Committees
Awards & Recognition
The committee is the primary contact for everything Awards and Recognition related. Responsibilities include being a clearinghouse for Awards and recognition ideas and best practices; researching external award and external grant opportunities; managing AT&T Pioneers Awards Programs.
Communications
This committee oversees all issues related to communications and will work to promote and strengthen public awareness of the Pioneers. Responsibilities include managing the AT&T Pioneers web site, creating, and distributing communication pieces to Pioneer leadership, providing guidelines and assistance to chapters on social media platforms and assisting to promote the AT&T Pioneer Facebook page.
Membership Data & Technology
This committee is responsible for all issues related to our Pioneer member records. Responsibilities include keeping our database records up to date by inputting new records, editing existing records as needed, and archiving old records. Reports are provided on a scheduled and ad hoc basis.
Membership Engagement
This committee is the primary contact for everything Project related. Responsibilities include being a clearinghouse for project and programs best practices and ideas; reviewing suggestions that come in from internal and external sources; and identifying projects and programs conducted locally for potential national expansion and being the point of contact for such programs.
Volunteer Activities
This committee is the primary contact for everything related to volunteer hours. Responsibilities include being the administrator of all retiree volunteer hours data, tallying total volunteer hours, encouraging all Pioneers to report hours, and providing reports locally or nationally while working to develop ways to encourage members to report hours, and support the overall volunteerism process by helping to create ideas and opportunities.
Leadership & Mentoring
This committee is the primary contact for developing leadership and mentoring programs for our Pioneer membership, with an emphasis on employees. Responsibilities include creating virtual programs to help Pioneers grow their skills and providing leadership development training as requested by members with the intent of helping members to reach their full potential as leaders and vital contributors to AT&T’s strategic corporate and community initiatives.
Special Issues & Governance (Ad hoc)
The role of this committee is to assist Pioneer Chapters, National Board, National Committees, Telecom Pioneers and AT&T (Staff) in interpreting our bylaws, enforcing Rules of Operation serve as OP140 subject matter experts, helping resolve governance conflicts and addressing special issues that may arise.
Finance (Ad hoc)
This committee will be responsible for auditing financial performance and processes of the AT&T Pioneer units, including budget and TPF compliance. They will support the financial report process, provide financial training, provide job aids, and be a resource for the unit treasurers.