Volunteer Opportunity Details

The Advocacy Council charge:
• Provide oversight to ASAE’s government relations and policy work;
• Advise ASAE in how to improve programs and services for Government Relations & Advocacy members;
• Identify hot topic, perennial, and high-level issues to share/advise ASAE staff and Government Relations & Advocacy professionals, for potential session proposals, articles, and models and samples;
• Engage ASAE members in the Government Relations & Advocacy Community through a variety of in-person and online communication vehicles (e.g. ASAE Events, Member Meetups, Collaborate, Webinars, etc.)

Meetings:
Meetings will be held virtually. There will also be opportunities to meet in-person

Application:
All Advocacy Council members are required to participate in at least one subcommittee. The Advocacy Council currently has three subcommittees (thought leadership and content; educational programming and events; and state and local affairs),

In the space provided please provide the following information:
- Which subcommittee would you be most interested in serving? 
- What areas of expertise will you bring to the group, e.g., government relations, communications, policy, legal, advocacy, social media? 
- Why are you interested in joining the Advocacy Council?
- What would you like to achieve at the end of your first year?

Selection Process:

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 granted by the ASAE Board chair-elect.

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.