A Network of People Who Get Involved
Our Committees
We invite you to “put more into” your ART membership – and by doing so to get more out of it! ART currently has several active committees to benefit the association and our members. We also form ad-hoc committees as they are needed or requested. We are always ready and willing to help new members (and old!) to become more active by joining our committees.
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Membership Committee
Term: 1 to 2 years; Requires attendance at and active participation in committee meetings and scheduled conference calls. Goal: The primary responsibility of this volunteer committee is to actively recruit and retain members through personal contact and other means agreed upon by the committee. The Membership Committee may conceive, propose, create and present new benefit programs to the membership for adoption. The goal of this committee is to increase membership in all categories of the home accents industry.
Regional / Market Events Committee
Term: 1 to 2 years; Requires attendance and active participation in scheduled committee meetings and conference calls. Goal: The primary responsibility of this committee is to plan social and entertaining events for networking opportunities during regional and national markets. This committee will also be responsible for recruiting sponsors for the networking events when appropriate. The goal of this committee is to increase awareness of ART membership by providing networking opportunities for the home accents industry.
Education / Conference Committee
Term: 1 to 2 years; Requires attendance at conference and scheduled committee meetings and conference calls. Requires active participation in the planning and funding of the yearly education programming. Goal: The primary responsibility of this volunteer committee is to research, plan and recruit cohesive education programming including workshop and seminar topics that are appropriate for ART member’s business development. ART will deliver these education programs during its industry conference. This committee will also be responsible for recruiting sponsors for conference. The goal of this committee is to present educational programming to the membership and promote awareness of trends and business development topics.
ART Awards Committee
Term: 1 year service; Requires attendance and active participation in scheduled committee meetings and conference calls. Goal: This committee’s primary responsibility is to choose the Academy of Achievement and HEARTS honorees. They also review the program specifications and categories to determine relevance and update when necessary.
Note: volunteers who serve on this committee are exempt from participation as a finalist or honoree in the program year of service.
Marketing Committee
Term 1 to 2 years: The mission of the group is to review marketing messages and to provide guidance for brand compliance. This committee oversees the organization’s digital messaging.
Technology Committee
Term: 1 to 2 years; Requires attendance and active participation in scheduled committee meetings and conference calls. Goal: This committee’s primary responsibility is to review, maintain and promote the ART Toolkit database. The ART Toolkit database provides a universal template for e-commerce for home accents categories. The database will be beta tested in 2024.