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CONSTITUTION & BYLAWS Members of this committee:
Charlie Holland
At the June Board meeting, The Board of Directors approved the wording for the new membership category as follows:
Geospatial Member – Any person who is actively engaged in a field of practice that acquires, manages, displays, analyzes, or otherwise uses data to support geospatial activities and who either: is a graduate of a school of higher education (college level) recognized by the Board with an Associates Degree or higher in a geospatial field; has completed at least 32 semester hours of geospatial related study at a school of higher education; holds a GIS Certification from an institute or organization recognized by the Board; or who has engaged in geospatial activities for a minimum of five years. Geospatial members shall be eligible to vote; to only hold the office of Director in the State Society; and may hold any office in a local chapter except President. Geospatial members shall be entitled to all publications received by registered members.
This new membership category will require a change in the Constitution. Therefore this new category will be on the Ballott which will be received before the October Annual Meeting, and voted on by the membership.
Respectfully Submitted Charlie Holland July 17, 2007
NOMINATING The Committee has created a list of names and contacted those people to determine a final list of proposed candidates. That list will be provided to the Executive Director’s Office prior to the August Board Meeting.
Respectfully Submitted
Mickey D. Nowell
PAST PRESIDENTS THE COMMITTEE MADE THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS TO EXCOM
Comment – This would allow Strategic Planning to occur in August and Leadership Orientation sometime after the Convention without conflict. The primary thought is that by doing annual Strategic Planning we are rehashing the same topics and interest in attending has waned.
Comment – Texas is one of the lowest in the nation for required CEUs. We believe that in this process we need to stipulate a certain number of hours required for specific course content; such as, ethics or minimum standards, and a certain number of hours must be in blocks of four hour segments.
Comment – This would provide for general bonding, planning, and training for Management Techniques such as Leadership, Time Management, Roberts Roles of Order, etc. I believe the thought was for this to occur at the beginning of the Excom term and prior to the first Board Meeting.
Comment – This should be a full-time position. The position should assist Universities in developing recruitment plans (partially funded by Universities?) and should help Chapter develop Career Day presentations. The areas of study should include: 1) how to fund, 2) conceptualize, and 3) how to sell. The study group should be made up of people from committees that relate to the position (e.g. public relations, Chapter representatives, education, university advisory, etc.).
Comment – This group should study how the board represents the membership to see if there is a better way to represent them. The size of the Board should be reviewed. Two alternatives suggested: 1) pattern it after the NSPS Board of Directors and Board of Governors and 2) eliminate Chapter reps and elect Directors on a regional basis with some (possibly two) being elected at large. The study group should include representation from the Past President’s group.
Respectfully Submitted,
Mickey D. Nowell
SOUND & VIDEO All sound equipment is in good condition.
Looking forward to seeing you at the 3rdQuarterly Meeting.
Submitted By:
Joe Higle
Butch Holland TELLERS Resolutions: Listed below are the names of the members we know of who have passed away since the last Board meeting:
Thomas Joel Dodd, RPLS #1882 Austin, Texas
Jerry A. Davis, RPLS #1793 Houston, Texas
Jack M. Crawford, RPLS #4059 Fort Worth, Texas
A Resolution will be or has been mailed to the families of these members.
Respectfully Submitted Charlie Holland July 17, 2007
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