Purpose
The Membership Committee is responsible for responding to inquiries about membership from prospective members, communicating with prospective and new members, coordinating membership applications, preparing the directory and generally coordinating any aspect of recruiting, processing and welcoming new members into the organization.
Committee Mission
Our mission as a committee is to maintain current membership data and provide a directory to promote networking and business development among members, assist KC CREW in expanding its membership base, to facilitate new member application processing, provide orientation to new members and assist in integrating them into an active role in KC CREW, coordinate with CREW Network on membership data for current and new members, renewals and invoicing, and to manage the membership budget.
Main Tasks
In furtherance of the stated goals and mission of CREW, the Membership Committee seeks to enhance the membership experience by performance of the following tasks:
- Follow up with each guest to the monthly luncheon.
- Respond to inquiries from potential new members and coordinating new member applications.
- Follow up with potential new members to facilitate the application process.
- Take each new member to a welcome lunch to orientate them regarding the various committees and member participation opportunities.
- Facilitate distribution of directory and welcome information to each new member.
- Creation and distribution of chapter’s directory annually (distribution is in the Spring) and creation and distribution of updates to the directory annually (distribution of updates is in the Fall).
- Assist all members and Board of Directors with recruiting new members.
- Keep directory database updated.
- Make recommendations to the board as requested regarding any membership issues as they arise.
Monthly Committee Meetings
The Membership Committee meets the third Friday of every month at 12:30 pm at the offices of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, 4520 Main Street, Suite 1100, Kansas City, MO 64111.
We encourage and are actively seeking new members to join this committee. If you are interested in joining our committee, please contact Allison Tanner at (816) 460-2550 or atanner@swansonmidgley.com or Julia Taylor at (816) 460-2492 or jtaylor@sonnenschein.com.
Members:
| Dyanne Bean |
Emery Sapp & Sons (ESS) |
| Jamie Clark |
Ironstone Bank |
| Shelly Heflin |
Premier Bank |
| Bonnie Limbird |
Encompass |
| Traci Peterson |
Bryan Cave |
| Donna Sams |
Commerce Bank |
| Patsy Stuke |
American Osage Consulting, Inc. |
| Julia Taylor |
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP |
| Wendy Van Duyne |
Bartlett & West |
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