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Services
Purpose
To collect and disseminate to Units any information that will assist them
in strengthening the membership of the IRTA, and to assist other IRTA
committees in any informational projects or work.
Goals
• To establish an ongoing communication
with all 93 state Units either by direct contact or through Regions and
Areas to which they belong.
• To conduct state-wide surveys of each Unit requesting updated
information on their meeting dates, times, locations, goals, etc.
• To gather representative publications from every Unit such as
their brochures, flyers, newsletters, calendars, etc.
• To make available to each Unit such information at our disposal
that will aide them in make their Unit more efficient.
• To conduct research, as requested by various Units, which will
enable them to improve their operations as well as solicit additional
membership.
• To monitor that ‘committee members communicate with Units
in their Area/Region to assure that Units are receiving information in
a timely manner.
• To work closely and in full cooperation with the IRTA staff in
Springfield in an effort to better serve the various Units throughout
the state.
Information Services Meeting
Update
March 30, 2010
• 11/17 regions represented
• Reinhard Taylor of Region 3 accepted chair
• Clarification: The Information Handbook that was intended to be
disseminated following the convention was held by the IRTA Office and
President for further editing. This was initiated at the meeting, and
it is a work in progress. Eventually a copy will be sent to the unit President
and Public Relations/Information designee. I shared a rough draft at my
visit to each of your units in 2009.
• Our primary goal: To establish on-going communication network
with all units through direct contact or technology.
• Jim Bachman provided a legislative update, emphasizing the example
of recent passage of SB1946 to change the pension format which was rushed
through intentionally within a matter of hours. We need to stay on guard.
• Primary goals for your unit:
1. Promote and educate implementation of VoterVOICE
2. Advise all your members to utilize technology or have a mentor assist
them to get to the IRTA website where you can retrieve state, area,
regional and unit information. Utilize the library or a grandchild.
www.irtaonline.org
3. Keep your local website updated at the state level with Tricia Klim
by sending updates to tricia@irta.online.org
4. Continue to attempt to identify a technologically-savvy person in
your
area to develop and maintain a local website.
• I am scheduled to visit: Blackhawk Rock Island Area April 14
Whiteside April 15
Area I Conference, Princeton May 4
Henry Stark May 12
Mercer October 29
Knox December 6
• If you have any questions, please contact me at mrhawk@dishmail.net
or 309.286.7312
Available
forms, brochures, handbooks
• Sample membership cards (Annual
and Life)
• Local Unit “business cards”
• “Free Lunch” cards for incentive awards or prospective
members
• Unit membership forms
• Committee Involvement survey blank
• Outside Interests survey blank
• Newsletter design suggestions
• Public Relations manual
• Program solutions and suggestions
• VoterVoice handbook to promote grassroots political action
Region 8 Chair for Henry, Stark, Mercer,
Whiteside and Rock Island Counties: Roger J. Hawk 7309 Township Road 1000N, Toulon,
Il 61483
309.286.7312, mrhawk@dishmail.net
The information
services committee members from the eighteen regions meet with the chair,
state president and IRTA office members three times a year. A member accepts
the position for three years.
Update as of 9/01/2010
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