Well, its official: Social Media Club of Hawaii (SMCHI) has finally attained (through its parent organization) 501c3 status. Anyone who has ever been to a free SMCHI event (and they are all free) can attest to the fact that SMCHI has always been a non-for-profit organization, but the new status makes it official.  Along with this very formal designation comes another formality: a board of directors. A dedicated team of Professional Member volunteers has been working hard to develop responsibilities for each role and we’re almost there! Once our responsibilities are finalized, we’ll offer our professional and small business membership an opportunity to vote and even nominate themselves for open positions, of which there are several.  There are only a couple of requirements for nomination 1) agree to the code of ethics for the board members and also to 2) be a Professional or Small Business member of Social Media Club.  Again, there are leadership positions available, so if you are a social media professional who would like to become more involved in the social media community, please feel free to nominate yourself or submit your interest and qualifications to the nomination board here. We expect the voting to take place by the end of June 2011 and board members will initially server through the remainder of 2011.

Other changes are in the works as well! You’ll notice that SMCHI is now holding our free educational community meetings quarterly. Through the remainder of 2011 free, educational meetings will be held in July and October with a Year-End party in December. Never fear though, we’ll be augmenting our educational meetings with interactive Tweet-Ups in the months of August and September. Finally, for our Professional and Small Business meetings, we will be holding Go-To meetings to discuss topics of particular relevance to social media practitioners and small business owners. Our Professional and Small Business webinar meetings will be held in June, and November in 2011 and open to all current Professional and Small Business members.

Along with our change in schedule, we’ll also be formalizing sponsorship opportunities for events and Tweet-ups, so if you are a business who wants to engage a wired and social community, please contact us for more info! Sponsorship opportunities may include opportunities to host Tweet-Ups for the social media community – what a great way to kick off your social media campaign!

A copy of the notes of from the Professional and Small Business Member Retreat is available for download here

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