Committee Planning Report

NOTE: ** = Required Field

 

 

**Type of report being submitted: Committee Planning Report

 

**Date:  9/3/02

 

 

**Committee Name:  Governance Committee       

 

 

**Supervising Board Member:  Joseph Yue

 

 

**Chair, Co-Chairs, Assistant Chairs:  Laurel Bliss, Heather Underwood Momberger

 

 

**Committee members:  Denise Kwan, Katherine Harris, Lisa Gieskes

 

 

**Committee Charge:  The governance committee conducts periodic reviews of the NMRT Constitution and Bylaws, drafts amendments and revisions proposed by the Executive Board or the membership of NMRT, and distributes up-to-date revisions as necessary.

 

 

**2002 - 2003 Project Description / Goals:  The members of the governance committee will support its charge through their efforts to complete objectives of the committee.

 

 

**Specific Objectives (numbers, tangible end-products): 

  1. Create a cheat sheet for parliamentary procedure
  2. Review the minutes of the Midwinter and Annual board meetings for unfinished business and assignments
  3. Compare changes approved to the NMRT bylaws
  4. Prepare bylaw changes for ballot
  5. Implement changes to bylaws
  6. Provide a parliamentarian at the Midwinter and Annual board meetings
  7. Maintain online version of Constitution and Bylaws
  8. Identify issues with the Constitution and Bylaws and work with appropriate board members and committees for recommendations of changes

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

f. Vendor support planned or anticipated for the year (either money or in-kind gifts), list here:  N/A

 

 

g. Vendor support requested: (From the above list, what, if any, has been requested from the Exhibitor Contact and Relations Committee?)  N/A

 

 

h. Vendor support received: (From the above list, what if any, has been received?)

N/A

 

                                                      

Specific Needs/Support (non-financial): (For the categories below, please include approximate date service needed)

a. Web Support (help with webpage creation, web form creation, web database, web database, scripting, etc):  The committee will need support to institute the web version of the parliamentary procedure cheat sheet.

 

 

 

b. On-site conference volunteers: (include estimated numbers needed and brief job description) One- to serve as parliamentarian during Midwinter and Annual board meetings.

 

 

c. Publicity planned for the committee (posting to other discussion lists, official press release for webpage, etc.):  N/A

 

 

 

 

**Report submitted by:  Heather Underwood Momberger

 

**Email address:  hammym@yahoo.com

 

Addendum to Committee Planning Report, 2002-2003: Timeline

 

 

Date: 10/23/02

 

Committee Name:  Governance

 

Specific Timeline for Year's Activities

 

Create a cheat sheet for parliamentary procedure

--Assemble cheat sheets from other organizations and distribute to committee (Oct. 31)

--Discuss possible adaptations for use by NMRT (Nov. 30)

--Make changes (Dec. 15)

--Submit to Board for review (at Midwinter)

 

Review the minutes of the Midwinter and Annual board meetings for unfinished business and assignments (Oct. 31)

 

Provide a parliamentarian at the Midwinter and Annual board meetings.

--Have Midwinter person confirmed (Nov. 30)

--Have Annual person confirmed (April 30)

 

Addendum submitted by:  Laurel Bliss

 

Email address:  laurel.bliss@yale.edu