Communications Officer
- Wrote long response to Ian’s questions about Bulletin Ad policy.
- Forwarded notice of a member’s passing to the NO.
- Zoom call with GLAAM LocSec about volunteerism and other topics.
- Discussed moderation issues with a member.
- Worked on boilerplate and indicia sections of LG Comm Guide.
- Responded to a few complains about not being able to log into MC.
- Discussed common issues with Membership Officer and advised on a LG newsletter conflict.
- Responded to concerns over privately sent word choices that was posted in the Proctors Community.
- Responded to Ruth about several frustrations.
- Asked Becky about who reads newsletters that aren’t uploaded.
- Sent Trevor some ideas to improve Leadership Dev efforts.
- Asked Mathew about the MC Admin Guide that he worked on two years ago.
- Discussed with Membership Officer ideas for disseminating educational info to members.
- Worked with Bulletin editor to craft shirttail and bio for new Volunteer Insights column.
- Admonished a set-promoting member who was badgering staff.
- Zoom call with Kevin Borchers re web server needs.
- Phone call with Ombudsman re Region 8 moderation issues.
- Notified IT staff of a website page update needed.
- Zoom with CB re e-newsletters, events pages & forms, and server upgrades.
- Emailed Trevor re server upgrade discussions.
- Advised membership Officer re SIG promotion in e-newsletters.
- Tidied up my to-do list for the next year.
- Asked Jean B. where the LG job descriptions can be found.
- Passed along a useful illustration to Angie & Diversity Comm.
- Pointed LD Comm Chair to sources for job descriptions.
- Wrote 3 more “articles” for Leader and Wired.
- Asked AMC about posting the Statement of Member Rights & Responsibilities separately somewhere.
- Initiated general discussion w/ Digital Media Officers on MC.
- Began crafting Nat Pubs Policy from scratch. Sent google doc invites to staff.
- A few hours of work on Nat Pubs policy crafting.
- Zoom with CB.
- Reviewed R1 websites.
- More work on Nat Pubs policy crafting.
- Reviewed R3 websites.
- Reviewed R6 websites.
- Reviewed R7 websites.
- Reviewed R10 websites.
- Discussed LG websites’ purpose with Marketing and Membership Officers.
- Read and pondered an article about 5-Whys and how to apply it to solving Mensa problems.
- Wrote a Volunteerism column for the Bulletin.
- Checked in on a privacy tweak requested by Jean B in December 2021.
- Asked staff for process to keep Vol Marketplace up to date.
- Attended AMC planning session and meeting.
- Productive discussion with Marketing Officer and Executive Director about staff/volunteer issues and processes.
- Reviewed Oct Bulletin.
- Reviewed Nov/Dec Bulletin.
- Read Oct newsletters.
- Read Nov newsletters.
- Filled out Sept expense form-takes much longer than you’d expect!
- Compared recent Leader and Wired content to what I’d provided (I’m not pleased).
- Nudged staff on Pubs Policy google doc—again.
- Read October LG newsletters.
- More work on Pubs Policy.
- Reviewed MC Community Admin Guide and identified next steps.
- Played around with event listing in Mensa Connect sandbox.
- Poked at adding a poll in a MC community (didn’t figure it out) then experimented successfully with Survey Monkey.
- More work on Pubs Policy.
- Sent survey to Pubs Officers re topics for next Zoom session.
- Tons of work prepping Draft 2 of Nat Pubs Policy.
- Nudged CommComm discussion.
- Advised GLAAM LocSec on several issues.
- Still more work on Nat Pubs policy.
- Reviewed SM strategy written by Staff.
- Zoom with CB.
- Attended Minnesota RG.
- Met with Linda S. to solve some MC editing issues.
- Asked staff for info about NDAs that I can pass on to editors.
- Proposed integrating high-level discussion time into AMC meetings.
- Re-read entire Governance TF Report (2010).
- Instructed Pubs Officer to carry on normally for November issues and that we’ll get the NDA forms and processes in place soon. Notified AMC of that action.
- Nudged Tabby again about SM content for LG Comm Guide.
- Prepped and sent fall letter to Pubs Officers.
- Cheered when Staff prepared and uploaded a general NDA form for LGs to use.
- Responded to many questions re Fall Pubs Officers’ letter.
