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Proposal to increase the number of Members at Large from 3 to 5<\/h3>\n
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ARTICLE IV OFFICERS<\/span><\/strong>
\nSection 1. Elected Officers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

e) In addition to these four officers, five (5) Members at Large<\/span> shall be elected to the Executive Committee.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Section 2. Description of Duties<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

e) Member at large<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

i. Members at Large attend all Executive Committee meetings<\/span><\/strong>
\nii. Each member at large has one vote on all decisions of the Executive Committee.<\/span><\/strong>
\niii. Each Member at Large shall chair a Standing Committee.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Section 5. Nominations.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

a) Nominations shall be conducted at the January meeting of the members.<\/span><\/strong>
\nb) The Executive Committee shall nominate a slate of all expiring officers\u2019 positions and the five (5) Member at Large positions.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

ARTICLE VI - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Section 1. The Executive Committee shall be comprised of all elected officers and five (5) elected Members at Large. Each member of the Executive Committee shall be eligible to vote on Executive Committee decisions.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Section 2. Unless otherwise noted in these by laws, all organizational powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of this organization shall be controlled by the Executive Committee.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Section 3. Regular meetings of the Executive Committee shall be held at least once each quarter.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

a) The Executive Committee shall identify the location and regular date and time for such meetings<\/span><\/strong>
\nb) Executive members shall be notified at least fifteen (15) days prior to any meeting that is to be held on a date or time different from the regularly scheduled Executive Committee meeting.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

Proposed Standing Committee Policy 12-25<\/h3>\n
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ARTICLE VII - COMMITTEES<\/span><\/strong>
\nSection 1. The Executive Committee shall establish committees it deems necessary to achieve organizational objectives.<\/span><\/strong>
\na) Ad hoc committees shall be appointed as needed for a specific purpose and shall cease upon completion of the appointed purpose.<\/span><\/strong>
\nb) Standing Committee terms shall be one year and may be renewed each year on their anniversary.<\/span><\/strong>
\nc) Standing Committee chairs shall report on the committee's activity at each membership meeting.<\/span><\/strong>
\nSection 2. The Chairpersons of committees may appoint committee members, set committee goals in coordination with the Executive Committee members, and shall direct the activities of the committee to achieve such goals.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Appendix C<\/span><\/strong>
\nStanding Committees<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

(See: ARTICLE IV OFFICERS: Section 2. Description of Duties &  ARTICLE VII COMMITTEES)<\/span><\/strong>
\nI. BY LAW STANDING COMMITTEE CHARTERS<\/span><\/strong>
\nThree standing committees and their chairs are specified in the by-laws.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A. Executive Committee \u2013 Chair: President<\/span><\/strong>
\nB. Membership Committee \u2013 Chair: Secretary<\/span><\/strong>
\nC. Finance\/Audit Committee \u2013 Chair: Treasurer<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

II. OTHER STANDING COMMITTEES CHARTERS<\/span><\/strong>
\nCommittee chairs can work Volunteer Coordinator to enlist committee members.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A. `Volunteer Committee<\/span><\/strong>
\nOur members comprise a powerful volunteer pool. Fielding volunteers for club events and activities requires a coordinated effort working with events team and members to assure we have sufficient resources to be successful in our various activities.<\/span><\/strong>
\nThe primary goal of this committee is to maintain and manage a vibrant volunteer member pool.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Coordinator assures IMDC has a vibrant, active, and enthusiastic volunteer cadre<\/span><\/strong>
\n2. Enlists member volunteers to provide resources for club events and committees<\/span><\/strong>
\n3. Develops and manages tools and techniques to facility A.<\/span><\/strong>
\n4. Maintains the Membership Opportunity table<\/span><\/strong>
\n5. Acknowledges volunteer participation \u2013 \u201cthank you\u201d s.<\/span><\/strong>
\n6. Develops volunteer guides so training is reusable and consistent<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

B. Community Outreach Committee<\/span><\/strong>
\nTo be a significant force in Mendocino politics, we need to be recognized as an active participant in civic affairs and establish a reputation of acting on our progressive ideals and beliefs.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Outreach Chair maintains a schedule of community events and activities to provide our members with opportunities to establish IMDC in the public mind..<\/span><\/strong>
\n2. Works with Volunteer Coordinator to enlist member volunteers<\/span><\/strong>
\n3. Assists volunteers in participating in these activities<\/span><\/strong>
\n4. Works with Volunteer Coordinator to staff fair booths<\/span><\/strong>
\n5. Develops an Outreach Program to carry forward the committee work<\/span><\/strong>
\n6. Produces monthly newsletter<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

C. Elections Committee<\/span><\/strong>
\nElecting candidates that support our primary goal is also our primary mission.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Elections Chair remit is all of the elected offices in the county.<\/span><\/strong>
\n2. Ideally enlists an IMDC candidate for all of them<\/span><\/strong>
\na. Needs MANY volunteers to help<\/span><\/strong>
\n3. Review and recommend participation in state and federal campaigns<\/span><\/strong>
\n4. Monitors MOBILIZE and notifies interested volunteers of available opportunities<\/span><\/strong>
\n5. Organizes post-carding, canvassing and other election related events<\/span><\/strong>
\n6. Manages the endorsement process<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

D. Voter Registration Committee<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

E. Electeds Liaison<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Establish relationship with County Board of Supervisors, City Council Members, State Assembly Members and State Senator.<\/span><\/strong>
\n2. Rep[orts activity of electeds to Executive Committee.<\/span><\/strong>
\n3. Provides monthly report to Newsletter editor<\/span><\/strong>
\n4. Convey\u2019s IMDC perspective, concerns and recommendations regarding important issues to our electeds.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

F. Events Committee (VP?)<\/span><\/strong>
\nManage onthly club meetings program consists of a featured speaker, panel or forum that discusses issues that are important to our members, generally of a local nature.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Discovers and evaluates important issues of the day<\/span><\/strong>
\n2. Searches out and engages speakers who have expertise in the subjects that are to be featured at club meetings<\/span><\/strong>
\n3. Works with Volunteer Committee to staff fair booths<\/span><\/strong>
\n4. Extends the monthly club program to include other formats such as members only sit-down dinner fund raiser, member recruitment<\/span><\/strong>
\n5. Schedules electeds to address club meetings.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"document_category":[45,111,103],"document_tag":[],"class_list":["post-12153","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document_category-imdc","document_category-imdc-documents","document_category-imdc-exec-imdc","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/12153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12153"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/12153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12164,"href":"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/12153\/revisions\/12164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"document_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_category?post=12153"},{"taxonomy":"document_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_tag?post=12153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}