Happy Friday to one and all! I feel like I say this every Friday, but it is so gross and drizzly here in Atlanta! I hope everyone else’s weather is brighter. Who’s psyched for the weekend?

And now, my top five favorite association management blog posts of the week!

1. At Association Executive Management, David M. Patt wrote about his two different perspectives when it comes to creating bylaw amendments — his role as an executive director of one association, and his role as member in another. There’s a great dichotomy between each role, and I think there are some great lessons to be found here. Association execs should think about their decisions from members’ points of view more often.

2. I love the comments on this Acronym post; December is “what if?” month! The comments are seriously fantastic! The sky is truly the limit here, and don’t let your fears keep you from imagining what could be in your organization. “What if associations got rid of membership fees?” “What if associations got rid of their boards?”

3. I don’t know about everyone else, but I’ve always felt a tremendous amount of pressure to be perfect — when I was a kid, I wouldn’t give an answer in class unless I was 100 percent sure I knew the correct answer, just because I didn’t want to be wrong! This is just one of the reasons I loved Lindy Dreyer’s “rant” about associations and social media not always having to be perfect.

4. Don’t miss this interview with Greg Hill from the the Kansas Dental Association. It’s chock full of info about how the association uses video and social media, which Greg manages. The organization produces an in-house news report called “KDA Video Minute” and hosts its own social network through the Ning platform. Kudos!

5. Here’s a different perspective about social media — Association Voices’ Michael LoBue is deleting his Twitter account, and here’s why. It’s distracting (sometimes true) and is the “train wreck of thought.” Some good points here; Twitter definitely isn’t for everyone, and people shouldn’t jump on the bandwagon just for the sake of it.

From the halls of MemberClicks (including our office pup Huck!), have a great weekend!