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Membership
Recruits new members, processes membership applications, encourages new member involvement through committee participation, orients new members.
Member Relations
Encourages member interaction and participation and helps determine how AFWA can better serve its members. Helps orient new members.
Student Activities
Serves as liaison to area college accounting programs and fosters student membership. Coordinates an annual student night dinner.
Scholarship
Publicizes scholarships and solicits applications, selects and honors winners, and coordinates fund raising activities such as annual dessert auction.
Marketing
Promotes positive public exposure of organization and women in accounting. Prepares press releases of Chapter meetings and events for publicity in local papers.
Education
Plans and produces educational seminars of interest and benefit to our members. Offered at minimal cost to fulfill CPE requirements. Maintains records of CPE.
Program
Secures speakers for monthly dinner meetings on topics that contribute to our professional competence and knowledge. Introduces speakers at meetings.
Community Service
Coordinates and advances opportunities for members to give back to the community. Publicizes volunteer opportunities with local organizations (coordinated with the Employment Opportunities newsletter). Organizes annual clothing and holiday gift-giving drives.
Arrangements
Responsible for monthly dinner meetings. Collects dinner meeting reservations and coordinates with catering. Greets and checks in members and guests at dinner meetings. Ensures the monthly dinner meetings run smoothly. Great committee for new members!
Newsletter
Responsible for communication of information to members. Publishes monthly newsletter (The Journal) which is primary means of communication of chapter events, goals, and member news. Transmits newsletter for publications to the chapter web site
Technology
Addresses technology issues for the chapter. Maintains and updates the chapter website, solicits entries to the website calendar, and publishes the monthly newsletter in electronic form for both website viewing and downloading. Implements new technology opportunities, educates members on technology issues, and helps to design new website additions.