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SECTIONS WEBINAR: JUNE 2012
WHAT’S NEW WITH SMPTE:
A BOARD AND BENEFIT UPDATE
WITH PAUL STECHLY, VP SECTIONS
Topics for discussion today
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AP’s
Student Membership Challenge
New Student Sections
Centennial ideas
New Member benefits for US Members
AP’s – Where are we?
In 2010, the governance documents, including
the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws were
approved by a vote of the membership.
While the new Bylaws were effective
immediately, further action is being taken to
develop new operating procedures.
Which ones need updating? All of them!
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Governance
Finance/Operations
Education
Engineering
Membership/Sections
The Board would like to see drafts of the
Operations Manuals at its October meeting.
Revisions are Continuing!
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Old AP’s were restrictive and out of date and often
lead to Section practices to circumvent the restrictions
New bylaws governing sections will contain very little on
operations
Instead, they will point to a Operational Handbook that
will be easier to update
Considerable input from Sections in reviewing the new
by-laws to make them applicable to the real world
How do we get more
Student Members?
Make it easy for them to find us and
join
 Pay for their first year of
membership
 Advertise the value of Membership
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How do we attract more students?
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Forge ties with local
institutions
Have more student events
Upgrade our Social
Media presence on
Facebook, Twitter and
Linked In so that students
can find us.
Pay for their first year of Membership
Thanks, Bill Miller!
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Personal mission to give back
and to generate a future
SMPTE membership
Challenge to SMPTE members
to match student memberships
up to $5000 (of his own
money)!
Since 2011, Bill has
supported more than 18
students
Broadening the Visibility of this Challenge
In Two Parts
Raise awareness for members…
encourage $35 donations
Raise awareness for
students and professors…
apply to get your first
year of SMPTE
membership sponsored
Many Benefits to SMPTE
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Connects students with
SMPTE Members
Promotes membership
values to students
Great “feel good”
Tax deductible for donor
Basis for future donation
opportunities
What Happens Next for Donations
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Today, we can accept donations via check or credit card,
offline
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Donation offer is already part of renewal form, and we can add
this specific program.
We will tag donations as part of SMC
Send donor a thank you letter that will serve as a tax
receipt for the IRS
Track number of donations to invoice Bill Miller for match
with a thank you letter
In future, we will enable online donations directly through
SMPTE.org
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Development needs to happen on civiCRM
Matching Donations with Students
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Students will apply for dues abatement, via email
application
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Requirements need to be defined along with
applications process
Once approved, student record will be tagged with
SMC so that we can follow them and renew them
next year
Will track to ensure we don’t over spend against
the fund
Appeals to Members and Students
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Launch marketing campaign in September
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To Members:
“Match
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Bill Miller in the SMTPE Student Membership Challenge”
Challenge to run through December 2012
To Students:
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your career with SMPTE and your first year is taken care
of through the Student Membership Fund”
 Continues until the Fund runs dry
Thank you, Bill!
For your generous
offer to help
Students and SMPTE
New Student Sections
Congratulations to our new Student Sections!
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Loyola University, Maryland
New York City College of Technology
Get good marketing materials and
value proposition
Brochure is in the works
Video is in the works
What can the Section Do?
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We recommend that all Sections have a student liaison
position assigned within the local board
List them as a contact on the Web if available
Contact to local educational institutions
Look for clubs within schools that may have an interest
in SMPTE
Use educational institutions as meeting venues and ask
school admin/department to advertise the event.
Resources and Participation
SMPTE Centennial
 Speakers Bureau
 Member benefits for US members
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Celebrating 100 Years in 2016
Join SMPTE in celebrating its rich
tradition and heritage while we
look to the future!
Plans are being developed for
a festive year of activities
Contact SMPTE with your ideas
and support at
[email protected]
SMPTE Speakers Bureau
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A new resource for Sections
has been added to SMPTE.org
under Members only!
You can find Speakers for
your meetings, volunteer to be
a speaker or nominate!
We will continue to build the
resource, adding Speakers
and organizing it by topic.
New Benefits for US members
Medical Insurance
Dental and Vision
Film & Video Production
Commercial Insurance
RxCut® discount card
Quicken Mortgage Loans
Travel Insurance
Rewards Program
Pet Insurance
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Date: TBA
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PAUL STECHLY
[email protected]
(905) 625-4321 X2243