Membership

The Membership Committee shall be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing strategies for increasing and maintaining membership. This committee shall be responsible for the creation of recruitment literature. Sub-committees may be formed with the approval of the Executive Leadership Committee. 

• The committee is led by two co-chairs, one university-based representative and one PK-12 representative. The committee also includes one ex-officio representative from the elected leadership.

• The balance of the committee is composed of at-large members. The co-chairs should strive for approximately equal representation from university-based and PK-12 members of the association.

• Depending on the current efforts of the committee, the group may organize into subcommittees in order to allow for more active involvement of members. For example, a group focused on naming membership benefits and another one focused on membership rate structure.

• The committee meets on a monthly basis via Zoom. The co-chairs meet prior to the meeting to develop an agenda. 

• The committee agendas and minutes are stored in the NAPDS Google Drive in the Meetings folder.

• The committee also meets in-person at the annual conference. One of the co-chairs should be sure to submit a “proposal” for a committee meeting during the conference proposal submission process. This action ensures that the committee has a reserved date/time/room for its annual in-person meeting.

• The committee divides up larger tasks into sub-tasks. Committee members volunteer to take the lead on tasks based on their strengths and passions.

• The committee engages in collaborative decision-making related to committee goals and areas for action. 

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