Dear MCN-L, As part of our efforts to make MCN more responsive to membership needs and to encourage members to participate in leadership positions, we are seeking members for various MCN committees. If you'll be in Chicago feel free to grab the Board member identified with the committee positions below.
We'll likely be sending out additional announcements about ways that you can contribute to MCN's ongoing success. If you are interested in participating in a particular area please feel free to approach any of the Board members at the conference. * Green MCN * Membership Committee * Marketing Committee * Silent Auction Chair ************************************************************************ ***** A Greener MCN Last year the California Association of Museums committed itself to holding more environmentally friendly conferences (see the Green Museum Initiative http://www.calmuseums.org/conferences_and_workshops/ 2007GMI.html). We're looking for people who would like to offer suggestions and ideas to reduce the footprint of future MCN conferences. If you are interested in helping MCN go green, contact Erin Coburn (ecoburn at getty.edu) ************************************************************************ ***** MCN Marketing Committee Help us get the word out about MCN! In addition to promoting the MCN conference, the Marketing Committee will be working on ways to make MCN more visible to our colleagues. This committee works with the Conference Committee to send out announcements to relevant listservs about the conference. Under the strategic plan we will be expanding the role of the Marketing Committee to include See Kevin Conley KCONLEY at aam-us.org ************************************************************************ ***** Membership Committee The MCN Membership Committee is seeking participants for the upcoming year to work on implementing membership initiatives outlined in the Strategic Plan (available through the Members Area of the MCN website). Among the tasks we will be working on in 2008 are: * Membership recruitment and retention * Evaluating new membership categories, such as a student or emerging professional level * Membership survey * Collaborate with other strategic planning committees to assess member needs for new services, conference themes, professional development and member outreach efforts. If you are interested in participating in the Membership Committee please contact Richard Urban (rjurban at uiuc.edu ************************************************************************ ***** Silent Auction Chair The Silient Auction Chair works with the Conference Program committee to solicit items for the annual silent auction. If you'd like to know more about being Silent Auction Chair, please contact Rob Lancefield (rlancefield at wesleyan.edu) See you in Chicago! Richard Urban, Doctoral Student Graduate School of Library & Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign rjurban at uiuc.edu http://isrl.uiuc.edu/~rjurban
