[claserve] Re: an idea for membership increase
- From: "Carol Sullivan" <caros8@xxxxxxx>
- To: <claserve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 17:07:50 -0600
Gosh, Brannon, this idea shimmers with the promise of boosting and better
serving our membership. Wonder if ELA might be the mechanism for CLAS to
launch/promote such a CLAS Speaker Series? We could also promo the series
at our big three conferences. Carol Sullivan
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From: "Brannon Hertel" <hertelbchs@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <claserve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 9:23 AM
Subject: [claserve] an idea for membership increase
>
> Hello, everyone,
>
> An idea has been suggested to me by Jared Parsons, a
> teacher at Smoky Hill. We were mulling over how to
> attract new people to CLAS and he was wondering if/why
> our offerings need to just be with our conferences.
>
> His suggestion was that we bring in speakers for
> one-time, 2-hour slots to give speeches to English
> teachers. His idea came from the fact that disticts
> bring in folks like Donald Graves and Carol Jago to
> speak to large groups within a district. Why can't we
> be a part of that?
>
> What if we use our resources in districts to run sort
> of combined speaker dates. For example, Jeffco
> Schools provides a place (and perhaps pays the
> speaker's personal expenses) and advertises to its
> teachers. We get the word out to people in other
> districts and help find the presenters. We (the
> district and CLAS) use textbook companies as resources
> and possible sponsorship. We might even be able to
> offer the speaker a percentage of the draw instead of
> a flat fee. I bet we know enough folks who would be
> interested in such an arrangement, and once it got off
> the ground, speakers will be happy to present.
>
> The program might be called the CLAS Speaker Series.
>
> The main focus of this idea is to attract new members
> to our organization. So far our advertising has been
> inadequate. If we get some of the big districts on
> board and are known for co-sponsoring these events,
> the trickle down could be quite nice.
>
> I don't think these speakers would conflict with our
> conference any more than the speakers that districts
> already bring in. And having apparent district
> alliances would only further our cause.
>
> What do you think?
>
>
> Hope your summers are going wonderfully...
>
> Brannon
>
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