Nominations Committee

Coordinates elections annually for officers and Board members

• Emails the membership to request nominations (June/July)
• Confirms nominations and presents election slate for Board approval (August)
• Sends election ballots to members (October)
• Tallies election results and presents to Board (November)

Committee Chair: Eleanor Seigel

Program Committee

Arranges workshops

• Contacts presenter and coordinates presentation materials
• Arranges for CE credits
• Sends information to chair of publicity committee and website committee
• Mails program announcements
• Adds new members to mailing list

Committee Chairs: Laura Skivone

Affiliate Caucus Representative

Serves as a liaison between MCPA, the NJPA Board and the other affiliates of NJPA

• Attends affiliate caucus meetings (3-4/yr at different locations)
• Keeps MCPA members informed about professional issues that NJPA, the state Board, and county affiliates are discussing or taking action on
• Attend NJPA Board meetings

Affiliate Representative: Rotating

Website Committee

Updates website

• Updates membership workshop information
• Adds/deletes member information in the directory
• Coordinates with computer consultant, web server when necessary

Committee Chair: Karen Cohen

Membership Committee

Recruits members and updates membership Information

• Sends out applications annually to current and new members
• Contacts new NJPA members in Mercer County to determine interest in MCPA
• Updates the list of members on computer spreadsheet
• Sends updated information for any member to website committee to update the website
• Recruits new members by phone calls and letters

Committee Chairs: Irene Eckert and Karen Cohen

List Serve Committee

• Updates membership information on the list serve
• Announces upcoming workshops to members, NJPA and other Affiliates
• Organizes and initiates Phone Chain for workshops

Committee Chair: David Krauss

Publicity Committee

Publicizes workshops and other MCPA events

• Emails workshop announcements to MCPA list serve, NJPA (Friday Update) and other places on the Marketing list
• Initiates phone chain (via email/calls) prior to workshops
• Sends thank you note to presenter of workshop
• Creates yearly calendar of workshops (coordinate with NJPA and other affiliate groups where possible

Committee Chair: Shared