Blacks In Government® 2015 National Delegates Assembly Orlando, Florida RESOLUTION A BIG WEB PRESENCE WHEREAS, Goal Number One of BIG’s National Strategic Plan articulates the need to Focus on Membership Programs by providing “initiatives to retain existing members through better communications and outreach programs…” as well as to “Focus on Official Leadership Training by the increase [of] members’ awareness of the services and program offered by BIG”; WHEREAS, in Article II, Section 5 of the Goals Objectives of the National Constitution states: To establish a mechanism for the gathering and dissemination of information to Blacks in government; WHEREAS, approximately 80% of BIG Chapters are without websites that can be used as an effective marketing, membership, and fundraising tool, which can also be used to disseminate information regarding Professional Development, Advocacy, Giving Back, and EEO concerns to current and interested members, sponsors, and supporters (see attached chart); FURTHERMORE, WHEREAS, the lack of a website may actually deter corporate sponsorship, new membership, and cannot possibly advance BIG’s Strategic Plan; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that within 60 days of the close of the 2015 NTI, all BIG chapters will have a functional webpage and link on the BIG’s National Membership page, and all new chapters will be required to do the same within 60 days of being chartered; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that within 90 days of the close of the 2015 NTI, the National headquarters of BIG will publish a single “webpage” in the name of those chapters which do not have a website. This page will consist of such basic information as the names and contact numbers of chapter officers and chairpersons of active committees (where applicable), along with the local chapter’s Mission and Goals if available. If not available, the Mission and Goals of the national organization will be posted. Additionally, the webpage will contain a generic email contact form. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that chapter webpages created and published by BIG National will only be updated four times a year on a quarterly basis, and each update request outside the quarterly schedule will cost the local chapter $25.00. Respectfully submitted on 6/3/2015 Jesse Sharpe BIG Region XI 2nd VP Region XI BIG WEB Presence Raw Data Total BIG Chapters Region has a Regional Website Region I 4 No Region has a Website on National Site No Region II 13 No No 0 0 13 Region III 12 Yes Yes 1 9 3 Region IV 33 Yes No 0 1 32 Region V 17 No Yes 0 2 15 Region VI 16 Yes Yes 0 2 14 Region VII 6 Yes No 1 1 5 Region VIII 7 Yes No 1 0 6 Region IX 21 Yes Yes 4 0 17 Region X 13 No No 1 0 12 Region XI 56 Yes Yes 19 19 37 Total 198 7 5 27 34 158 Region Chapters with Websites on National Page 0 Chapters with Websites on their Regional Page 0 Total Chapters Without Websites 4 BIG WEB Presence Chart Due to the availability of free web hosting services with drag and drop web development software, there is no cost to implement this resolution.