Volunteer Opportunity Details

​The Membership Professionals Advisory Council works to support ASAE’s professional interest community for association membership professionals (and association professionals with membership responsibilities) by creating valuable resources, providing feedback on appropriate ASAE educational opportunities and creating community.

Meeting Requirements:

• This council meets twice a year virtually to include a kick-off meeting* and a mid-year meeting.
• Quarterly calls are also a part of this council functionality to help meet the demands of your peers in the industry.

*New volunteers are required to attend the volunteer group’s kickoff meeting in order to serve

Eligibility Requirements:

• Current position serving in a membership role, overseeing membership functions in an association, or consulting to associations on membership related initiatives.
• Five or more years of professional membership experience preferred, with a minimum of one year serving in a membership role with or for an association.
• Broad membership expertise or deep expertise in a specific membership area (e.g., recruitment, retention) that would serve as a foundation for surfacing useful content and engagement for members of the broader Membership Community.
• Knowledge of membership issues faced by associations and professionals working in associations.

Applications should answer the following questions:

1. Why are you interested in the work of this council?
2. What will be your contribution?

Selection Process:

Not all applicants will be accepted for this council. 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. The following factors are reviewed in the selection process:

Applications- Applicants should clearly define, in their application, how they can best serve on this group as outlined in the above description.

Additional Information:

• 2020-2023 ASAE Strategic Plan Framework
• 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:

In principle and in practice, ASAE values and seeks diversity and inclusive practices within the association management industry.