Committees
Membership Committee
Goal: To increase MBEI and NBEA/NCBEA membership.
Promote renewals and continuing commitment to Business Education and MBEI-Establish regional membership directories
- Explore new methods to recruit and maintain members
- Conduct periodic follow-up activities of non-members
- Establish a membership committee at the state level to assist and advise each division in its efforts to recruit members
Assist in membership promotion in each MBEI division.
- Appoint a membership director for each division
- Review past membership lists to determine the number of members in each division Use this data to set goals for each division for membership renewal.
- Determine which division(s) has met and/or surpassed the goal and which division had the highest percentage of goal achievement
- Work with the Awards Committee and the MBEI President to arrange for the presentation of awards for highest percentage of goal and for achieving 100% of goal.
- Submit written reports to the Executive/Administrative Board
Increase NBEA membership in Minnesota to reach or surpass the national membership goal
- Write/contact non-renewing NBEA members inviting them to renew NBEA membership
- Prepare and mail (or email) a packet of information about NCBEA to each divisional membership chair with list of non-renewing members to target each month.
- Set up an NBEA exhibit at the 2002 Fall Convention
- Apply to NBEA for the promotional reimbursement available to Minnesota
- Maintain and update the database of all business educators in Minnesota based on regional directories.
Legislative Committee
Goal: To keep abreast with the state legislature and with issues related to business education.
Specific Strategies
- Improve the position of business education’s lobbying effort.
- Work with the Publications Committee to write and publish articles informing members what they can do to assist and support lobbying efforts.
Projects Committee
Goal: Look for projects that are not only of service and benefit for our members but also generate income for MBEI.
Current Ideas
- A+
- JAVA
- CISCO Networking
- Programming
- Sports and Entertainment Marketing
- Sports Management Workshop
- Methods of Teaching (book with lesson plans, etc.)
Publications Committee
Goal: The publications committee is responsible for the MBEI IN ACTION newsletter.
If you would like more information on any of these publications please contact the publications committee chair.
Public Relations Committee
Goal: Improve the relationship in business education in Minnesota with NCBEA, NBEA, and the public.
Work with teacher education institutions to maintain good public relations
- Conduct public relations activities for MBEI
- Arrange for a photo of the MBEI Executive/Administrative Board and convention photographs to be taken at the Fall Convention
- Distribute copies of these pictures to the professional publications
Submit articles about MBEI activities for publication in Business Education Forum, MBEI in Action, etc
- Work with Awards Committee so that MBEI award winners are announced in the professional publications and state media
- Develop a list of recommendations concerning ways to improve MBEI’s public relations activities and submit the list to the Executive/Administrative board winter meeting
- Prepare a yearly calendar of activities for MBEI and publish this information in the December issue of MBEI in Action
Have an official MBEI representative in attendance at each division meeting
- Attend the two MBEI sponsored conventions/conferences
Improve relations with business and other institutions
- Determine a list of possible business/industry contacts
- Make initial contact to determine the feasibility of establishing an on-going relationship
- Follow through with positive contacts
Publish MBEI in Action
- Prepare a budget and submit it to the MBEI Executive/Administrative Board at Spring meeting
- Acquire articles from Executive/Administrative Board members and committee chairs
- Solicit articles from all subject areas within business education to ensure a proper topic balance in each issue of the newsletter
- Solicit articles from teacher educators in Minnesota
- Publish and distribute three newsletters during year
- Sell advertising to help support the cost of MBEI in Action
- Establish, announce, and meet deadlines for each newsletter
- Distribute copies of convention mailings and newsletters to NCBEA officers and to state newsletter editors in the NCBEA region.
