Membership Committee

Charter

The Membership Committee of IBBA develops and oversees:

• Annual membership retention and recruitment programs
• Contacts new members
• Contacts prospective members
• Contacts non renewing members for the purposes of recruiting new and retaining existing members
• Recommends and implements marketing and promotion initiatives for membership growth and retention
• Assists staff in the maintenance and upkeep of the membership database

2008 Committee Chair: L. Charles Edmonds, Jr., CBI, MCBC, BCB, CBC, LREB, Charles Edmonds & Associates, Inc.
2008 Committee Vice Chair: Cress V. Diglio, CBI, Corporate Investment International, Inc.

Duties of the Membership Committee Chair

• Attend all meetings of the committee
• Prepare for committee meetings by preparing and reviewing the agenda and researching issues to be discussed at the meeting in accordance with the Committee Charter
• Actively participate in discussion at the meeting
• Follow through promptly on any assignments for the Committee
• Support committee recommendations before the Chairman and the full board
• Prepare a written report for the Board of the Committees activities and recommendation
• Work with the Vice Chair to evaluate its own operations and action items
• Keep the member subcommittee(s) (if any) on focus
• Communicate to Committee members, affiliates and other interested parties
• Record minutes of each meeting and publish same after each committee meeting
• Assist Vice Chairman and staff with follow-up or assignments of subcommittees and working groups
• Attend other meetings when requested by the chair as the representative of the Committee and the Association
• Other duties as they may be needed