The Growth and Development Committee is responsible for supporting the general needs of the chapter’s many committees and working groups; we encourage community engagement, and support our growing chapter membership.
Currently, the Growth and Development Committee’s work focuses on:
Membership Engagement and Recruitment
Part of Growth & Dev is bringing new members into the chapter, and retaining and activating the members we already have.
That means running DSA 101s, member onboarding, follow ups after someone’s first event, phone banking, and matching new members with the various working groups, branches, or projects that fit them. We also keep the chapter membership list current and reach out to members who have gone quiet or had their membership lapse.
We also staff recruitment tables at various events and go where our potential members already are.
Resource Development
We also contribute to and help build the shared materials the chapter reuses: onboarding guides, templates, contact lists, training documents, signage, and more.
Organizing materials shouldn’t be rebuilt from scratch every time. If a working group is stuck writing the same flyer every month or rebuilding the same spreadsheet, then that’s where we step in and help facilitate efficiency throughout the chapter.
Merch Creation
We design and run the chapter merch store, create or commission art, handle orders, and distribute various merch at events.
Design and art ideas are welcome!
Event Coordination
We keep the calendar straight and make sure events actually run.
That means coordinating dates so committees, working groups, socials, and various events aren’t competing with each other, handling RSVPs, and sorting out venues, rooms, tech, food, accessibility, childcare, and remote attendance.
Join Us
We meet weekly on Discord. If you are a chapter member, come to a meeting and see whether you’re interested.
If you’re new to DSA, this is a reasonable place to start, because the work is concrete, the results are tangible, and essential to the functioning of the chapter. If you’ve been a member a while and have a skill or an idea you’ve been sitting on, we want that too.
Find our next meeting on the https://south.dsanj.org/calendar/.