eNAP Meeting November 11th, 2024

Agenda

     Agenda for the November 11, 2024 Regular Meeting of eNAP

0. Verify Quorum of 7 (lesser of 7 and 20%)

1. Welcome of Guests

2. Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes

3. Consideration of Applicants for Provisional Membership

4. Special Orders

Elect Nominating Committee 

5. Recess for Educational Program
        RPs and PRPs seeking CEUs must have their full name displayed and have their cameras on during the lesson.
 "Voting Methods"
   Diana Bacon,  PRP

6. Reports of Officers, Boards, and Committees

President's Report 

Bylaws Committee Report

Membership Report

7. Unfinished Business and General Orders.

8. New Business - see previous notices for any motions in the meeting notice

9.  Announcements

Note: The agenda is set by special rule of order 13.

Zoom Link

The unit meets electronically by Zoom.  See our Zoom meetings page for details.


Reports and Motions

REPORTS for the November 11, 2024, Regular Meeting -- Check back for updates

Note:  Reports are posted as they become available by the respective officer or committee. Please check back if a report is missing. All reports should be available prior to the start of the meeting.

President's Report

-- Richard Halverson

Vice President's Report

-- Paul McClintock, PRP, CP-T

Secretary's Report

-- Roberta Berry, RP

Bylaw Committee Report

-- Bernie Callender, PRP

Education Committee Report

-- Paul McClintock, PRP, CP-T

Membership Committee Report 

--Roberta Berry, RP

Technology Committee Report

-- Paul McClintock, PRP, CP-T

Nominating Committee Report

-- TBD

 Archived reports for previous meetings are filed at the members-only site at:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/enapmembers/categories

MOTIONS -- Check back for updates.

BYLAW AMENDMENT 1: ENDING MEMBERSHIP. Amend Article III (Members), Section 2 (Ending Membership) by striking out: “The membership committee may recommend at any Unit meeting the removal of named members for cause, including for non-attendance for at least the prior 12 regular meetings. Removal for non-attendance will require a majority vote and these removed members may rejoin at any time. For any other cause, the disciplinary procedures in the parliamentary authority shall be followed.”

BYLAW AMENDMENT 2: ELECTRONIC MEETINGS. Amend Article VI (Meetings), Section 5 (Location) by adding: “so long as the meeting is conducted by a technology that allows all participating members to hear each other at the same time, and if a video technology, see each other as well.”


Draft Minutes to Approve

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Draft Meeting Minutes

2024-10-14 Regular Meeting

The 2024-10-14 Regular Meeting of the eNAP Unit of the National Association of Parliamentarians (eNAP) was held online via Zoom and called to order by President Richard Halverson at 8:00 PM CT (U.S. Central Time), with Secretary Roberta Berry present. A quorum was present.

Those attending were: Ann Rempel, Bernie Callender James, Carmella Davis Watkins, Chris Wren, Crystal Thomas, Deborah Stewart, Deidre Flowers, Delores Schoen, Diana Bacon, Don Freese, Dorothy L. Gordon, Erika Correa, Gail Mitchell, Hattie Mary Young, Jacki Capper, Jacquita Wright-Henderson, Jennifer Nickel, Jenny Liu, Jim Lohr, Joan Harmon, Jocelyn Williams, Josette Kawana, Julia Price, Lynda Schram, Kama Elle Walcott,  Katrina L. Brave, Kevin Connelly, Kristen Nelson,  Mamphahlele Moruthane, Marcia Hall, Mark Apodaca, Mildred Simmons, Nicole Jones, Pamela Carpinello, Pat Martin, Paul McClintock, Richard Brown, Richard Halverson, Roberta Berry, Sean Schilke, Sharon Williams Jackson, Tom Havelka, Tracy Wilson, Vanessa Black, Vicki Walter, and Vivian Tansil.

 

Guests: Bernadette Hampton, Daniel Acciacca, Ellen Heatley, Floria Rodgers, Irene Pan, Jeffery Gray, Mary Smith, Valoree Althoff, and Yvonne Roussel.

 

The agenda for the October 14, 2024, meeting was adopted without objection.

 

The regular meeting minutes from September 9, 2024, were approved as corrected and posted to the members-only site.

 

Mildred Simmons was introduced as a new regular member.

 

Special Presentation

Irene Pan, the current National Parliamentarian for the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) and NAP student member, would like to create a collage of answers on their Instagram from professional parliamentarians giving a short (maybe 10 seconds or so) reply to the question.

"What is a parliamentarian?"

and/or

"What does a parliamentarian do?"
 She provided her contact information, asking for video clips to be sent to her by Oct 18th.

 

Education Program

The unit recessed for the education program at 8:10 PM CT. Paul McClintock, PRP, presented a lesson on Fiduciary Duties (a substitute lesson; no CEUs). Following that presentation, guests and members had a parliamentary question-and-answer opportunity. The meeting resumed at 9:46 PM CT.


President’s Report

No report was given.

 

Vice President’s Report

The Vice President notified the eNAP Unit members that he posted the information from the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) on the eNAP website. 


Secretary’s Report

Deanna Everett Tollerton, Deidre B. Flowers, Katrina Brave, Kristen Nelson, and Mildred Simmons were introduced as new regular members.

 

Don Freese made a parliamentary inquiry as to the total number of eNAP Unit members. The Secretary will provide the total number of eNAP Unit members at the November meeting.

 

The Vice President notified the unit that we have approximately 132 members on the roster and are tracking their attendance. However, the number of active members is approximately 100.


Membership Committee

No report was given.

