My Quarterly Report

I'd been feeing bad because I've been really lazy and distracted by HalloweeM chores this quarter, but when I finally pulled together everything I've done as CO since late June (when the last report was due and not including my other committee tasks), I'm finding the guilt easing a bit.

• Kept up with all the normal tasks: Read all Local Group newsletters each month; Read members' postings on various public and AML-sponsored elists; Participated on Newseditors’ and Webmasters’ elists and handled some administrative duties for those lists; Actively participated in discussions on the AMC elist; Attended July’s AMC meeting; Discussed August, October, and November/December InterLoc content; Reviewed in great detail and discussed August, September, October, and November/December Bulletin content; Reviewed and discussed Web site content and other Internet Services; Represented communications’ concerns by actively participating on many committees; Actively participated in the day-to-day administration and moderation of the Online Community, including dealing with disgruntled participants.
• Participated in a phone interview with Leigh Wintz regarding planning and governance topics.
• Requested and appointed three new administrators (Lynn McDonald, Craig Thighe, and Kevin Mullen) for Facebook group.
• Approved (or cheered when others approved) 313 new Facebook group members-for a total of 668 as of October 12.
• Began experimenting with Twitter.
• Experimented with publishing proposed motions and my comments on them for members to view outside the AMC elist via my blog.
• Discussed development of Mensa’s favorite Web sites project with Dir of Op.
• Helped Pat C. use the member directory to find experts for the Problem Solvers SIG.
• Approved brief suspension of two members from the Online Community for flooding and resistance to moderators’ requests.
• Consulted with Dir of Op regarding a former member trying to log in to the Online Community as a current member.
• Responded to a member’s concerns about sexual harassment on the Online Community.
• Drafted criteria and guidelines for listing on the AML Web site non-official, but Mensa-centric online resources and communities.
• Explained to an editor and a member about the time delay for labels when addresses change.
• Reviewed and responded to members’ requests for new categories in the Online Community.
• Responded to members’ complaints about the consolidation of the editors’ elists.
• Tweaked the guidelines for avatars for the Online Community.
• Discussed with Dir of Op the logistics of a member’s suggestion to provide space on the AML Web site for AG presenters to present papers or files from their programs.
• Advised leaders in Denver regarding conflicts and issues with their members’ elist.
• Reviewed and cheered the internal communications calendar and tracking process Dir of Op set up.
• Responded to a member’s concerns regarding dues rates and the value of publications the dues support.
• Provided RVC10 with details regarding limits and options for editors and CSubs.
• Updated and corrected the Name & Logo Workbook.
• Answered a member’s question regarding LG letterhead.
• Discussed issues regarding Isolated M’s mailing permit location.
• Discussed ideas to make InterLoc stand out from the Bulletin better.
• Responded to a member’s concerns regarding deleting all of her posts for the Online Community.
• Worked to improve production with the author of blog posts by “Max” on the Mensa For Kids Web site.
• Researched and discussed the ramifications of providing second family members with 3- and 5-year discounts.
• Expressed opinions about goals for the Bulletin editor’s performance.
• Discussed ramifications of allowing members to use LG officer aliases when subscribing to official elists.
• Responded to inquiries regarding a Webmasters’ Handbook, suggesting instead that we produce a general Publications Handbook comprising information for newsletter editors and Webmasters.
• Reviewed the 2008-09 Web Services Project plans.
• Facilitated by snail mail a member contacting another who had written a letter in the Bulletin but who failed to allow his contact information to be included in the membership directory.
• Consulted with the Ombudsman and Advocate regarding taking legal action against a member viciously and sexually harassing me on my blog.
• Reminded editors about completing and printing the USPS Statement of Ownership form.
• Continued to urge the other AMC members to participate in the communications venues we already have in place.
• Drafted guidelines for inclusion of non-official online communities, forums, elists, etc on a full listing on the AML Web site.
• Facilitated preparation of a “Mommy Letter” for the Online Community.
• Discussed the logistics of providing blank labels to a LG instead of the normal pre-printed ones.
• Answered members’ questions regarding costs for replacement of RVC options.
• Familiarized myself with the issues surround the USPS “Move Update.”
• Answered more and more questions from CBS, on and off camera.
• Applied for and was accepted as a member of the MIL Name & Logo committee.
• Advised Minnesota member regarding national-level regulations on advertising in LG newsletters.
• Fielded a few complaints about the Bulletin.
• Accepted a position on the committee for a 2010 colloquium.
• Packed up and mailed a couple months’ worth of newsletters to the InterLoc editor.
• Bit my lip while being vilified once again for misinterpretations of words which were never intended to a wider audience.
• Contacted editor of Hoosier M regarding ways to cut costs.
• Discussed and advised regarding changes in the masthead for the Bulletin.
• Discussed, on lists, forums, and one-on-one, issues regarding AMC communications, confidentiality, privacy, and secrecy.
• Broached the subject with the AMC of increasing funding to LGs coincidental with the dues increase.
• Answered many questions from the InterLoc editor regarding the Bulletin and other issues.
• Cheered when, on a Monday morning, there were 46 Mensans logged into the Online Community. Quite a party!