January 2012 - Vol 1, Issue 6

Our main role is communicating with you, the RVAA membership. Here's how we do it:

 

RVAA E-Newsletter

If you're reading this you get RVAA's E-Newsletter. Expect eleven per year, every month except December. We try to keep them interesting and hope you find them so. Please leave comments after you read the articles. We want your feedback. If you're not on the E-Newsletter mailing list click here to sign up. 

 

Printed Newsletter

A multi-page, full color RVAA newsletter will be mailed to members in January.  We hope you'll find this useful too.  Expect two printed newsletters per year.

 

RVAA's web site  -  www.rvaahq.org

Click and take a tour.  You'll find A LOT of useful info.  To make a good thing even better, in 2012 The Marketing Committee will begin a complete update of rvaahq.org.  This will be a long term project.  Watch for some updates in time for the August conference, and more after.

 

The Membership Committee met on Dec. 12th to review our plan to meet the objectives for 2012.  Membership retention, new member education and mentoring, membership recruitment, and additional committee member recruitment are at the top of the list.

 

New Member Education and Mentoring

New member education and mentoring has and will be a priority for the upcoming year. The committee members have set up a minimum of four occurrences to communicate with these members. This includes:

• Personal phone calls and e-mails to gauge the new members experiences surrounding the conference
• A webinar to further educate the members on methods to make the most of the meetings and networking opportunities in Chicago in 2012
• A phone call prior to the conference to address any issues and assist in scheduling suggestions will occur