LOPSA Policies/Committees

Committees

Policy approved by the Board on 31 July 2005.

Policy amended on 8 August 2005.

Policy amended on 21 November 2005.

Policy amended on 11 December 2006.

Policy amended on 10 October 2017.

The report or recommendation of any Committee shall not be binding upon the Board.

The Board shall establish the following committees:

Detail pages

Committee_List

Board level committees

Name	Chair	Description	Disposition	Contains subcommittee(s)
Leadership	Scott Murphy (Aleksey Tsalolikhin, Liaison)	Develop leadership skills. Board induction. Volunteer cultivation. Election slates.	Standing (per Bylaws)	None
Communications and Marketing	Aleksey Tsalolikhin	Oversight of all communications to members and external parties. Drafting of communications policy.	Standing	None.
Membership Development	Steve VanDevender	Investigate growing the membership. Develop Membership classes and policy. Recommend whether standing committee is needed.	Ad-hoc	None.
Finance Committee	Brian Globerman (also includes George Beech and Scott Suehle)	Financial oversight	Standing	None.

Program committees

Name	Chair	Liaison	Description	Disposition	Subcommittee(s)
Recognition	Thomas Uphill	Thomas Uphill	Annual Contribution to the Profession award; Yerkes award, Volunteer award.	Annual	Maybe (one for each award?)
Conference Planning	Drew Adams	Drew Adams	Plan our robust ubiquitous presence at LISA. Posters, BOFs, everything. In future, will handle all conferences.	Standing	One for each conference
Locals	Drew Adams	Drew Adams	Locals program.	Standing	None.
Technical Services	Danielle White	Danielle White	Deliver and manage online services and other technology.	Standing	Email/Website transition team
Education, Training and Mentorship	Andy Cowell	Andy Cowell	Mentorship program, Educators Program for training, working with universities, and content.	Standing	None.