Committee Progress Report

NOTE: ** = Required Field

 

 

**Type of report being submitted: Committee Progress Report

 

**Date: February 27, 2003

 

 

**Committee Name:  Governance

 

 

 

**Supervising Board Member:  Joseph Yue

 

 

 

**Chair, Co-Chairs, Assistant Chairs:  Laurel Bliss (chair), Heather Underwood Momberger (assistant chair)

 

 

 

**Committee members:  Denise Kwan, Katherine Harris, Lisa Gieskes, Ursula Ellis, Charles Uth

 

 

 

**Activity in Current Reporting Period 

a)      Projects completed (For example, any procedures, tip sheets, checklists, etc. created during this period):

  1. Reviewed the minutes of the Annual board meetings for unfinished business and assignments
  2. Compared changes approved to the NMRT bylaws
  3. Prepared bylaw changes for ballot
  4. Provided a parliamentarian at the Midwinter board meetings
  5. Maintained online version of Constitution and Bylaws

 

 

b)      Projects in progress but not yet completed:

1.  Create a cheat sheet for parliamentary procedure

2.  Review the minutes of the Midwinter board meetings for unfinished business and assignments

3.  Provide a parliamentarian at the Annual board meetings

 

 

 

 

**Action Items/Issues To Be Resolved (What is left to do, based on your Planning Report?
Have there been any substantial changes in plans since then? What items, if any, have been deferred until next year?):

 

Items deferred until next year: review Secretary's "procedures and template for submitting proposals to the Board" for compliance with Constitution and Bylaws.  Propose changes to Constitution and Bylaws if warranted.

 

 

 

Financial Report Section:

Your budget appropriation (see budget)

a. N/A

Amount which you have spent so far this year

b. N/A

Your estimated additional expenses this year

c. N/A

Total of amount spent and additional "estimated" expenses for this year (b+c)

d. N/A

Difference between budgeted amount and total expenses from above (a-d)

e. N/A

 

 

**Report submitted by:  Laurel Bliss

 

**Email address:  laurel.bliss@yale.edu