Board Meeting Minutes, April 24, 2018

Discussion followed with Peter cautioning that we need to balance wisdom from founders with the need to respond to current issues to remain relevant. Sue doesn’t think goals have changed much, so it’s really a matter of prioritizing. Neither Dave Dolton nor Danny Sands sees risk in interviewing founders. Member engagement (Connect, Town Halls)—Peter Elias/Linda Stotsky Activity on Connect has been good and has picked up relative to our previous Listserv. Every SPM member is on Open Forum (and 3 other communities), but they have to sign on & set password in order to participate. Occasionally, someone has a problem getting on, but not often. There was some group discussion about what we could do to encourage greater engagement.   Janice suggested a “buddy program”, where board members and other volunteer members connect directly with new members. Before considering a buddy program, which could present excessive time commitments, it was agreed that we need to roll out our welcome package and test out some other tactics for onboarding new members. Membership—Tyson Ortiz The Membership update flowed from Member Engagement discussion. Tyson would like to have a programmatic organization chart that he can share with others. Overall, we need better and more up-to-date information on the SPM website.   Regarding the volunteer spreadsheet, he’d like to offer a more engaging way that provides more context for members to get their bearings on SPM and its activities an...
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