ASCnet Volunteer "Job" Bank

By getting involved in your association you will make new friends, gain new skills, enhance existing ones and increase the overall performance and benefits of ASCnet. ASCnet’s volunteers are an essential part of our association – all working together to ensure that the association achieves its goals. Every activity that a volunteer gets involved with, from assisting at an education event to leading a committee, is equally valuable.

2009 ASCnet Editorial Advisory Group

Do You Have the Pulse?

Not a pulse, although that’s important. We’re talking about the pulse… the pulse of ASCnet members, their agencies and brokerages, and insurance, business and technology at large. If so, ASCnet needs your insight.The ASCnet Editorial Advisory Group (EAG) is looking for connected, committed and creative members. As an EAG participant, you will help keep ASCnet Quarterly, our user group’s magazine, relevant and fresh. If these skills, experience and availability describe you, you’ll find this a particularly rewarding assignment:

You read ASCnet Quarterly.
You also read (at least peruse) other insurance industry trade publications, such as Rough Notes, American Agent & Broker, National Underwriter, TechDecisions and more.
You also keep up on business and technology issues, electronically or in print.
You frequently talk with people in your organization about what’s working well for them—and what’s not.
Your coworkers (or kids or neighbors or best friend) will tell us you’re not afraid to speak your mind.
You’re willing to share ideas verbally and convey your thoughts and suggestions in writing.
The desire to commit to ASCnet communication goals and objectives and provide input to the committee
You’re interested in working with ASCnet and other members to establish direction for the magazine and make sure it’s meeting its objectives.
You will agree to help identify topics, authors, articles, columns and columnists for the magazine.
You’ll prepare for and take part in four teleconferences each year (scheduled now for early February, May, August and November) to discuss story ideas for upcoming issues.
You’d be happy to prepare for and take part in an annual teleconference (probably in late August or early September) to identify broad themes for each of the four issues the following year.
You’re willing to help promote article submission by talking up the magazine among your peers and other business associates.
You have been an ASCnet member for at least a year.
You’re interested in helping identify vendors, carriers and other organizations whose products might be a good fit for advertising.
You see how you’ll get way more out of this (great networking, for example) than simply the good feeling that comes from helping fellow ASCnet members and industry colleagues.
You’d like fame and glory for your efforts (well, at least mention in the magazine!)

If you’d like to make ASCnet Quarterly a must-read resource for members, please complete the ASCnet Volunteer Form and submit it to Dave Willis, contributing editor, at dave@Aartrijk.com.

Policy Oversight Committee

The ASCnet Policy Oversight Committee (POC) is seeking qualified volunteers to sit on one of several task forces to assist the committee in the development of particular organizational policies and/or policy implementation guidelines. Current task force initiatives include conflict of interest, privacy/confidentiality, intellectual property, association grievance resolution, code of ethics/conduct, nominations/vacancy, whistleblower, board voting, and communication and maintenance of approved policies.

The POC volunteer requirements are as follows:

At least 2 years experience and knowledge in ASCnet
Ability to volunteer for approximately 3-4 months
Ability and willingness to participate for the duration of the assigned task force
Ability to participate in teleconference calls as needed
Time and project management skills in achieving and meeting scheduled deliverables
Commitment and desire to create and share knowledge both verbally and in writing as it pertains to the specific task force

If you have a passion for association policy development and would like to participate in an effort that will lay the framework for consistent decision-making throughout ASCnet, please complete the ASCnet Volunteer Form and submit to Christine Forbes, POC Chair. Please indicate the task force you would like to participate in on the ASCnet Volunteer Form. You will be contacted within two weeks by a member of the ASCnet POC.