Membership+Committee

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 * //Reduced ISTE dues and NECC Registration.//
 * //Networking with NM education and information technology cohort from around the state, nation, and world.//
 * //Participate in NMSTE sponsored events in the state such as conferences, webinars, virtual NECC and other networking events.//
 * //Discount NMSTE membership with ISTE membership//
 * //Access to just-in-time resources when you need them to help you with your job such as the listserv, the Big Deal Newsletter and ISTE announcements/resources.//
 * //Collaboration with other NM technology education organizations, associations, and programs//
 * //Collaboration with regional and national technology education events and initiatives//
 * //Keep up to date federal and state monies and programs tied to educational technology//
 * //Opportunity to work together to move educational technology forward in NM//

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|| || How are we doing? As of September 18, 2008 we have 43 NMSTE members who classify themselves in many ways Right click on the graphs to get a better look.
 * [[image:Sept_7-45.jpg width="235" height="138" align="center" caption="32/43 NMSTE members also belong to ISTE"]]


 * ===Have you joined the newest ISTE affiliate New Mexico Society for Technology in Education (NMSTE)?===
 * ===//The 100 or Bust// membership drive is in full swing. The first 100 members are Founding Members of NMSTE!===
 * ===Learn more at [|http://www.nmste.org.]===
 * ===Let’s work together to move educational technology forward in NM.===

**__NMSTE Membership/individual:__** $ 31/yr ISTE member $ 41/yr non-ISTE member $ 21/yr students/retired

**__NMSTE Associate Membership:__** $ 41 yr non-profit or educational institution member $101/yr for profit corporation

The Big Deal Book of Technology Newsletter
Sent out twice a month to NMSTE members and those signed up for the NMSTE listserv

__The NMSTE Membership Committee__
//(To see July 2008 Membership Committee Report - Click here)//

<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">
- - Larry Jeffryes (Los Alamos) jeffryes@aol.com - - Gail Gruber (ENMU) gail.gruber@enmu.edu - - Susan Bussman (RETA at NMSU) suceppib@nmsu.edu - - Socorro McCrum-Sanchez (Gadsden Independent Schools) SMCCRUM@gisd.k12.nm.us - - Vern Richardson (Animas) vern.rich@gmail.com - - Lindy Swain (NBCT Emeritus, Gallup) and - - Jill Brown (Albuquerque Academy) NMSTE President and Executive Board representative brownj@aa.edu
 * Chair:**
 * Co Chair:**
 * Committee Members:**

//Have comments for the Membership Committee?//
Contact Larry Jeffryes

//— Reasons for joining ISTE//
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**<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Membership Committee Charge **<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">:
a. **Develop membership goals and a set of specific activities to build membership**
 * //100 members by Jan '09 (arbitrary number picked out of thin air by L.Jeffryes - needs to get NMSTE blessings)//
 * //Publish and distribute NMSTE Newsletter Fall of '09 (See more info on newsletter below)//
 * //NMSTE membership cards for all members. (Vern Rich developing card ideas now that logo has been decided)//
 * //Work with NMSTE to provide professional development opportunities and resources for NMSTE members//

b. **Recommend to the NMSTE Founding Working Group a dues structure**
 * //See membership fees above//

c. **Describe the benefits of membership [**//See ISTE Membership benefits////* ISTE benefits plus NMSTE benefits.]//
 * //Reduced ISTE dues and NECC Registration.//
 * //Networking with NM education and information technology cohort from around the state, nation, and world.//
 * //NMSTE sponsored keynote speaker at the// //__New Mexico K-12 Technology Summit__ held at Embassy Suites in Albuquerque, April 30, May 1-2, 2008.//
 * **Don Knezek,** CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE®)
 * Don is the Co-Chair of the Educational Technology Advisory Committee to the Texas State Board of Education and Co-Director for the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) Project -- an important ISTE initiative. He currently serves on the NETS Refresh Project leadership team updating ISTE’s standards, and he recently directed the National (U.S.) Center for Preparing Tomorrows Teachers to Use Technology (NCPT3).
 * //Discount NMSTE membership with ISTE membership?//
 * //Collaboration with other NM technology education organizations, associations, and programs//
 * //Collaboration with regional and national technology education events and initiatives//

d. **Develop a recruitment email and newsletter, brochure; contribute to the NMSTE website and Wiki**
 * //Want to help with the NMSTE Newsletter, have and interesting perspective or bit of news, or have an event you want to let everyone know about? Email Larry Jeffryes jeffryes@aol.com//
 * //NMSTE listserv at [|https://mailman.nmsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/nmste.]//