What follows is the description of the Membership Committee, should it be decided to reinstate same.
In order to recruit, retain, and recover members, The Augustan Society, Inc., has need of a '''Membership Committee'''. For reasons not well understood, it has at times been a "Committee-of-the-Whole" of the [[Board]], or deliberately abandoned altogether.
The Committee is under the direction of a Chairman, who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the [[President]]Secretary. Said chairman They may name any number of willing members [[in good standing]] to the committee. The [[President ]] and [[Headquarters Staff]] are ex-officio members.
The Committee is responsible for providing the overall leadership, planning, and oversight for , and implementation of the Society's strategy for membership development and retention, and for marketingof Society membership.
Duties of the committee include:
<ul>
<li>Driving and leading new membership growth, satisfaction, and retention;</li>
<li>Conducting periodic [[Member Interest Survey|Member Interest Surveys]] to monitor members interests and identify potential volunteers;</li>
<li>Conducting periodic [[Skill Needs Survey|Skill Needs Surveys]] to determine what skills are needed by the various Committees and Sub-Groups;</li>
<li>Conducting periodic [[Member Skills Survey|Member Skills Surveys]] to determine what skills are posessed by members who might be asked to put them to use on behalf of the various Committees and Sub-Groups;</li>
<li>Conducting periodic [[Member Interest Survey|Member Interest Surveys]] to monitor members interests and identify potential volunteers;</li>
<li>Ensuring strategic focus and alignment with the Society's organization objectives, operational strategy, and market needs;</li>
<li>Growing the Society's global membership base.</li>
<li>Conducting renewal processes in a timely manner, with suitable provisions for updating the membership database.</li>
<li>Conducting recovery processes for those who fail to renew. Goals of this process are both to recover the member, and to determine the reasons they chose not to renew, and to communicate this data as may be felt constructive.</li>
</ul>
<li>Defining the member research agenda and priorities;</li>
<li>Overseeing integrated member benefitsin consultation with the [[Order of the Augustan Eagle]];</li>
<li>Overseeing membership segments development; and</li>