Membership Committee

* "Reach out and Touch" - encourage each member to recruit one new member. 
* Achieve a 10% growth numerically in membership. 
* Offer BPW basic education at state meetings.
* Continue the mentoring program for local organizations, committee chairs, and officers. 

Legislation Committee

* Reintroduce the ERA in the Oklahoma State Legislature.
* Work to establish website links to Oklahoma legislative issues. 
* Work with local organizations to conduct Equal Pay Day events statewide. 

Finance

* Develop a comprehensive sponsorship and affiliate program to help with funding.                                                     

Public Relations

* Work with local organizations to get more publicity for local events.
* Encourage use of the uniform flyers for OK/BPW members to use at events. 
* Work on special event for 77th National Business Women's Week. 

Individual Development

* Conduct joint Individual Development and Train the Trainer course with BPW/TX.
* Conduct the ID competition.

Young Careerist

* Allow candidates to speak on any women's issue rather than limit the topics. 
* Allow districts to send more than one candidate to the State Conference. 

Potential Action Items:

These action items can be adapted for use at any level in OK/BPW. Feel free to draw inspiration, or use these ideas just as they are. Our goal is to help coordinate activities at all levels of BPW. 

Address issues that will attract and retain OK/BPW members:

-How to advertise
-Newsletter
-Telephone committee
-Personal invitations
-Women helping women
-Programs that are interesting, educational and informative
-What BPW stands for
-More training about ourselves
-What are BPW benefits
-Bring college age women into BPW
-Better pay
-Literacy
-Re-examine platform; don't tell what, provide tools how
-ID, Foundation, YC and Choices programs
-Recognition of women and their jobs
-Leadership training
-Networking opportunities and training
-Community involvement
-Member involvement in local projects-change jobs
-Need to be more professional and formal
-FUN
-New programs: sandwich generation

Influence laws, regulations, and policies which affect women of Oklahoma.

A. Health Issues
B. Workplace Equity
C. Social Security Reform

Enhance the positive professional image of OK/BPW.

-Believe in BPW
-Continue visibility and growth of web site
-Positive delegation within locals
-Partnership with other professional organizations
-Improve self-image
-Network benefits/services
-Positive actions with follow through
-Growth is directly proportionate to how we see ourselves
-Believing we are connected!
-Pride of ownership
-Create positive consistence of information
-Professional training: speakers, business meetings, media work, conduct
-Professional dress
-Community involvement/outreach to bring in professional training
-Update traditions
-See ourselves as Business women
-Overcome emotions
-Stop guilt trips

Provide educational and leadership opportunities for working women.

-BPW 101 presentation to locals/college orientation
-Provide education workshops on variety of topics
-Support OK/BPW Foundation (financial, public relations)
-Provide speakers bureau
-Leadership training for future officers like Leadership Oklahoma
-Financial help for officers
-Workshops for new members at state meetings
-Promote Choices program
-Member/Leader mentoring
-Promote student memberships
-Better publicity (educating the public)
-Co-ordinate scholarships with colleges
-Add these ideas to web site (done!)
-Use web site as source for handouts to members/public
-Coordinate with merchants (banks) for "sack stuffers" or sidewalk sale booths
-Local organizations join Chamber of Commerce
-Individual Development program

Provide a management system for the Federation.

-Organizational/flow chart
-District caucus at state meetings
-"Kindred" groups
-District director manual to assistants
-Keep record of bank accounts at local/district level
-Mailing to LO Presidents and Vice President/President elect
-Equipment lists: resource list for locals, districts, officers
-Formal training: local, district, state
-Job descriptions, delegation, communication
-More education: who is member of the board? who can vote?
-Executive committee meeting attendance privileges to assistant district director
-Cohesion of various duties for positions
-Communications: locals to/from district directors to/from state

Develop a system of communication within the Federation.

-E-mail
-Feedback form on web-site
-OBW - info from districts
-Buddy system
-Word of mouth
-Phone directory, fax
-Phone calls, send cards
-Local web sites
-Secret sisters, sister locals
-More networking opportunities
-Coalitions
-LO to LO challenges
-Call trees
-KISS keep it simple sister
-Emphasize successes
-Business cards
-Consistency
-Chat rooms
-Timely legislative updates
-Don't use alphabet soup
-Use alternative communications tools: radio and Cable TV PSA's and interviews; marquees, telephone hold systems; tail gate parties; job fairs and expos; schools

Provide a plan for expansion through formation of new local organizations. 

-Visit other women's organizations to see what they do
-Chamber of commerce
-Library flyers/web page for women's organizations
-Informational meetings
-Survey - large companies
-Mentoring program - stay with new local after formation
-Talk to city officials/leaders
-Network possibilities
-Community involvement
-County BPW board to assist with new local in rural areas
-State officers at meetings several times after charter
-Support systems
-Stress that anyone can join--regardless of work or finance
-Stress OK/BPW goals and benefits
-Workshops sponsored by BPW