SportsGuy on SEMPO Board of Directors

Posted on February 26th, 2007 by searchgeek

Well, it’s been killing me to post about this, but the press releases are floating around, so here goes:

Most folks know I’m active with SEMPO as Co-Chair for the in-House SEM committee. I recently (back in December) decided to run for a seat on the Board of Directors, too.

I figure if the organization is good enough for some of my time, it’s good enough for more of my time…LOL Seriously, I believe the work they do and direction SEMPO is headed in, so it made sense to me to step up and help out some more.

I can now officially report that I’ve won a seat on the Board of Directors with SEMPO for the 2007/2008 season.

For those who don’t know, this is strictly voluntary. We don’t get paid for this involvement, nor do we even get our membership dues waived. I pay my way just like every other member.

Also, this involvement requires certain attendance levels. I have to attended, face to face, at least 2 Board meetings this year. …and before you scoff and say “your company will cover it”, I’ll remind you that I personally don’t run an active consultancy (that is, I have no immediate clients), and my actual day job is as an in-house SEM for a sports media company, so they get nothing directly from me being involved. This means they don’t cover my expenses to travel to these meetings. I might get lucky if I’m goign to an SES show and the meeting happens at the same time, but other than that, it’s all me.

I believe in it, so I support it.

Now, naturally, my first task as a member of the SEMPO BoD will be to take over the world. After that, we’ll see what I feel like…

Big thanks to those who voted for me and to the rest of the elected members.

Duane