Earlier this year we sent out our first IAFI member survey. A big THANK YOU to the 154 members who responded, an outstanding 30% response rate. You’re helping us see what we’re doing right, understand where we can improve, and where we should direct our efforts. Most of the responses affirm that we are doing a lot of things right at the national and chapter level to fulfill our Mission, “IAFI is committed to being a recognized advocate, educator, and marketer of the Ice Age floods experience as a significant international, natural and cultural heritage phenomenon.”
We appreciate your confidence in our efforts and the fresh ideas you offered that are helping us think outside the box. We are particularly pleased at your enthusiasm for our public lectures, field trips, website content, our brochures and our newsletter.
Though there was strong support for our chapter lectures, both in-person and Zoom, and for the recordings to be posted to YouTube for later viewing (22 new subscribers, 1,440 total views with nearly 400 viewing hours just last month alone), we are somewhat concerned to find that several members are not familiar with our YouTube channel, nor with our online IAFI Store. Direct links to these features can be readily found in the upper right area of our homepage at IAFI.org.
- Our IAFI YouTube playlists include links to a large and growing number of chapter presentations, geology lectures, and other Floods-related video recordings.
- Our online IAFI Store offers a number of Floods-related items, including books, maps, our very popular chapter brochures, clothing, prints, posters and more.
As each chapter reviews their specific survey results and comments, you may see some changes and tweaking of the programs within your chapter. There were also suggestions for larger projects which will require action from the board and/or multiple chapters. These suggestions will be reviewed, discussed and prioritized at the IAFI board meeting in May. We will then present our plans for these ideas in the July Pleistocene Post, and will be looking for help from our members to bring them to fruition.