Attention all professional and commercial members of the IPRA…you will soon be finding a very little man named MARC in your mailbox. He is very slim in stature so he fits nicely into an envelope (and a wallet). Although rather tiny, MARC brings a ton of value to you.

In 2007, MARC entered our lives and served as a very highly respected token of appreciation to professional and commercial members of the association. MARC, and his card, could be used as a $50 gift card good for any IPRA-specific educational workshop or event! Many of you took advantage of the MARC Card and he wants to do more this year!

This year MARC will continue the $50 gift card but he’ll also be adding a point system for your involvement throughout the year! MARC Points can be obtained for serving a leadership role and/or attending section, committee, affiliate or board meetings; attending educational workshops, schools, events or roundtables; and general service to the profession.

At the end of the year, MARC will tally up your points and those points can be redeemed for gift cards and other great prizes! MARC knows that the more you get involved with the IPRA, the more you’ll benefit and the more likely you’ll recruit a coworker to join. But he also knows that you like to be rewarded for your actions. So the more you get involved…the more he’ll reward you.

MARC Points (4/1-12/31)
200 Section Meeting
400 Section Leadership
200 Committee / Taskforce Meeting
300 Committee / Taskforce Leadership
200 Board Meeting
500 Board Leadership
100 Affiliate Meeting
200 Affiliate Leadership
400 IPRA / Section School
300 IPRA / Section Session or Workshop
200 IPRA / Section Event or Roundtable
200 General Service

MARC Rewards
2,500 Bronze – Certificate
5,000 Silver - $50 MARC Gift Card
7,500 Gold - $100 MARC Gift Card
10,000 Platinum - $100 MARC Gift Card + Prize + Grand Prize Drawing

So watch your mail this week and don’t throw away any letters from the IPRA. It’s been rumored that in addition to giving you his MARC Card, MARC also slipped 3 Lettuce Entertain You gift certificates into random envelopes!

We love MARC. More information is online at ILipra.org/MARC.