by Maureen Babcock
Shall we play a game? Let’s start with this: ”I just met the Project Management PGVP who asked me to go to lunch with her and my RVP so we could discuss opportunities for CRs in my home state.” Know what I just said?
The ILTA machine runs on the power of its volunteers, fine folks who labor all year to provide the educational and networking options that we have come to expect. This network of Vice Presidents headed by the Board of Directors and is organized into:
- Peer Group Vice Presidents (PGVPs)
- Regional Vice Presidents (RVPs)
- and Conference Vice Presidents (Sometimes called M&M for Michele and Maureen, but that’s a one-time thing for ILTA ‘09)
PGVPs work closely with their steering committees to develop and deliver educational content and opportunities on specific topics for the ILTA membership as a whole. RVPs work with City Reps (CRs) to schedule and deliver networking and educational content all year within defined ILTA regions (which now extend globally!). The two Conference Vice Presidents (or co-chairs) work with the conference committee general track chairs, track coordinators and PGVPs to produce the educational content presented at conference each year. All of these volunteers are supported professionally and dependably by the ILTA staff headed by Randi Mayes, the Executive Director.
So! Interested in specific areas of legal technology? Check out the ILTA website and get on the E-Group for that peer group. Seek out the PGVP at conference; they can be found in the sessions for their track.
Making contact and talking shop with others in your general geographic area more to your liking? Ask who the RVP is for your region. Conference committee or the chance to speak at conference sound like your thing? Flag down someone wearing a ribbon on their conference badge, check the ILTA or the conference websites or even stop by the “Ask ILTA” booth.
The value that your participation gives to other ILTA members is exceeded exponentially by the value you and your firm or company receive.
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