- Began discussion with Beth & Jean re benefits of volunteering (for Bulletin column).
- Checked back in with Digital Officers.
- Created spreadsheet of which newsletters are not online and asked RVCs about them.
- Answered another bazillion questions from Editors about NDAs.
- Asked Marketing Officer for fodder for Bulletin column about LG Marketing/PR Officers.
- Drafted Bulletin column about LG marketing officers.
- Zoom with CB.
- Began discussion with Marketing Officer re social media policy creation for LGs to use.
- Asked Testing Officer for fodder for Bulletin column.
- Initiated discussion on Digital Officers’ MC community about SM policy needs/wants for LGs.
- Worked on incorporating MDA/NDA info into the LG Comm Guide draft.
- Asked MN to return the LG COmm Guide draft despite not having time to give his input.
- Reviewed and tweaked a Bulletin column with Chip.
- Sought opinions from Membership and Marketing Officers about judging and turning off disappointing Lg sites in favor of a better regional one.
- Poked around with calendar feature on MC and MC app.
- Nudged Trevor about high-level governance talk necessary to get going on Pubs Policy.
- Zoom with CB.
- Wrote up list of next steps for improving volunteerism (for meeting with Lori).
- Lengthy correspondence with a webmaster about their site’s appeal to potential or new members if it’s almost all pw protected not using the AML authentication.
- Responded to an Area Cord. about FaceBook use and outreach options.
- Discussed MC community for marketing officers creation and administration with staff and Marketing Officer.
- Zoom with Pubs Officers (20 attended).
- Nudged staff again to return the LG Com Guide draft so I can work on it even without their input.
- Worked several hours on SM section of the LG Comm Guide.
- Attended HalloweeM, including the Meet the AMC session.
- Long discussion with new Chair about volunteerism next steps, strategic planning issues, and staff issues.
- Long talk with key member regarding a bylaws amendment idea.
- Created an abridged version of the Vol TF Report for sharing with LG leaders.
- Edited draft of Bulletin column about Scholarship Chairs and Judges.
- Dealt with member complaint regarding privacy and security of the auto-generated birthday messaged.
- Zoom with CB.
- Advised DVM LocSec about paper newsletter cost & solutions.
- Advised RVC7 about finding time-sensitive info about virtual events.
- Zoom with MN and Marielle about server upgrades and solutions for LG sites.
- Created slides for presentation to the AMC about next steps for improving volunteerism.
- Shared copy of Oct Bulletin Vol column with TJ.
- Advised an editor about how to handle electronic distribution.
- Several hours' work on LG Comm Guide.
Communications Committee
- Began prepping a persuasive justification for including funds to upgrade AML servers in the 23-24 budget. Hours and hours.
- More discussion about how to approach helping LGs do electronic elections.
- Initiated creation of a list of newsletters that are not available on the AML website.
- Finalized and sent email to editors about uploading virtual events to the national calendar.
- Created spreadsheet and began reviewing all LG websites.
- Discussed a 5 Whys Analysis of LG websites.
- Long Zoom with Marielle about website solutions and approaches.
- Added RVCs’ rankings of LGs’ volunteerism health to website spreadsheet to look for patterns.
- Began discussing if it’s time to require LGs create and upload PDFs.
- Added membership counts to website spreadsheet.
- Found some LG’s Health/size and website quality correlations.
- Discussed definition of “National Publications.”
- Productive in-person talk about how to get the virtual events promotion project going again.
- Shared a catch up status summary of all our projects.
Strategic Planning Committee
- Wrote clear communications priorities and concerns for Strategic Planning Chair to use in his presentation to the AMC in December.
- Discussed how to take the rambling list of Mensa in the Future visions and align the Strat Plan in a way to enable progress towards that future.
Marketing Committee
- Solicited input for justifying the cost of a server upgrade.
- Attended October committee zoom meeting.
- Reviewed and commented extensively on draft of “Intro to Social Media and Local Chapters”
Name & Logo Committee
SIGs Advisory Committee
- Weighed in on discussion of a Sudoko SIG.
National Awards Committee
- Reminded Jean about Q reports due Nov 18.
MIL News Team
- Initial conference call to get started.
- Began brainstorming list of resources and topics to write articles about.
- Set up Google Docs of storing content ready to be posted.
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