ARNOVA is committed to ensuring that our leadership - at the Board, committee, and staff level - is reflective of our membership. To do that, we need to ask questions of our members so that they can identify who they are - in terms of social demographic categories like race, age, and gender identity, as well as professional categories such as career status and field of study. To that end, you may have noticed that we've changed the format of the membership/renewal form; demographic questions used to be optional but are now required. We are mindful of privacy concerns and respectful of your right to not share this information with us; to that end, each question has a "prefer not to respond" option. But we hope you will be comfortable sharing your full identities with us, so that we can "see" you and make sure you are reflected in our leadership.
Having demographic data on our members also supports our ability to be more thoughtful in designing programs and may offer opportunities for other partnerships and resources.
All data captured will be confidential and only shared in the aggregate with Board members to assist in achieving reflective representation on committees and offer guidance in other planning. Please don't hesitate to reach out with questions and thoughts.
Lynnette
