The D+I Committee works to promote a greater understanding of why supporting diversity within associations and fostering a culture of conscious inclusion are a business imperative for the industry. The committee fosters community within ASAE’s membership around D+I topics, helps identify ways to greater engage underrepresented groups (as well as the greater ASAE membership) in these topics, and develops resources to increase the cultural competency of association professionals and staff.
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A 3 to 5-hour commitment per month
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Committee members meet via conference call bi-monthly for 60 minutes. Date and time TBD. You will be asked to participate in workgroup discussions at a different time (30-60 Minute calls).
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Actively participate in discussions in ASAE Collaborate discussion groups.
Focus Areas for 2023-2024
To make progress on important work, clear metrics of success – qualitative and quantitative – are invaluable. The focus of this subcommittee is to help associations understand how to measure progress on diversity, equity, and inclusion, accessibility (DEIA) initiatives.
Community Engagement / Sharing Stories
Understanding people and their stories – across all backgrounds, cultures, organization types, professional levels – can help build empathy, a key component in moving forward on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. This group will focus on engaging with the association community to bring forward stories from individuals and organizations to share, in hopes that we learn more about how others are experiencing the world, progressing on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) efforts. This group will focus on engaging with the association community to bring forward stories from individuals and organization to share, in hopes that we learn more about how others are experiencing the world, progressing on DEIA efforts, and more.
C-Suite Accountability and Support
CEOs and C-suite leaders have an outsized effect on culture and the ability to implement DEIA efforts. This group will be focused on providing support and accountability to the C-suite to build champions of DEIA efforts.
Eligibility Requirements:
The Committee is especially interested in members working in diversity, inclusion, equity, and accessibility as all or part of their work.
Projects include:
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Support ASAE’s strategic plan’s focus on top-level commitment and accountability through discussions, examples, and resources to aid C-Suite leadership with DEIA.
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Identify and support communications of DEIA activities within ASAE and the industry for association professionals.
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Support data gathering and benchmarking best practices within ASAE related to DEIA and share our findings within the industry.
*When filling out the application, applicants are encouraged to speak directly to how they meet the eligibility requirements and how they can contribute to the work of the group.
Selection Process:
We are looking for 4 new members for the 2023-2024 term which means not all applicants will be accepted for this committee. The selection committee is comprised of the incoming volunteer chair, the incoming volunteer vice chair, the outgoing volunteer chair, and the ASAE executive staff liaison. The ASAE staff liaison plays a supporting role in this process. Final approval is from the ASAE Board chair-elect.
Applications- Applicants should clearly define, in their application, how they can best serve on this group as outlined in the above description.
Additional Information:
- New volunteers are required to attend the volunteer group’s orientation in order to serve.
- Council members (or their organizations) pay their own travel expenses to attend meetings.
Diversity of Voice- With support of ASAE staff, the selection committee utilizes the ASAE Board Diversity Policy and Volunteer Model to ensure the group is comprised of a variety of voices from the membership. To support this effort, all ASAE members can log into their main ASAE account and update their information in their ASAE Profile to ensure it is complete and up to date.
Disclaimer:
• New volunteers are required to attend the volunteer group’s kickoff meeting in order to serve.
• ASAE does not reimburse Committee, or Council members for travel.
• Members can only serve 1 (one) volunteer group (council or committee) at a time.
In principle and in practice, ASAE values and seeks diversity and inclusive practices within the association management industry.