Committee Member Recommendation Form

Committee*

Leadership Development Committee

Purpose of Committee

The Leadership Development Committee, with a representation from each region, two board members and chaired by the ACSA State Past President, was formed as an advisory committee to the ACSA State Board to look at the governance of the organization and provide clarity, consistency and alignment of the bylaws of state ACSA, the regions, committee and councils. In addition to this work, the state board has asked the LDC to provide recommendations to the board on how they can help with the board’s responsibility to provide leadership development and best practices for the committees and councils each year. Working with the board, define association leadership needs, set criteria and requirements, the build programs, trainings and orientation strategies, mentoring/coaching opportunities, and other tasks that effectively develop leadership at the region, committee/council and board levels.

Committee Representation

Recommendations will be solicited from each region.

Responsibilities of Committee Members

Serve a three-year term.

Ability to:

Attend four meetings during the year.
Attend and represent the region at four meetings held in Sacramento.

Experience

The ideal member has held a variety of positions throughout ACSA at the charter, region, and/or state level as charter officer, region officer, committee/council member, and/or state Board Member.

Legislative Policy Committee

Purpose of Committee

To identify and study areas of needed legislation affecting ACSA members and public education. To solicit sponsorship requests from ACSA members, and to sponsor bills that improve conditions in California schools. To study proposed legislation and, based upon ACSA's Legislative Platform and additional input from the board of directors, establish ACSA's position on state and federal legislation. To assist in the establishment of the ACSA Legislative Platform.

Responsibilities of Committee Members:

Commitment to serve a four-year term for region representatives.
Commitment to serve at least a two-year term for committee/council liaisons.
Commitment to attend all scheduled meetings (four per year) and, if unable to attend appoint an alternate from your region to attend.
Commitment to review and provide input on the numerous legislative proposals to be considered during the year, especially for the topic of the subcommittee on which the committee member serves.
Commitment to communicate with region on legislative issues.

Ability to:

Read and comprehend the impact of legislation upon existing school and/or county office operations and programs.
Evaluate, discuss, debate, and reach consensus to support or oppose legislative proposals.
At times, agree to disagree and support the majority position recommendation.

Experience

Involvement in legislative policy and/or legislative action at the region or charter level.

Member Services Committee

Purpose of Committee

To recruit, retain and recognize members. To identify trends and issues with membership categories that may require changes or adjustments. To support and help grow ACSA’s Partner4Purpose program in order to further meet the needs of members. To monitor and ensure that region and charter bylaws align with state ACSA bylaws and that region and charters are in compliance with these regulations.

Responsibilities of Committee Members:

Represent the ACSA members throughout regions by sharing salient points, gathering information to share at committee meetings and maintaining an accurate list of members and non-members to the greatest degree possible.
Attend at least three committee meetings.
Serve a three-year term.

Ability to:

Have the authority to represent the membership in their respective regions, bringing issues before the committee and returning to the regions to share salient points and/or gather additional needed input for the committee to discuss.
Members must have the ability to gather member data and facilitate the dissemination of committee information.

Experience

Members should have an understanding of the services available to ACSA members. Although not required, the members should have been a member of State ACSA for at least one full year prior to service on the committee.
It would be helpful for members to have had experience with the use of the ACSA services and who have an interest in using creative problem-solving strategies which will assist in the development of services to members and maintain and recruit ACSA membership.

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Special Instructions

Before you submit this form, check to be sure the person recommended is an ACSA member. You're welcome to contact the ACSA Membership Department at (650) 692-4300 or memberservices@acsa.org if you are unsure.
Be sure that you do not recommend any member who has already served a full three- or four-year term.
Members may serve on only one ACSA State Committee at a time.

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