Chapter Committee Responsibilities

Board Liaison

As a Board Liaison to a committee, you must:

• Act as a facilitator, assist as needed with recruitment of committee chair and members.
• Communicate the action plan to the committee and present any necessary changes to the board for approval.
  Submit the committee's budget for board approval.
• Oversee the committee's budget, present any unbudgeted items of more than $100 to the board for approval.
• Provide a brief report on the committee's progress at each board meeting.
• Report pertinent news to the committee chair after each board meeting.
• Complete assigned sections of the Chapter Management Report.
• Develop professional relationship with appropriate state vice president or state liaison.
  

Committee Chair

As a Committee Chairperson, you must:

• Recruit an adequate number of committee members to ensure successful implementation of committee goals.
• Encourage involvement of all committee members, maintain regular contact with members (may require phone calls, reminder notices, etc.)
• Cultivate future leaders.
• Submit committee budget for board approval (in conjunction with board liaison), ensure that expenditures fall within budget guidelines, submit proposed unbudgeted expenditures over $100 to board liaison for board approval.
• Schedule regular committee meetings.
• Ensure accurate minutes are kept at each committee meeting.
• Maintain sample file of committee materials (printed tools, minutes, photos, etc.) and other data as requested for Chapter Management Report.
• Coordinate internal and external publicity for committee activities (articles in chapter faxes and newsletter, announcements during chapter meetings, news releases, etc.)
• Provide report of committee's activities to board liaison for presentation during monthly board meeting.