1.
The Region 10 Steering Committee will consist of up
to fourteen (14) members, including: the elected Region Chair,
the out-going or incoming Region Chair, ten (10) State Coordinators
(two from each state in the region), and the Regional Conference
Chair(s) of the next regional conference. All committee members
must be members of NACADA.
2.
State Coordinators will serve alternating terms of
two (2) years, and may serve up to two consecutive terms, beginning
at the time of the annual national conference. The outgoing Region
Chair will remain on the Steering Committee until the next incoming
Region Chair is elected. Immediately after election results are
announced, the incoming Region Chair will replace the outgoing
Region Chair on the Steering Committee. The Regional Conference
Chair(s) will serve from the time they are appointed up through
their regional conference.
3.
Meetings of the Steering Committee will take place
twice per year: at the annual regional conference and at the annual
national conference of NACADA. Additional meetings may be held
via telephone conferences, webinars, or through other technologies
that become available in the future. Most of the region business
will take place through e-mail communications.
4.
Steering Committee members are expected to attend
the regional and, if possible, the national NACADA conference
annually.
5.
The Steering Committee has the following responsibilities:
- To implement the Region
10 Bylaws;
- To serve in an advisory
capacity to the Region Chair on current state and regional issues;
- To serve in an advisory
capacity to the Regional Conference Planning Committee.
6.
The Region Chair is charged with appointing State
Coordinators who represent the diversity of the association in
regard to ethnicity, gender, identity, and sexual orientation
as well as diversity in regard to institutional type, size, and
employment position and each state in the region (AZ, CO, NM,
UT, WY).
7.
Appointments of State Coordinators should be made
by the incoming Region Chair (with the assistance of the outgoing
Chair) prior to the national conference. The announcement will
be made at the Region 10 business meeting during the conference.
8.
In the event of an unexpected vacancy on the Steering
Committee, the Region Chair will appoint a NACADA member to complete
the expired term. In the event the Region Chair position is vacated,
the outgoing Region Chair will recommend a replacement to the
Regional Division Representatives. The Region Division Representatives
will make a final appointment.
9.
State Coordinators have the following responsibilities:
- To promote NACADA membership within
the state;
- To encourage professional development
activities at the state level, e.g. a state conference;
- To serve as liaison to the Region
Chair, e.g., submitting quarterly state news updates for the
NACADA newsletter;
- To perform other tasks designated
by the Steering Committee.
10.
The Regional Conference Chair(s) will appoint the
Regional Conference Planning Committee, independent of and separate
from the Region Steering Committee, with the approval of the Region
Chair. Members of the Regional Conference Planning Committee must
be members of NACADA and are expected to attend the regional conference.
11.
The Regional Conference Chair(s) will consult with
and obtain approval from the Region Steering Committee on major
decisions regarding the regional conference, particularly those
matters related to the budget.
12.
These bylaws will be posted on the NACADA Region 10
web page. Any amendments or additions will be voted on at the
national conference regional business meeting each year and published
on the NACADA Region 10 web page following acceptance.
13.
Region 10 will follow the NACADA Guidelines for Regional
Account Expenditures. All expenditures must be approved by the
Region Steering Committee based on the guidelines.
