Official quarterly reports never fully show what I do.
Note that this "quarter" was short- comprising only 10 weeks instead of the 12 or more of other "quarters."
Communications Officer
- Gave heads-up to Marketing and Membership Officers to think about National Advertising policy.
- Nudged CB about looking at the draft of the LG Comm Guide, since I’m stuck until staff goes over it.
- Worked website portion of the LG Comm Guide.
- Read all online July LG newsletters.
- Read all online August LG newsletters.
- Read all online September newsletters
- Gathered screenshots of incorrect boilerplates and indicia and prepared some AMC education.
- Reviewed August Bulletin.
- Reviewed September Bulletin.
- Requested update of AML website to reflect current version of Appendix 23.
- Long zoom meeting with Marketing Officer to talk about websites & social media.
- Wrote 3 volunteerism columns for Bulletin.
- Began deep dive review of LG websites.
- Introduced crowd-sourcing for LG Comm Guide to Digital Officers.
- Discussed website section of LG Comm Guide with Tabby and Lana.
- Reviewed and asked questions re Consolidated Financial Statements.
- Nudged CB for the third time in two weeks to respond to my emails.
- Zoom with Lana re MC and web training topics.
- Mucked around with WordPress to figure out how to get started using Lana’s template.
- Gave up and began writing a section describing the status quo re LG sites.
- Discussed with a concerned member some amendments to a motion on the upcoming AMC agenda.
- Crowd-sourced beginning steps for creating a website.
- Forwarded phishing email to CB with a suggestion that a warning about it be included in the next Mensa Leader. Suggestion was not acknowledged.
- Asked Tabby & Lana for any info they might have collected assessing the skill levels of LG Webmasters.
- Long catch-up call with CB. Stressed that LG communications and I are being neglected and that we need to improve this.
- More work on web section of LG Comm Guide.
- Asked staff (again) to fix CommComm MP ad so it doesn’t imply all positions are full. Eventually figured it out myself.
- Began work on AML Branding section of LG Comm Guide.
- Attended AMC meeting and ABM at the AG.
- Gave two formal LDW presentations and led two other casual M&G sessions.
- Responded to member’s concern regarding moderation on MC.
- Discussed again with CB about making LG Communications more of a priority this next year.
- Nudged again for more useful topics in Mensa Leader and Wired.
- Reviewed report from Hearings Comm.
- Discussed with Bylaws Chair some issues with the amended MDA.
- Removed a thread in MC at the request of the RR chair.
- Drafted motion to fix the amended MDA.
- Discussed covid survey issue with Timmy and Trevor.
- Posted a covid exposure message to MWM community for a member having tech issues.
- Reviewed June Staff report and responded with questions and comments.
- Reviewed ExComm’s goals for Trevor and sent comments to Timmy. Did not receive acknowledgement.
- Long reply on a M-Leaders MC thread about newsletters.
- Bought plane tickets for Sept AMC meeting.
- Prepped and turned in expense reimbursement forms.
- Returned to reviewing and crafting Nat Pubs and Advertising policy updates.
- Informed staff that a link on the AML website was broken.
- Wrote long email to Trevor re why National Pubs and Advertising policy needs updating. Discussed that a better approach might be to start from scratch.
- Wrote thoughts on potential strategic goals for AMC planning session in Sept.
- Continued back and forth with member unhappy with MC moderation. Hit my patience limit; told him his options and that I’m a dead end for what he wants.
- Apprised the new Ombudsperson of the brewing situation re MC and the member unhappy with moderation policies.
- Requested help from staff to fix borked edit functions in Mensa Connect.
- Discussed with Membership Officer how to promote SIGs to members needing engagement opportunities and sent request to Hilary to create an ad for LG newsletters to use.
- Zoom with Membership Officer re shared goals, staff issues, and solutions.
- Requested meeting with Trevor, Mem Officer, Marketing officer at the Sept meeting.
