I like all those ideas except that I'm not sure it really ties in with
hosting speakers. I think we need a separate person or committee to handle
newbies. Their needs will be different, and the hosts for each speaker will
need to be responsible for that one person.
Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cheryl Rogers" <cheryl@rightstuffwebsites.com>
To: "AGA Advisory Committee" <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: [AGA-mcm] [AGA Convention Feedback] (fwd)
Karen Randall wrote:
I also liked Allesia's idea of a person, or group of people who would
specifically make it their job to take "newbies" under their wing...
particularly if she's offering! This has always been a problem, and
we've
always had to try to balance getting the work done, wanting to spend
some
time with each other becausewe ARE friends, and still making sure that
we
mingle and make new attendees feel welcome. This is an idea that could
solve that problem. It would also help with people like Marian. We
could
even have a "welcome wagon" type hand-out if we had a committee working
on
it.
This could be tied in with Speaker Hosts. Not so much a Welcome Committee
thing but a Host Committee thing. How about, when they register, they have
the option of ticking a box that says "This Is My First AGA Convention."
Then a note is made on the registration list and a special dot or
something
put on their badge.
The Host Committee In Charge Of Newbies would meet them when they register
and recognize them later, wandering up to them periodically and asking
them
whether they need anything or have any questions and do they have plans
for
lunch. Likewise, the newbie would know who to seek out with questions.
Then the person behind the AGA table wouldn't be asked questions that she
didn't know the answer to, left feeling stupid because she has no idea.
This data could also be important to track what percentage of people
return
to our convention and what percentage are so pissed they want nothing more
to do with us ever again.
Cheryl
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