This year we had 24 new members (5 of which were vendors) and contacted all of the individual members multiple times throughout the year. The goal was to ensure new members felt engaged and able to ask questions at any time. Each member of the committee was assigned 2 new members to keep up with during the year. Any bibliographies new members agreed to publish were distributed to the Express. Committee members contacted their new members to determine if they would like to be recognized at the MCMLA Virtual 2015 meeting. Seven of the new members agreed to be recognized using a PowerPoint slide displaying new member information. Jeanne Burke revised and displayed the membership committee's poster at the annual MLA meeting as well as the brochure. Members of the membership & the executive committees assisted with revisions.
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