Monthly Board APPdate - April 2024
Monthly APP Board APPdate - March 2024
Quote for the Month
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'
'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Highlights
- The Board Zoom platform will change starting June 1st.
- M@Cademy's individual course progress is now listed in this monthly report.
- Jennifer Maddux has been selected to re-take over the Program Committee Chair role.
- Diane Driscoll has been selected to succeed Jennifer. She goes from Vice-Chairperson to Chairperson.
- Governance has finished a review of Section 2 of the PPM and is ready for a Board vote.
- Project Changes:
- Pricing Task Force status moved to "Stalled"
- M@Cademy Review Task status moved to "Green"
Board Notes
- Starting with the new Board term (June 1st), Board meetings will be switching from Zoom "Meetings" to "Webinars". Voting Directors will be panelists. All others will be attendees.
- There is a high probability the Board meeting will change to a new date and time starting in June.
Major Initiatives
M@Cademy Review Task Force
Project Lead: Tim Miller (B-Dir) & Allegra Hanson (Vol) Overview: Conduct a 360-degree review of M@Cademy to determine why sales are not occurring and recommend changes to the Board. TF will review current strategies and determine if changes are required. |
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Board Involvement: Responsible: Board Major Roadblock: |
Pricing Policy Task Force
Project Lead: Gerald Lannan (B-Dir) Overview: Create a pricing policy for APP. |
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Board Involvement: RACI: Responsible: Finance, Board, Governance
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New Member Acquisition
Project Lead: Adrienne Gray (Mem-Chair) Overview: Acquire 50 new members via direct contacts in FY 2024/25. |
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Board Involvement: RACI: Responsible: Membership Major Roadblock: |
Board Goals Alignment & PPM Review
Project Lead: Heather Randall (B-Dir) Overview: Meet with each committee and review their processes, policies, and structure to ensure alignment between committees, PPM, and Board goals. Sub-Project - Brian to review processes to find improvements. |
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Board Involvement: RACI: Responsible: Governance Major Roadblock: |
Member Definitions Review
Project Lead: Aliki Liadis-Hall (B-Sec) Overview: Review membership policies and determine if new membership types or changes to current policies are needed. |
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Board Involvement: Responsible: Governance, Board Major Roadblock: None |
TPPPA Partnership / Pre-Conference Events
Project Lead: Brian Reddoch (S) & Angela Ross (B-Dir) Overview: Discuss how APP can partner with TPPPA with an eye to host a portion of their former annual conference at Level Up 25 as a joint venture. |
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Board Involvement: RACI: Responsible: Events Major Roadblock: |
Committees of the Org Updates
Communications
Chair - Erin Johnston
Vice - Ashley McHugh
Board Liaision - none
Ashley McHugh (KeyBank) named as Vice-Chairperson. This newish committee continues to build upon its initial launch and has started its second project. |
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Education/M@Cademy
Chair - Diane Driscoll
Vice - open
Board Liaison - Tim Miller & Angela Ross
Updates:
Development - 2 courses
These currently have sub-project writing teams drafting them.
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Engagement
Chair - Ruben Pizana
Vice - Adrienne Gray
Board Liaison - Liz Pike
They held a Members Benefit webinar in April. |
Major Projects: |
Event Logistics
Chair - Julie Schwartz
Vice - Open
Board Liasion - Dom Cirone
Regionals Roadshows: Level Up |
Membership
Chair - Adrienne Gray
Vice - Joe Pickett
Board Liaison - Dinah Suppes
Alerts - Currently, there is only one volunteer and one staff member releasing Alerts. Training is pending to increase with 4 additional volunteers. Vetting New Orgs - A new process is in place to reduce the turnaround time of vetting new members. |
Major Projects: |
Program
Chair - Jennifer Maddux
Board Liaison - Dom Cirone
Jennifer Maddux has been selected to take (back over) the Chairperson role of this committee. |
Major Projects: |
Sponsorship
Chair - Alexis Lichterman
Board Liaison - Liz Pike
Regionals: Badges and Lanyards have been sold. Level Up: Sponsorship Committee has set prices for 2025. This is approximately months ahead of previous years. Next year the marketing tiers will change from minerals to trees to match the conference's marketing theme. |
Major Projects:
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Committees of the Board Updates
LDC
Chair - Stephen Prince
Election interviews are ongoing. A slate is expected to be ready for a Board review and vote in April '24. |
Finance
Chair - Kevin Lambrix
Vice - None
Investment Sub-Committee Chair - Kevin Smith
Work is being done to transition and fill in gaps from Mark's departure. |
Governance
Chair - Heather Randall
Vice - Aliki LIadis-Hall
DEI Sub-Committee Chair - Jacinthia Lawson
No update. See Major Initiatives section. |
SIGs
Bank SIG |
The current Chair had to step down. A new one is being sought. |
Fraud SIG (Steering Committee) |
The completed their first project - "7 Things to Know About Money Mules" |
Government Relations SIG |
Working on updating their charter to include succession planning and membership qualifications. |
Other Notes
None.
Projects on the Backburner
- Loss Survey - Needs a project lead
- Law Enforcement & Donations
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