- Added a topic to the AMC planning session of how to keep track of old research and reports that could be useful solving current problems.
- Asked Eric Werme questions about LG periodicals. Spent hours reading and writing educational explanations of the pros and cons of all endorsement options.
- Prepared and sent Summer Letter to Pubs Officers.
- Long call with CB re periodicals requirements for LGs, LG Comm Guide progress, Mensa Leader and Wired content , software, and nudged National Pubs and Ad policy, and using the AML website event calendar for virtual events hosted by LGs.
- Advised RVC1 about MC moderation challenges.
- Responded to a YM who wants to get involved.
- Nudged EWNI editor to the Pubs Officers library.
- Discussed formatting issues of Ombud’s column with Bulletin Editor.
- Discussed possible motion to expand and clarify (but not change at the core) ASIE regarding LG’s use of NO address and USPS Return Address Service.
- Discussed mutual projects and aid with Membership Officer.
- Helped a member find his LG newsletter on the website.
- Participated in AMC discussions on Mensa Connect.
- Pointed out to IT staff that Pandemic RG is shown 3 times on the front page of the AML site.
- Discussed technicalities of adding an 11 yo to CommComm.
- Responded to Editors’ questions stemming from the summer letter.
- Emailed Trevor and Timmy with thoughts about Strategic Planning.
- Weekly call with CB- listing and promoting virtual events, SIG promotion and authentication issues.
- Started thread in M-Leaders about how volunteering gives a sense of ownership.
- Forwarded change of address from a member.
- Sent summer Editors’ letter to a few people who didn’t get it via Mensa Connect.
- Alerted staff to repetition of an event every day for over a year on the National Events calendar.
- Drafted a motion proposal for the IBD ExComm to discuss regarding members’ rights vs members’ safety.
- Responded to a member trying to accept the new TOS.
- Sent Q Report reminder and other discussion topics to Nat Awards Chair.
- Responded on M-Leaders about correlations involving newsletters’ content.
- Alerted Staff to a surname misspelling on the AML Awards page.
- Requested help with Volunteerism articles for Bulletin from Nat Ombudsman and Membership Officer.
- Pubs Officer zoom call- 19 attended.
- Nudged Staff re Awards video and sending out certificates/plaques, and pins.
- Discussed Volunteerism column with Bulletin Editor.
- Wrote quarterly reports ( this actually takes an hour or more).
- Looked into adding SIG editors to the MC Pubs Officer community. Hit a precedence wall with staff so initiated a work-around.
- Questioned why content of Leader is repeated despite having given a long list of content ideas.
- Wrote a blog post about effective Leaders and Servants.
- Advised RVC7 and Denver LocSec regarding a FB administrative conflict.
- Long zoom call with CB.
- Long email to Trevor about several staff centric topics.
- Filled out DiSC survey in preparation for AMC planning session ( I'm Dominant, focused on results, and easily frustrated and annoyed by others' perceived incompetence- no surprise there!
Communications Committee
- Drafted Big Audacious Goals for Mensa Communications
- Sent intro email to new committee members with BAG and little goals.
- Resent goals and what projects I hope each person will work on.
- Began assigning projects to committee members.
- Began assembling a spreadsheet of LG newsletters from which to gather and curate all virtual offerings that could be made more widely available to other members.
- Lots of discussion about best methods for gathering and promoting LG virtual offerings.
- Shared another set of columns to be added to the Pubs Officers’ library.
- Began discussion of how to help LGs implement electronic voting. Asked LocSecs what they need.
- Began discussion about how to improve LG websites.
Strategic Planning Committee
- Made suggestions for how the committee might remain useful after the AMC’s newest Vision Quest.
Marketing Committee
Name & Logo Committee
SIGs Advisory Committee
- Voted to approve a new SIG
National Awards Committee
- Nagged Staff about video and sending pins, plaques, and certificates as well as planning to do better next year.
No comments:
Post a Comment