It's that time of year again, to recruit the best and brightest advertising, marketing and creative minds to serve on the 2010-2011 Advertising Club of Buffalo's Board of Directors.

Representing the local chapter of the American Advertising Federation, we are a collection of over 225 members including art directors, copywriters, photographers, freelancers, marketing managers, media buyers, printers, ad sales reps and more.

You might be wondering:

So who exactly is the Ad Club talking about?
The Ad Club can currently add up to four new Board members to complement the existing board. The board should be as diverse as possible to cover the wide variety of disciplines within the creative and advertising industries.

What would you need to do?
Attend monthly meetings, in addition to contributing to one of the committees responsible for recruiting new members, enhancing the club with the local student population or working on the ADDY Awards. We want each member to lead an event, but we give you the freedom to choose. Know a great speaker to bring to Buffalo? If the budget fits, we'll make it happen. The more we can provide our members, the better.

What's in it for you?
Free membership dues to start. Plus the added benefit of enhancing the local industries you spend your life working within. You'll help expose the talented Buffalo market to new ideas and act as a leader for all of your peers. We also throw a lot of happy hours!

Sounds great! So what should you do next?
Nominations are due May 27 at 5pm, so email them (or nominate yourself) to Tricia or Charlie below. We will announce the new board members at our Annual Meeting June 22 at Encore Restaurant.

If you have any questions or would like to nominate someone, please contact Tricia Barrett at tricia.barrett@crowleywebb.com (716.856.2932 ext.230) or Charlie Riley at criley@skmgroup.com (716.989.3234).