network and socialize.

 

 

 

**2006 - 2007 Project Description / Goals:  The 3M/NMRT Social Committee is responsible for planning, promoting, and coordinating a social at the Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. to recognize recipients of the 3M Professional Development Grant and to provide and opportunity for NMRT members to network with one another.  The format of this event varies from year to year.  The committee works closely with 3M representatives, the NMRT Board, and the Local Arrangements Committee to organize the event.

 

 

 

**Specific Objectives (numbers, tangible end-products):  Plan an event to recognize the recipients of the 3M Professional Development Grant and provide an opportunity for NMRT members to network and socialize.

 

 

 

Financial Report Section:

Your budget appropriation (see budget)

a. $12000*

Amount which you have spent so far this year

b. N/A

Your estimated additional expenses this year

c. N/A

Total of amount spent and additional "estimated" expenses for this year (b+c)

d. N/A

Difference between budgeted amount and total expenses from above (a-d)

e. N/A

 

*The 2006-2007 budget for this committee has not yet been decided.  This amount is based on 2005-2006 figures.  This is money that comes from 3M Corporation, not NMRT.

 

f. Vendor support planned or anticipated for the year (either money or in-kind gifts), list here:  3M Corporation will underwrite this event including food, entertainment, decoration and other related costs.

 

 

 

g. Vendor support requested: (From the above list, what, if any, has been requested from the Exhibitor Contact and Relations Committee?) N/A

 

 

 

h. Vendor support received: (From the above list, what if any, has been received?) N/A

 

 

                                                     

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):  Assistance from the Web Committee will be needed prior to Midwinter to update our current Web page (which only contains minimal information).  As Annual approaches, assistance will be needed update the Web page with details regarding the 3M/NMRT Social.

 

 

 

b. On-site conference volunteers: (include estimated numbers needed and brief job description):  The members of the committee will be in attendance at Annual and will handle and necessary onsite preparations for the Social.

 

c. Publicity planned for the committee (posting to other discussion lists, official press release for webpage, etc.):  Official press release and post to discussion lists and on 3M/NMRT Web page.

 

 

 

 

**Report submitted by:  Amanda Bakken

 

**Email address:  bakken@northwestern.edu