status quo
Birthday letter to all GDCh members turning 60, 65, and 70 (approximately 3,000 letters per year). The letter also informs about the activities of the SEC and invites recipients to join.
Membership Management: Up-to-date member lists and welcoming new SEC members (5-10 per month).
Membership recruitment: Active participation in Divisions meetings and specialist group conferences, regular contact with the JCF. Member marketing: Flyers. Member recruitment campaign (since 2023). Member recruitment combined with annual conference participation, appointment as a Gold Member (letter from the GDCh), SEC Online presentation announcement, etc.
Pilot poster for recruiting members from other Divisions when they retire (e.g., retired teachers).
SEC membership recruitment opens up to active recruitment of associate members
Goals
- 20% of retired GDCh members are SEC members (approx. 600-700).
- Every GDCh member receives a birthday letter on their 60th, 65th, and 70th birthdays (goal: like this). GDCh members who are already SEC members receive a different text.
- Download the current SEC member list for the first of each month. Identify members who joined in the previous month. Welcome new SEC members with information about SEC activities. A table of SEC members is available to all SEC board members in the workspace.
- Increasing the proportion of women, teachers, associate members, and members from specific Divisions
- Continuously ensure the next generation of talent, including meetings with the GDCh Executive Director and exchanges with the GDCh Board.
Planned projects
- Extensive automation of SEC member management in close collaboration with the GDCh digitalization team (Maximilian Bräutigam, Alexander Lorey) and Jasmin Herr, who is responsible for member marketing.
- Every member who applies for the retirement rate will be advised of SEC membership.
- Cooperation with analytical chemistry (also process analytics) and other Divisions such as chemical education, also to promote the possibility of “associated membership”.
- Use the bimonthly SEC newsletters as an introduction
Members of the working group
Speakers: Wolfgang Gerhartz, Eva E. Wille
Wolfram Koch
Collaboration with GDCh Divisions
With everyone, especially: education and training, the Society of Food Chemistry, chemical education
