Join the AFWA Board!

The AFWA Board is looking for a Membership Chair to help Recruit. Retain. Engage. our members and non-members!

Membership Chair:

The role of this leader is to empower and motivate members to invite others to join our organization. This is done first by capturing a value statement to express why an accounting or financial person would be interested in becoming a member. Reaching out to the other organizations and partnering with them. 

Membership Chair Responsibilities:

• Attend all meetings, prepare nametags, and sign-in sheets
• Responsible for follow-up calls/notes to potential new members
• New application follow-up
• Maintain chapter database and roster and regularly notify National of member changes
• Send personalized “we’ve missed you” notes to past members 
• Orient new members to benefits of AFWA
• Follow-up on non-renewing members

You will gain: Marketing, Recruiting, and Networking skills. 

We also have Committee Positions available on the Communications, Programming, and Meeting Committees. 

Communications & Technology Committee:

• Attend all meetings
• Editing, publish, and distribute the monthly newsletter
• Updatie email and mailing lists with potential members and past event attendees
• Prepare news releases and event photos
• Send out announcements on upcoming events and meetings
• Pursue community involvement opportunities for chapter participation
• Share all events and announcements on Social Media platforms and encourage Board Members to share with their peers
• Update pages on the website

Programming Committee:

• Attend all meetings
• Select topic and obtain speaker for meetings and special events
• Prepare and maintain speaker evaluation form and distribute at meetings
• Assign someone to introduce speaker with speaker bio
• Submit list of speakers to Communications & Technology Committee
• Coordinate speaker audio/visual needs with Meeting Committee
• Maintain CPE forms for membership

Meeting Committee:

• Attend all meetings
• Attend to meeting arrangements (location, menu, table setup, headcount)
• Confirm reservation count to location
• Provide location, date, time, and piricing to Communications & Technology Committee
• Coordinate special events

Would you like to learn more?  Contact Maggie Shea at [email protected]