eNAP Meeting January 13th, 2025

Agenda

     Agenda for the January 13, 2025 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

Elections 

5. Recess for Educational Program
        RPs and PRPs seeking CEUs must have their full name displayed and have their cameras on during the lesson.
 "Tellers"

          Paul McClintock, PRP

6. Reports of Officers, Boards, and Committees

President's Report 

Membership Report

Technology 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 January 13th, 2025, 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, President

Vice President's Report

-- Paul McClintock, PRP, CP-T, VP

Secretary's Report

The eNAP Unit had 93 members who attended at least one meeting, while 13 inactive members did not attend any meetings this year. As of the December 9th, 2024 meeting, 27 new members have joined the unit this year. There are 25 NAP regular members and two provisional members. 

-- Roberta Berry, RP, Secretary

Education Committee Report

The Jan 13 presentation is:
Topic:  Tellers
Presenter: Paul McClintock, PRP

-- Paul McClintock, PRP, CP-T, Chair

Membership Committee Report 

The eNAP Unit Membership Committee met several times to discuss strategies, ideas, and plans for implementing their recommendations: 1) from June 1, 2024, to September 30, 2024, to recruit at least 10% new members, and 2) from July 1, 2024, to September 30, 2024, to recruit an additional 10% new members. The committee explored developing marketing materials, organizing social events, and addressing document access issues to attract and retain members. They proposed using QR codes for eNAP Unit membership recommendations and suggested conducting a survey to assess the monthly educational programs and the decline in membership. The committee established a recruitment initiative and hosted a successful ice cream social at the National Association of Parliamentarians (NAP) Training Conference in San Antonio, TX. Additionally, the membership committee arranged a 30-minute social chat to encourage member networking before each meeting. Please Note: As of the December 9th meeting, 27 new members have joined the unit this year. There are 25 NAP regular members and two provisional members.

--Roberta Berry, RP, Chair

Technology Committee Report

-- Crystal Thomas, PRP, Chair

Elections

Nominating Committee Report

The eNAP Unit nominating committee emailed members asking for nominations, including self-nominations.  Two members responded.  The committee thanks each respondent and all members for considering how they can contribute to the unit, and nominates:

Submitted by Paul McClintock, Chair; Gloria de Meireles, Sean Schilke

Nov. 26, 2025

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.



Draft Minutes to Approve

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Draft Meeting Minutes

2024-12-09 Regular Meeting

The 2024-12-09 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 7:30 PM CT (U.S. Central Time), with Secretary Roberta Berry present. A quorum was present.

 

Those attending were: Andrea Nottingham, Ann Rempel, Atul Kapur, Belinda Brouette, Bernadine Callender-James, Carmella Davis Watkins, Christopher Wren, Crystal Thomas, Daniel Acciacca, Daniel Ross, Delores Schoen, Diana Bacon, Don Freese, Erika Correa, Gail Mitchell, George LeGrand, Gloria de Meireles, Jacquita Wright-Henderson, Jim Lohr, Joan Harmon, Josette Kawana, Julia Price, Lynda Schram, Katrina Brave, Kristen Nelson, Latoya Kittrell, Mamphahlele Moruthane, Marcia Hall-Hyman, Mark Apodaca, Mary Remson, Nicole Jones, Pat Martin, Paul McClintock, Richard Brown, Richard Halverson, Roberta Berry, Sean Schilke, Sharon Williams Jackson, Vanessa Black, and Vivian Tansil.

 

Guests: Fashika Willis McClelland, Lillie Fontenot, Monica Fontenot, and Weldon Merritt.

 

The December 9, 2024, meeting agenda was adopted without objection.

 

The regular meeting minutes from November 11, 2024, were approved and posted to the members-only site.

 

Daniel Acciacca was approved as a Provisional member without objection.

 

Education Program: 

The unit recessed for the education program at 7:41 PM CT. Fashika Willis McClelland, PRP, presented a lesson on Nomination and Elections, which was - CEU-approval. Following that presentation, guests and members had a parliamentary question-and-answer opportunity. The meeting resumed at 9:28 PM CT.

President’s Report:

No report was given.

Vice President’s Report: No report was given. 


Secretary’s Report: 

LaToya Kittrell was introduced as a new regular member.

 

Membership Committee: 

No report was given.

 

Nominating Committee: 

The eNAP Unit nominating committee emailed members asking for nominations, including self-nominations.  Two members responded.  The committee thanks each respondent and all members for considering how they can contribute to the unit and nominates:

 

The election will take place at the January meeting.

 

Submitted by Paul McClintock, Chair; Gloria de Meireles, Sean Schilke

 

Bylaws Committee: 

Bernie Callender James, Chairperson of the Bylaws Committee, reported that the committee submitted the updated two amendments to the NAP Bylaws Committee for review and approval. However, the committee has not received any communication from the NAP Bylaws Committee.

 

Unfinished Business:

 

Technology Committee: 

The website has not been updated yet with the new web editors. The Technology Committee held the first meeting and elected Crystal Thomas as the Chair of the Committee.

 

New Business: 

Sean Schilke provided notice that he would like to change the time of the meeting at the next meeting by an amendment to the standing rules permanently. Paul moved to amend Article 11 of the Standing Rules by striking 8 p.m. and inserting 7:30 p.m. The motion was adopted.  

 

Announcements: 

The following announcements were made:

 

The educational program for next month is “Teller,” and the program for February is Professional Responsibility.

 

The next meeting will be held on Monday, January 13th, 2025, at 7:30 PM CT.

 

The meeting adjourned at 9:58 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 2025-01-13  - 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:

January 13th,  Paul McClintock, PRP, Tellers - CEU-approved .  


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, January 13th,  2025, 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, January 13th, 2025, via Zoom, at 7:30 PM Central Time. Please note that the meeting will be recorded.


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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 December 9th, Fashika Willis, PRP, will present the lesson on "Nominations and Elections." 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