NMRT (New Members Round Table)

Leadership Development Director

Term of Office

Directors are elected for two-year terms.

Purpose

The Leadership Director oversees activities intended to give NMRT members experience in professional leadership.

Major Responsibilities

Oversee the activities of the following committees: NMRT Professional Development Grant, Annual Conference Professional Development Attendance Award, Online Discussion Forum, Shirley Olofson Memorial Award, Awards Reception, and providing assistance, advice and support as needed.

Procedures Used to Accomplish Major Responsibilities

• Keep in contact with the chairs of the committees, advising them of deadlines for reports and tasks, responding to their questions, linking them with other resources in NMRT/ALA, etc.


• Report on committee activities and items of strategic importance to the NMRT Executive Board.


• Attend committee and Board meetings committees at conferences, offering support as needed.


• Follow-up with and thank chairs of committees for their service.

Contact People for Accomplishing Committee Objective

• NMRT President


• NMRT Officers


• NMRT Committees


• NMRT Secretary


• Outside Groups

Correspondence and Copies

NMRT President: copies of most correspondence

NMRT Officers and Committees: copies as applicable to their responsibilities

Timetable of Activities

July

• Term begins at end of Annual.


• Obtain and review files from previous Leadership Development Director. Clarify any ambiguities in the files.


• Contact committee chairs under your responsibility to ensure they contact their committee members and solicit introductions. Remind them that you should be CCed on all committee-related correspondence.


• Become thoroughly familiar with their sections of the NMRT Handbook, as well as your own.

August/September

• Receive and review planning reports. React with chairs regarding the reports.


• Prepare your own planning report.

October

• Keep up with activities/correspondence of committees.


• Check to see if the work is progressing satisfactorily. Provide assistance where needed.


• Participate in any Executive Board e-meeting.

November

• Continue keeping in touch with committees. If no correspondence from a committee has arrived, write and ask for news of progress.


• Monitor the progress of Olofson and NMRT Professional Development Grant committees on the number of applicants. Have committee chairs publicize the awards and send their finished releases to the Web committee.


• Assist in selection of Olofson and NMRT Professional Development Grant award winners at the discretion of the chair.

December

• Advise committee chairs to ascertain if an increase is needed in their budgets. Requests for increases must be submitted on the proper forms to the NMRT Treasurer at the Midwinter meeting. Justification is required.


• Remind chairs to prepare committee reports in advance if possible.


• Prepare your own Midwinter (Progress) report.


• Determine the matters that the committee chairs need to have presented to the Executive Board and prepare to speak on their behalf.

Midwinter

• Attend Midwinter Conference.


• Help with last minute details if necessary.


• Be present at programs under Leadership Director’s supervision.


• Attend NMRT Board meeting(s). Attend NMRT Professional Grant committee and Shirley Olofson Memorial Award committee closed meetings, if being held in person.

February

• Make sure Annual Program Committee is making progress on plans for this year's program.


• Follow up with any new business or initiatives generated during Midwinter. Maintain contact with committee chairs.


• Write and submit Officer Progress Report.

March/April

• Maintain close contact with the committee chairs and the President/Vice-President.


• Anticipate problems and be prepared to assist.


• Participate in any Executive Board e-meeting.


• Assist in selection of Professional Development Attendance Award winners at the discretion of the chair.

May

• Remind NMRT Professional Development Grant and Olofson Committee chairs to submit press releases for winners to the NMRT Secretary.


• Begin preparations for Annual; ensure Committee work is on track for programs and services being offered at Annual. Assist as needed.

June

• Write and submit Officer Final Report.


• Prepare to present proposals or concerns at Executive Board meetings.


• Finish up any last minute details for Annual.


• Organize files for transfer to successor.


• NMRT supplies the certificates for the recipients of the Professional Development Grant, Shirley Olofson Memorial Award, and Professional Development Attendance Award and recipients are formally recognized during the Annual Conference. Obtain the certificates from NMRT's Staff Liaison; the Leadership Development Director signs and presents the awards at the NMRT Awards Reception.


• Thank chairs of Committees for their service.

Annual

• Attend Executive Board Meeting(s).


• Attend NMRT Awards Reception and present certificates to winners of the Professional Development Grant, Shirley Olofson Memorial Award, and Professional Development Attendance Award.

Last Reviewed: May 2015; Last Revised: June 2015