Descriptions:

Presidential Committee Communications Committee
Programming Committee Finance Committee

Presidential Committees
 
Underclassmen Involvement

Responsible for giving experience to underclass ISU-AMA members in doing fundraising, social events, speakers, and other activities.

Research & Development

Responsible for conducting research surveys consisting of members' ideas, suggestions, and opinions for various activities within ISU-AMA, and also guest speaker evaluations. This committee could also do research for businesses to earn money for ISU-AMA.

 
Webmaster

The Webmaster is in charge of maintaining and updating the ISU-AMA Web site.

Business Week

Helps organize fall College of Business events to promote interaction between College of Business organizations and plan Business Week. Attends monthly Business Week meetings, and reports to the AMA officers once a month.

Creative Design and Display Committee

One of the activities of this committee will be to work on a float or presentation for ISU Homecoming parade. Other activities may be assigned by the President as needed.



Programming Committees
 
Entertainment

The entertainment committee schedules various social events for AMA members. This committee will be expected to set up social events and communicate those social events to the members of the executive board and the members of American Marketing Association. Members of the entertainment committee will be expected to attend social events whenever possible.

Tours

The Tours Committee provides interesting and relevant tours of companies and facilities that are of interest to AMA members. This committee will be expected to set up tours and communicate those tours to the members of the executive board and the members of American Marketing Association. Members of the Tours Committee will be expected to attend tours whenever possible.

Programs

The primary purpose of the programs committee is to schedule speakers that will be informative, interesting, and beneficial to AMA members. The committee should have speakers from multiple areas within the marketing profession. The committee must contact the speaker, set up dates, get rooms reserved, and maintain correspondence with the speaker. This committee is also responsible for setting up rooms to hold general AMA meetings and other events. The members of the programs committee will be expected to attend speakers whenever possible.

Special Events

The Special Events Committee is involved with the planning and production of special events such as: ISU Idol, ISU Top Model and of the ISU-AMA Formal.

Faculty/Student Services

This committee's function is to keep up a good image of the ISU-AMA with the marketing faculty and the College of Business by arranging luncheons and social hours for the faculty and students. In addition, it notifies the marketing faculty about AMA events.



Communications Committees
 
Advertising & Promotion

Advertising and Promotion is responsible for 95% of the advertising that takes place in AMA. Members gain experience by being creative and designing layouts and coordinating advertising campaigns.

Public Relations and Community Service

The objective of this committee is to promote AMA's good name in the community by providing community services to the Bloomington/Normal area including ISU and the College of Business. Past community services have included visits to a nursing home, blood drives, Habitat for Humanity, food drives, clothing drives, etc.

Personal Communications

The Personal Communications Committee represents a direct communication channel between the American Marketing Association and the students. This committee is responsible for informing members of upcoming events through classroom announcements, e-mail, AIM and the telephone. This committee also gives presentations about marketing and ISU-AMA in high schools and community colleges.

Internal Communications

Internal Communications maintains communication with all members of AMA through newsletters and monthly ISU-AMA calendars.

External Communications and Publicity

External Communications maintains communication with the college, university, and the community through press releases, ISU and College of Business calendars, and display cases.

Photo/Historian

The purpose of photo/historian is to keep a historical record of AMA functions throughout the school year by taking photographs of AMA events, making a scrapbook, and keeping records for the history file to be passed on through the years. You need to have a camera. This person is also involved with giving a visual presentation of past events at ISU-AMA informational meetings through a slide or video presentation.



Finance Committees
 
Accountant

The accountant will work with the Vice-President of Finance and help maintain records on the financial flows of the organization. Statements on financial status and budgets will also be made.

Membership

Membership is responsible for bringing new members into AMA through planning membership drives in the beginning of each semester. Recruiting throughout the year is also key. Keeping updated enrollment statistics of members is also done.

Alumni

The alumni committee will serve as a liaison between AMA and its graduated members. It is vital to keep accurate records of the alumni in order to be able to contact and inform them about AMA events. It will also plan alumni receptions and other alumni related events.

Fundraising

Fundraising is a key committee for AMA. Without raising funds our organization cannot remain strong. In order to raise money various activities can be implemented such as corporate sponsorships, raffles, car washes, and any other innovative ways.

Sponsorship

To coordinate internal AMA sponsored events and seek external sponsorship relationships to assist AMA in achieving desired organization goals

Internal Involvement

The purpose of internal involvement is to keep track of member activity through a points system and decide on a member of the month. Points are also tallied throughout the year to determine most active members and directors.