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| Regine Oltersdorf-Paul
Lampertheim, Germany
Age: 50-59 |
Nominated as:
Nominated by: |
Member
German Federation |
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| Professional
Field and/or present occupation |
Freelancer in project support for big companies
mainly in research and development area |
| Skills and experience in membership recruitment and development that
qualify you for this position: |
- worked in the membership committee for the last
three years in the following areas:
-wrote a draft business plan for members
-participated in working for a
- profile for existing and prospective members
- best practises survey
- contacts to NFA's.
- developed and piloted a project database at local/national
level in Germany in order to improve transparency in work
for German members.
- developed recommendations for the German board concerning
advocacy work on the gender wage gap that will hopefully
attract the attention of existing and prospective members. |
| Other skills and experience (volunteer and professional) from the last 10 years which qualify you for this position |
- formal training and professional experience in
project management and project support further improved
my skills for work in the membership committee.
- the political work as member of the city council in my
home town built my skills and experience in political advocacy
work.
- chaired the committee for international affairs in the
German federation for two years.
- took always care of new members at local level.
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| Goals for this position and the contribution you believe you can personally make if elected or appointed |
- further promote the tools like the business plan,
best practises etc. that we have already established in
the last two years.
- write articles on membership committee work for the internet
and news bulletins if desired.
- improve contacts to assigned NFA's
- further integrate young members in IFUW work, perhaps
on a project basis. Ask more young members about their needs
and listen what they can offer. Try to transfer the information
into action.
- develop a database for projects on international basis. |
| What do you see as the main obstacles to membership recruitment and
retention and what can the Membership Committee do to help overcome these? |
- average age of existing members:
Solution: involve new young members at local level as quickly
as possible in organizing events etc.. Offer them the option
to give a speech on their subject (as training to speak
in public). Advertise these ideas to NFA's.
- job and sometimes family often take most of the time of
young member:
Solution: involve young members first rather on project
basis where they do not need to participate in a lot of
regular meetings. Advertise these ideas to NFA's.
- introduce the idea of offering a “tentative “
membership for new members for one year in order to lower
the reluctance to join.
Advertise the idea to NFA's .
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| What do you see as the target audiences for recruitment drives for IFUW at the national and local level and how can IFUW best diversify its membership? |
· According to my experience in the recent
past women often join us when they are new in town (in the
country). Consequently, the web presence is often the starting
point for them and therefore needs to as attractive as possible.
· The focus is on new young members because we urgently
need them. It is however also crucial to keep in regular
contact with existing members through regular meetings and
information mails.
· Professional experience within our groups also
sometimes attracts students (we have student members in
Germany) that are sometimes offered internships in companies
where our members work. Students are a target audience because
they have often more time than young professionals.
· Except for age I think we have all the diversity
we need as our network is not restricted to certain professions.
It would of cause be an advantage to have more well known
women.
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| Education: |
Master degree in general business administration
in 1981 Certificate in project management in 2007 |
| Mother
tongue: |
German |
| Ability
to speak English: |
Excellent |
| Ability
to understand spoken English: |
Excellent |
| Ability
to read English: |
Excellent |
| Ability
to write English: |
Excellent |
| Other
languages: |
French good and Spanish limited |
| Computer
skills: |
Considerable
experience sending e-mail and using the Internet |
| Internet
Access: |
Regular access to e-mail at home or the office |
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