First 100 Days

Over the next few days, we are going to hear a lot about the first 100 days of the new Obama presidency. Although I am a few weeks late, (since the 2009 yep! Leadership Team started January 1st) I would like to take a few minutes to update everyone on our progress since the beginning of the year. (118 days to be exact)

In my first post to this blog, I outlined some of our goals for 2009. Using that list as a benchmark, we have made substantial progress since the beginning of the year.

Successes
1. Generation E Leadership awards was held on April 24th and over 300 individuals attended. Even during a recession, the local community embraced the event and it was an overwhelming success.
2. New Events. Our goal was to increase the frequency and diversity of yep! events. We held a financial planning seminar and will be launching the yep! Dinner Series next week. In addition, the Membership Meeting, HR Seminar, and a Summer Adventure are planned for May and June.
3. Generate member value. A preferred vendor / membership card will be distributed to the membership in May. We also have created events that are discounted for members and employed new communications techniques to reach a larger audience.
4. Growing membership base. The list of paid yep! members is increasng and we are working to continue that trend for the remainder of the year. (Thanks to everyone who has joined or renewed their membership this year)

Items we are working on
1. Finalizing some internal structure. The longevity of the organization will depend on our ability to manage transitions between leadership teams. We are in the process of creating additional policies and procedures to ensure that the organization can provide for the membership.
2. New partnerships. The leadership has been working on a few new partnerships and collaborative projects to help fulfill some needs of the organization. One is between the Non-Profit Partnership - Earthforce - and yep! to develop green teams to make a greater inpact in the local community. More information can be found here.

Thanks to our leadership team and our members for the work that they do to make the organization what it is today.