== Membership/Administration Plan 2014 ==

'''Team Details:'''
 * We need to discuss how the team itself will function:
   * Level of involvement/requirements of participation
   * Task managers
   * Staffing and staff management
   * Evaluation

'''Administration''' [[br]]
 * Goals:  
   * Make sure we are compliant with all legal and fiduciary rules
   * Effectively manage budgets of all teams
   * Coordinate budgets between Mexico and US
	
 __Financial Review__
    1. Need external review and put controls in place
    2. Monitor budget – how to manage all team budgets
    3. Staffing policies and record keeping
    4. Other admin function?

__Membership Policy__
    1. At the Coordinators meeting on 1/23 there was a request to revise our policy on special memberships - free and low cost

To do:  * Budget for Financial work
	* Staffing
	* External consultant

'''Membership''' [[br]]
 * Goals: 	 	
   * Member Engagement
   * Member Awareness

__Database Coding__
    1. Identify all members by relationship to MFPL from core to periphery
    2. Invite core to participate in teams and projects
    3. Work on moving periphery to core

__Engagement strategies__		
    1. “why I’m a member statement” from core members to use in outreach, website and promotion
    2. Meetings/calls with members
    3. Survey of members
    4. Privacy Statement project/Terms of Service – coordinate with Enrique’s plan
    5. People Links phone conferences [wiki:peoplelinks]

__Communication strategies__
    1. Need to figure out policy for how we communicate to members general news and updates
       a. Continue Lowdown?
       b. New strategy?
    2. Suggestion of quarterly membership report – updates from teams, financial reports
    3. Revise website
       a. Revise membership materials including:
       b. Benefits of membership (use statements from core)
       c. Easy access to ticketing
       d. How to use control panel
       e. Billing questions
       f. Member Engagement
       g. Team meeting schedule – how to get involved
       h. News/updates – Lowdown?
       i. Tech connections
	
__Budget__