 

New Business

Crystal Thomas made a parliamentary inquiry regarding the status of unit members serving on the Technology Committee. President Halverson appointed Crystal Thomas to serve on the Technology Committee.

 

Announcements

The following announcements were made:

 

Next month’s Educational Program is “Voting Methods.”

 

The next meeting will be held on Monday, November 11th, 2024, at 7:30 PM CT.

 

The meeting adjourned at 10:08 PM CT.

 

Roberta Berry, RP eNAP Secretary

eNAP Unit of the National Association of Parliamentarians

Secretary@enapunit.org I 202-744-1540

Roberta@enapunit.org

eNAPunit.org


Educational Program

eNAP Educational Program for 2024-11-11  - CEU-approved requested -


Part 1 -- Education Committee members will present a program on the topics as shown below, based primarily on the Registered Parliamentarian Performance Expectations  (RP-PE) as indicated below.  See these on pp 7-28 in NAP's Criteria For Credentialing (CFC):

> https://www.parliamentarians.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2024-02-09-Criteria-for-Credentialing_Final.pdf


The resources to be used in conjunction to prepare to meet these RP standards include (CFC p. 6): 

➢ Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised (12th edition)

➢ Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised in Brief (3rd edition)

➢ Code of Professional Responsibility for Parliamentarians 

➢ Professional Practices in Parliamentary Procedure (2021, NAP), cited as PPPP (login to bookstore first).

➢ Pathways to Proficiency - Script Writing Made Easy (Updated for RONR, 12th ed.)


The upcoming lesson outline:

November 11th, Paul McClintock, PRP - "Tellers" 7.19 - 7.21 - CEU-approved requested -.  


The 2024 education plan will continue programs based on the RP-PE (see above).  The RP-PE is essential for those preparing for the RP exam, and it is solid parliamentary education for all levels of membership.


Thus, the 2024 through Feb. 2025 educational program schedule and presenters:


Be aware that this plan may be adjusted or replaced in full by the education committee at any time; the enapunit.org website (Meeting Materials > Educational Program) should have any updates to the plan as they occur.


Part 2 -- eNAP Special Rule of Order 1(A) says: "A part of each educational program shall be to allow members to ask opinions of other members on parliamentary questions that they have."


If possible, please submit Part-2 questions ahead of time to vice-president@enapunit.org.

The 2024 eNAP Education Committee consists of 


Meeting Notice

[Note: this meeting notice may be further edited up till the time it is emailed about a week before the meeting.]


eNAP meets Monday, November 11th,  2024, at 7:30 pm CT via Zoom


Dear eNAP Unit Member, 

Join us for a regular meeting of the eNAP Unit of the National Association of Parliamentarians; the meeting will be held Monday, November 11th, 2024, via Zoom, at 7:30 PM Central Time. Please note that the meeting will be recorded.


Join Zoom Meeting on a PC:


[Zoom-link]


Please note that if you are using a telephone for audio only, you can join on your computer first and click join with telephone. Otherwise, click join with computer audio.


The meeting room will open ten minutes prior to the meeting. If you are having issues joining the meeting, please email us at contact@enapunit.org.


Attendees should use screen names consisting of their real first and last names, and are encouraged to add a suffix to indicate their state, province, or country (example: Katherine Johnson WV). If you are NOT a current member, please preface your name with the prefix of g (example: g Katherine Johnson). Officers should also use the appropriate prefixes designated for them.


The meeting begins at 7:30 PM Central Time, or see the time in your local time zone.


FOR MEMBERS


The draft agenda and minutes, reports, and educational program are posted at enapunit.org under "Meeting Materials" as they become available by the respective officer or committee. Please check back if a report is missing or if it is a prior meeting report. All reports should be available prior to the meeting call to order. 


EDUCATION PROGRAM

On October 14th, Diana Bacon, PRP will present the lesson on "Voting Methods"7.7-7.12 - CEU-approved .-. Following that presentation, a parliamentary question-answer opportunity is given to guests and members.


FOR GUESTS AND FIRST-TIME ATTENDEES


If you have never attended an eNAP meeting, please plan to arrive 5 to 10 minutes before the call to make sure you understand how the meeting will be conducted and to talk with other attendees. Reviewing our introduction page to familiarize yourself with the eNAP chat room and terminology is strongly recommended.


If you are not yet an eNAP member and would like to join, you may complete and submit the application form. Applications by NAP members are approved automatically upon verification of their NAP membership. Application by those who are not NAP members may be approved after they have attended at least one unit meeting.


MEMBERS-ONLY AREA AND REQUESTING ACCESS


If you are an eNAP member, or expect to be voted in as a member at this meeting, please verify or request access to our members-only Google Groups page. Voting could be held via this section at any time, which is akin to a ballot vote. Should you have difficulty logging in or requesting membership, please contact me. To ensure sufficient time, please do this 2 or more days prior to the meeting.


As always, we welcome you to invite guests to our meeting to observe and/or join our electronic unit. I look forward to seeing you at the upcoming e-meeting, and if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

----

Roberta Berry 

eNAP Secretary

Secretary@enapunit.org

Roberta@enapunit.org

(202) 744-1540


The Zoom meeting link is not posted on our publicly viewable web site.  This measure reduces Zoom bombing and other risks. 

The link has been emailed to all members and vetted guests. If you are a guest and would like to attend, or if you need it sent again, please email vice-president@enapunit.org with your name and reason for attending.  If attending for CEU credits for renewing your RP or PRP credential, please also add your full name, credential, and NAP membership number.

Members may also find the zoom link in the eNAP members-only web site at:

https://groups.google.com/g/enapmembers?label=links