Kentucky-Tennessee Society of American Foresters

2004 Annual Report of the

Membership Information Committee

Presented at the

Winter Meeting, Kingsport, Tennessee, January 26-28, 2005

Newsletter:

Four issues (February, May, August and November) of the K-T SAF Newsletter were produced and distributed to K-T SAF members, SAF officers and Council Members and editors of other SAF State Societies. Between 370 and 400 were distributed by email, while 100 to 125 were sent through the US Postal Service. Archives of the newsletters produced in 2004, are included on the CD attached with this report.

The total cost of printing and mailing the newsletter for 2004 was $347.05.

Web Site (www.ktsaf.org):

The K-T SAF Web Site continues to serve as an important communications link with our members. The “K-T SAF News” section is the most frequently updated portion of the web site. This section aims to provide current local and national forestry-related news and information to our members on a day-to-day basis. Members are encouraged to send information to jmyoung@utk.edu for inclusion on the site. It is helpful if you can provide a link to the source of the information if one is available.

Another section of the web site that is updated on a regular basis is the “Current K-T SAF Issues” section. This area of the site is used to highlight popular issues that have been identified by representatives of our membership. Issues included and updated recently include National Forest Planning and, most recently, The Cumberland Plateau.

The web site now has a password protected “Members Only” area. To access this portion of the site logon with a username of: WSH115\forester and a password of: saf1900.

CD Archives have been produced that document the status of the web site as of March 2004, June 2004, September 2004, and December 2004. Server statistics on usage of the web site are also attached to this report. A budget request is hereby submitted for $480 ($240 for web hosting; $100 for domain name renewal; and $140 for software & misc. expenses).

Ideas, suggestions, and volunteers for improvements to our web site are welcome! Chapter Chairs are encouraged to nominate someone from their group to serve as an "information contact", responsible for collecting news from their area and sending it to me for inclusion on the web. Our web site serves as an important communication tool for our organization, both internally and externally. As such, information on local news issues, committee reports, requests for input/involvement, meeting announcements, etc. are particularly useful.

John C. Rennie J. Mark Young

Membership Info. Committee Co-Chair Membership Info. Committee Co-Chair

Kentucky–Tennessee SAF Kentucky-Tennessee SAF