The revival of the Membership Involvement Committee (MIC) has not remained unnoticed. On March 18th, several representatives of National Committees (NCs) discussed the working of the MIC during an online call and focused on the working of NCs. Representatives were present from Belgium, Portugal, Russia, Norway, Spain, Finland, Sweden, UK, US northeast, Poland, and Oceania.
Tips and tricks were given from more experienced NCs when it comes to keeping people engaged when it is difficult to meet in-person because of a wide geographical range, how to deal with funding issues, and how you can reach more people.
Representatives from NCs will have regular skype calls (every 3 months) to discuss problems and upcoming events, there are plans to hold a second broadcast of webinars for people in Asia/Oceania, the NCs of Portugal, Sweden and the UK will organize a webinar together to talk about the benefits and challenges involved in working at the national level, there will be skype calls between different NCs during Polar Week September (1. Spain and Portuguese speaking countries, 2. Scandinavian countries) to have a stronger collaboration between countries and we will interview people who started with APECS to find out what they are doing now and how APECS influenced their career.
Would you like to be involved at the national level, have a look at the webpages of the NCs: http://www.apecs.is/get-involved/national-committees
There is no NC listed for your country yet? Think about it and have a look at the MIC page: http://www.apecs.is/get-involved/apecs-committees/membership-involvement-committee-mic/6005-mic-co-chairs-2012
