Membership Committee

The Membership Committee is a NASPA committee. Its mandate is to service association membership needs. To contact the committee, please send an email message to naspa-member@yahoogroups.com.

Members

The following members currently belong to the committee:

Rich Baker

ex officio

2016-11-29~

John Chew

ex officio

2009-02-15~

Chris Cree (SM)

ex officio

2009-02-15~

Mad Palazzo

chair

2009-02-15~

Lisa Kessler

2016-08-01~

Tony Leah (EX)

2009-03-06~

Jeffrey Nelson

2015-03-06~

Michael Willis

2016-08-01~

The following members have served past terms on the committee:

	Larry Rand (EX) 2009-03-08~2010-06-02
	Susan Hoehn 2009-03-22~2010-01-27
	John Robertson 2009-09-02~2018-01-15
	Dallas Johnson ex officio 2013-01-01~2015-08-15

Agenda

Committee members should familiarize themselves with the Membership Committee Procedures guide, and update this document to keep clear track of current procedures.

The Committee has the following items on its agenda:

• recruit additional members
• prepare a long-term plan for what membership means (see also current membership policy)
  • how many tiers of membership there should be
  • eligibility for sanctioned tournaments
  • electronic newsletter access
  • print newsletter subscription
  • lifetime membership / “founding member” status
  • determine the cost of each tier of membership
  • determine the benefits of each tier of membership
• work with the Web Committee to implement an online membership database and payment system
• provide ongoing support for membership status inquiries

Tools

Committee members have access to the following online tools:

• Membership Database Editor