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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]