InternetNZ Membership

(Links to Strategy 4: Organisational Capability)

Project Sponsor: President

Staff Support: Susi Fookes

Project Status: Active 

Project Description:

InternetNZ has identified low membership numbers as an issue, primarily relating to the credibility of the organisation.

Note: The current membership plan was adopted at the June 2006 Council meeting. And new subscription amounts and types were adopted at AGM that same year.

Project Budget:

$30,000 has been budgeted for 'Membership Campaign' in 2008/09. Note: the Membership Plan is incorporated into this line item.

Overall Progress Summary:

Opportunity to promote membership is taken at New Zealand ICT industry events; generally by sponsoring event stands where InternetNZ marketing material is on display and a staffer on hand to explain membership benefits.

Activities Planned for October 2008:

Receive and renew memberships as invoices are returned to the office.

Project History:

September 2008:

• 30 September - Membership invoices issued.
  
• Membership subscription contracts renegotiated with David Goldstein and Gordan Cook.

August 2008:

• Touted for new members at APNIC26 event in Christchurch.

July 2008:

• Six new members added as a direct result of communications re: IPv6 technical workshops.
  

June 2008:

• Sent survey reminder note to Members-Announce mailing list.
  

• Collected and analysed survey results.
  

• Supplied key survey results to 13 June Council meeting as a paper 'For Information'.
  

May 2008:

• Published Membership Communications survey to Members-Announce mailing list.
  

January - February 2008:

• Membership promoted at the LGNZ Broadband Forum, with two new members recruited.

• Members consultations held in Dunedin, Auckland and Wellington.
• Membership promoted at the NZNOG meeting.

November 2007:

• Sponsored the Wireless and Broadband Forum's Convergence breakfast.

August 2007:

• InternetNZ hosted an IPv6 workshop. The opportunity was used to sign up new members by offering free admission to InternetNZ members.

June 2007:

• Annual Report published. Note: The annual report is a resource used, in part, to introduce people to InternetNZ's work.

May 2007:

• Attended a sponsor stand at "Convergence Oceania". 10 new members were signed up.

March 2007:

• Negotiated for sponsor stand for "Convergence Oceania" day in May, convened by the Wireless and Broadband Forum.

• Ongoing tidying up of members database.

February 2007:

• Bring a friend / prospective member to the members consultation meetings in February.

January 2007:

• Advertising Copyright Bill seminars with $150 attendance fee for non members and free entry for members worked well, with several new members, mainly from the IP law community, signing up.

• Membership promotions stand at NZNOG, plus advising the NOG during a session on the Copyright Bill that IP lawyers were signing up as members resulted in a number of new memberships.

November 2006:

• Commenced circulation of Cook Report to members.

• New membership brochure in use.

September - October 2006:

• Finalised arrangements for Cook Report and Goldstein Report.

• Finished design work on membership brochure.

August 2006:

• Preparation of new membership brochure.

• Communications role recruited.

June - July 2006:

• Membership plan adopted at June Council meeting.

• Commenced preparation of new membership brochure.

• Commenced recruitment plan for Comms role, membership will be important aspect of this role.

• New subscriptions adopted at AGM.

April - May 2006:

• NZCS Joint Membership plan activated (7 NZCS members have now joined INZ).
• Membership fee and structure changes as raised during members consultation meetings referred back from the G&C Committee with draft amendments to INZ’s constitution.
• Scoping of Comms role (which will include significant input into membership).
• Rough draft of Membership Plan created.
• Attended ICTNZ Board meeting.

March 2006:

• NZCS Joint Membership plan activated (6 NZCS members have now joined INZ)
• Membership application coupons included in newspaper advertising.
• Membership application forms included in NZNOG conference delegates packs.
• Membership fee changes raised during members consultation meetings.