Community Mission
Develop and communicate to all Posts the strategies, best practices and tools that are most effective for them to grow their membership, to foster greater member engagement and leadership, and to enhance their members’ experience with SAME, further enabling each Post to support the current Strategic Plan of the Society.
Overview
As one of the “operational” Communities of Interest (vs. “technical” COIs), the Membership COI serves as an extension of the national office staff to assist all Post leaders, especially Posts’ Membership Chairs/POCs, with the tools, resources and connections necessary to help enhance their members’ society experience through their locally relevant Posts. Between our COI members and the post membership chairs/POCs, invited to our calls and sponsored webinars, we are over 140 people strong across SAME.
SAME’s Membership COI is open to any SAME member to participate. Unlike many of our other COIs that focus in on special professional and technical interest areas important to SAME members, the Membership COI provides participants with a broad-ranging opportunity to become involved at the national level. Our forum has the potential to positively impact the experience of every current and future member of the society as it pursues its strategic goals.
COI Objectives
- Provide opportunities to foster connections with other Post leaders across all sizes and post geographies
- Engage with best practices employed at other Posts by their leaders and members
- Share creative tools and resources aimed at improving post level retention and recruitment successes
Community Chair
Dana Otto, WSP
Organization Structure
Vice Chair, Tools & Resources: Vacant
Chair-Elect, Strategic Direction: Bobbi Jo Lang
Vice Chair, Military & Government Engagement: Lee Ann Zelesnikar
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Debra Crafter and Elaina Edwards
Immediate Past Chair: Michael Huffstetler, F.SAME
Elected Directors: Danielle Barner, John Davis
Staff Liaison: Jill Murphy
Webinar: Understanding the New Membership Structure
Military Membership – What’s in it for You?
Post Member Survey Question Bank
Strategic Partnering Checklist
Additional Membership Resources
SAME National Webinars
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The Expanding Role of Artificial Intelligence in Energy
Recently, artificial intelligence (AI) has been prevalent in the news, but did you know that AI in the energy industry has been around for over 20 years? Over that time, its use has both grown and evolved; however, there are still foundational principles that remain for AI in the energy sector. -
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How Passive Samplers can Optimize and Reduce the Costs of Environmental Sampling Programs
This session highlights passive sampling devices (PSDs) and their many advantages over conventional sampling methods for quantifying the availability of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), hydrophobic organic compounds (HOC) and inorganic compounds in groundwater, sediment porewater, surface water and stormwater in terms of cost and data quality. -
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Creating Opportunities – Where you Are and Where you Will Be
Do you have challenges, risks, and obstacles, or are they opportunities? While the word opportunity means several things to SAME’s members, above all it denotes a mindset. -
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Achieving Compliance with the Service Contract Act
The labor standards of The McNamara O’Hara Service Contract Act (SCA) require compliance with a variety of labor standard provisions.