asapm Position Descriptions:
Director of Member Services

Major Responsibilities
1. Serves on the Board of Directors as a voting member.
2. Assures that asapm Member Services activities are aligned with the society’s strategic goals and
    plans.
3. Plans and execute activities in accordance with the Member Services budget.
4. Coordinates Member Services activities with other affiliated professional associations, as required.
5. Represents asapm on Member Services matters with other professional associations.
6. Ensures that Member Services activities are conducted in a professional manner.
7. Prepares a plan of actions for the next year and presents it to the Board of Directors.

General Duties
1. Participates in Board meetings two or more times per year.
2. Develops annual plans and budget to guide Member Services activities.
3. Owns and maintains the Membership List, keep it current based on information from the Secretary-
    Treasurer. Example uses: Publishing the Newsletter; Voting.
4. Directs the writing, production and publishing of the newsletter to Members, and provides a
    version for Marketing to publish for non-members.
5. Establishes and maintains the Community of Practice program, a member involvement program
    that provides a format for inviting friends and associates to a meeting to discuss topics germane
     to the PM discipline.
6. Directs the establishment and coordination of asapm Project Management Communities of Practice
    (PMCoP), because one of the greatest benefits of membership is the unique networking with your
    peers.
7. Responsible for posting useful and meaningful content in the Members Only Area of the asapm
    website.
8. Maintains the Meet Our Members (MOM) section of the website, with frequently-added entries.
9. Coordinates research, recommendation and provision of other Member Services, including (but not
    limited to) journals and magazines, the membership directory, a jobs board, and Awards Program.
10. Quarterly, or as required, reports progress and status on Member Services activities to the Board
      of Directors and for the Society newsletter and website.

Term Of Office: July 2008 - June 2011

Currently Serving, Director of Member Services: Stacy Goff, PMP

Candidate Statement: I am Stacy Goff, past asapm Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer and Director of Education. I am a co-founder of asapm, and website manager. I am willing, able and committed to serve if I am elected to the position of asapm Director of Member Services. I have served asapm for over 7 years, and plan to continue to dedicate the time and resources needed to execute this position's responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Sponsor or participant of most asapm actions over the last 7 years.
• Representing asapm and the USA with IPMA, the International Project Management Association for four years, supporting programs and policies that help us advance our causes.
• Originator of PM CompModel and the Competence Enabler program.
• Prolific Author of articles and papers, presenting at two IPMA Congresses (China and India), and multiple USA and European conferences, representing asapm.
• Project Manager for the USA/NCB, the National Competence Baseline for Project Management.
• Self-employed in my own Project Management consulting firm, ProjectExperts.
• A PM Consultant since 1982, practitioner since 1970.
• Able to set my own ego aside enough to help keep a brilliant group of strong-ego volunteers working together.
• A project management practitioner who practices what he preaches.
• Founder and president of a not-for-profit organization that achieved 50K members and 250 chapters in 15 countries (Atari Computer Enthusiasts: ACE, 1980-1982).

Goals for the Director of Member Services Position
Working together with asapm Officers and Directors, to:

• Further increase the benefits of being a member of asapm.
• Increase member volunteer effort in the society's programs.
• Increase the visibility of asapm, our initiatives and our certifications among Enterprises, Executive management and project managers.
• Increase the society's membership.
• Increase the involvement of PM Vendors in asapm's programs.
• Improve the use and usefulness of the asapm website and email newsletter.
• Increase the opportunities for member-to-member networking through the asapm Members Only site, Congresses, local-group formation using PMCoPs ( Project Management Communities of Practice); form asapm Chapters, where we have concentrations of members.