Please join WEA for the 2021 Membership Committee Meeting. We'll be meeting at the Inn at Lander on July 12. We encourage all attendees to stay in Lander for the Visionary Quest following the Membership Committee on July 13-15.

Develop an achievable, sustainable plan for membership growth in your region and local with guidance, tools, and support from WEA governance, staff, and fellow membership committee leaders that will shape the growth and direction of your Association throughout the next school year.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided on-site. Single occupancy hotel rooms will be provided. Fuel stipends will be provided for members driving 150+ miles roundtrip to attend. Please register to attend no later than Wednesday, July 7th at 12:30 pm to allow time WEA staff sufficient time to book your hotel room.

A tentative agenda is below:

Agenda:

• 8:30-9:00 - Introductions
• 9:00-9:45 - Review Goals
  • Regional Organizing Teams
  • Vision
    • Purpose
    • Setting them up and keeping them running
  • Regional Organizing Plans
  • Template
• 9:45-10:00 – Break
• 10:00-10:30 – SWMR Grant for locals  
  • What can it be used for?
  • What is the process?
• 10:30-11:00 Funding
  • Statewide funding – Membership
  • Region funding – Regional line items
  • Local Resources
  • Grants/NEA support
• 11:00-12:00 – Grant Resources and initiatives
  • Safe and Just Schools
  • ECE Grant
  • ESP Grant
  • NCUEA
• 12:00-1:30 – Lunch and break
• 1:30-2:00 – Staff support for regional activities
  • Communications
  • Legislative
  • Professional Development
• 2:00-2:30 – Share past successes and lesson learned – Region leaders
• 2:30-4:45 - Break-out into Region Groups – Break as needed
  • UDs – Guide the work
  • discuss timeline for known events – use Kim’s template
  • overarching goals for the future
  • Begin drafting regional organizing plans
• 4:45-5:30 – Share out of regional plans
• Dinner on your own