1. We need more help with the membership drive. Currently, we don't have enough people. We need one or two more to have a committee. Without more people on the membership committee, we won't do a membership drive. Without a membership drive, we may not get new members.
  2. The membership task force might work something like this, or the committee could create an entirely new process:
    • David Wilcox will likely join the committee for strategic help and possibly to contact prospects.
    • The membership drive is all about maintaining relationships with prospects.
    • Mike maintains a spreadsheet of real prospects as well as potential prospects.
    • The committee will meet regularly (every other week?) for a number of months.
    • Committee members may be asked to reach out to prospects to schedule a call with Mike.
  3. Please help us brainstorm ideas for holding a membership drive:
    1. Would you be available to help with membership in some capacity?
    2. Any ideas for how we can proceed if we don't get additional volunteers?
    3. Ideas for participating outside of work hours?

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  1. Kitio Fofack

    I think there is possibility to deal with membership drive almost as a classic customer relationship management.

    Good news we have great resources:

    • The list Mike maintains (decision makers are probably on it);
    • The credibility of institutions supporting and using VIVO;
    • OpenVIVO for demonstrations;
    • Zoom for online meetings;

    The other side:

    • There is need for a tool to better than a spreadsheet to help tracking the process of converting  prospects into a members(client).
    • Maybe a strategy to get the most possible membership out of the actual effort put in the process.


    a. I'm willing to help

    b. If there aren't other volunteers let's do what we can with the ones available. There is need to sell membership drive membership in the community. What's in for them as individuals, as institutions ?

    c. People will be more likely to do extras  when there are rewards like fun, learning, participation !

    1. Julia Trimmer

      Thanks Kitio! These are great ideas, and we appreciate your input and your willingness to help! Mike is currently offline but I expect that he'll be back in touch re: next steps! Merci beaucoup (smile)

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