PR+and+Marketing+tools

I think that OA pages, with flyers and resources on different topics and addressed to different targets (e.g, school principals, school teachers, parents ecc.) would help.

What is OA??

Again, under a password protected area, should be PR materials for members to download and use (pdf): posters, flyers, membership brochures. toolkits, etc. Are we emailing new members a letter containing a membership card? That was my idea a few years ago, but I'm not a new member so I don't see it.

I think we should also maintain more webliographies/resource lists; I think Elizabeth G. is developing one on disaster help. The info lit and research need to keep their resources up to date. I think Elizabeth was also working on a children's lit wiki, which should be liked with the CYAS section. Each SIG should be doing this.

We should also have a Facebook presence. I did this for IFLA's Literacy and Reading Section.

Will/should we be keeping our NING?

NOTE that all and communications channels have to be vetted and linked to each other.

LD: OA = Open access. I like the idea of a special member area with benefits for members. This can give membership a boost. I agree on the communication channels and linkage. Actually, in this way we build a kind of portal (which had my preference from the beginning). I also think there is an extra advantage: if we can split the different components and give to (board) members the responsibility to maintain these pages, this is manageable for everybody, including the new webmaster and might even bring down the estimated hours to maintain the website/portal.