Community Affairs Committee (CAC)

• Tricia Spayer

• Steve Skojec
• Sudha Kamath

• Provide a principal communications channel between community leaders and the Board of Directors/staff.
• Reach out to communities to help them resolve problems.
• Initiate actions, in collaboration with the STC Board and staff, designed to strengthen STC communities.
• Oversee efforts to orient new leaders; provide guidance materials; capture and sharessons learned; mentor STC Leaders (and future leaders) of SIGs, chapters, Society committees, etc.
• Lead two events at the annual STC Summit:
  • Organize Leadership Day
  • Participate in the organization of the Communities Reception

Initiatives

The CAC this year is energized around a series of defined initiatives. These initiatives were proposed by the CAC, based on issues brought to our attention by community leaders, and have been approved by the board.

Initiatives include:

• Communities outreach: support and quickly respond to our communities:
  • Professional communities: Improve available leadership resources and services, be proactive in helping communities solve problems before they become crises
  • Student communities: Engage students more actively in the Society, increase retention of student members upon graduation, encourage more mentoring activities

• Community leadership:
  • Leaders’ Resources
  • Leadership Handbook
  • Leaders’ Webinar series
  • Leadership Day 

• CAC Communications: Improve awareness of CAC activities, make availability of resources more widely known.

CAC Members

The CAC has a designated lead for each initiative. Each lead will build a team of volunteers to help achieve the goals of the initiative. If you are interested in participating, please contact the lead concerned.

• Andrea Wenger – Leaders’ Resource Webinar Series Lead
• Cindy Pao - Leaders’ Resource and Handbook Lead
• Bethany Bowles and Dan Voss - Student Outreach Co-Leads
• Viqui Dill - Communications Lead
• Richard Mateosian – Community Funding Resource Lead
• Anna Parker-Richards and Rick Lippincott - Leadership Day Co-Leads
• Ben Woelk - Communities Outreach Lead
• Rhyne Armstrong – Resources Lead

Resources

The following individuals are available for mentoring and training communities on specific topics:

• Bob Dianetti – New Member recruiting – (sales coaching mentor)
• Todd DeLuca - Sponsorships

• STC Leaders are well-informed, trained,  and prepared to lead their communities
• Effective communication channels are used for facilitating two-way communication between BOD and community leaders
• Observable efforts by BOD and other Leaders to communicate and support joint tactical and strategic STC goals
• Development of sustainable trust relationships between BOD and leaders
• Perceivable improvement in communication, trust, and informed decision-making between the BOD, staff, and STC community and committee leaders