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Subject:        The MAGERT Membership Committee is seeking . . .
Date:   Thu, 2 Jun 2011 15:17:46 -0700
From:   Roger Knouff <[log in to unmask]>
To:     [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>



The MAGERT Membership Committee is seeking . . . wait for it . . . new
members!

Interested in providing professional service to ALA and MAGERT, but
cannot attend the meetings at annual and mid-winter in person? No
worries, the Membership Committee will conduct most of our assigned
business by meeting through ALA connect. The committee is expanding its
roles to include coordinating the marketing and promotion of MAGERT
programming, articles, monographs, educational materials, and
professional resources that various MAGERT groups and committee members
create. Our role is not necessarily doing the actual marketing and
promotion, but rather facilitating the process with suggested
procedures, timelines, and guidelines.

Our initial new task will be creating flowcharts/templates/guidelines
for various types of press releases for MAGERT programming, articles,
monographs, educational materials, and professional resources. The
guidelines will provide suggestions, such as who to contact to review
the release, how much lead time to allow, distribution outlets,
potential advertisers, programming co-sponsors, and so forth.

Some of the other membership committee responsibilities include:

Providing ideas on increasing the number of MAGERT members.

Suggesting ways to optimize the incentives for joining MAGERT.

Leveraging social media such as Facebook and Twitter to promote MAGERT.

Exploring potential emerging marketing innovations.

Suggesting items for MAGERT memorabilia and swag. (Shopping while on the
clock!)

Brainstorming new ways to promote map and geographic resources,
collections, and technologies that other MAGERT committees and members
develop.

Serving on this committee is an excellent way for new professionals and
library science students to influence the future direction of MAGERT.
And if we do a great job, maybe other round tables will follow our
innovative lead!

If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact the current
membership chair, yours truly, at [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.

Roger Knouff
Map and Geography Round Table (MAGERT)

Membership Committee, Chair

Arizona State University
601 East Tyler Mall
Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006
Office Phone: (480) 965-5973
Fax: (480) 965-0883