ARTICLE
11 COMMITTEES
Section 11.1.
Committee Formation.
The Board of Directors may create committees as needed, such as domain
committees, fundraising, housing, public relations, data collection, etc. The Board of Directors shall appoint
all committee chairs.
Section 11.2.
Executive Committee. Four
officers of the Board of Directors serve as the members of the Executive
Committee. Except for the power to
amend the articles of incorporation and bylaws, the Executive Committee shall
have all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the intervals
between meetings of the Board of Directors, and is subject to the direction and
control of the full board.
Section 11.3.
Finance Committee. The
Chief Financial Officer is the chair of the Finance Committee. Each Chapter Treasurer shall be a
member of the Finance Committee. The
Finance committee is responsible for developing and reviewing fiscal
procedures, fundraising plans, annual budget, and all expenditures within
budget. Any major change to the
budget must be approved by the Board of Directors or the Executive
Committee. The fiscal year shall
be the calendar year. Annual reports
are required to be submitted to the board showing income, expenditures, and
pending income. The organization’s
financial records shall be made available to the board and local chapter
members upon written requests and by reasonable means.
Section 11.4. Professional
Responsibility Committee. This
committee shall be composed of the Chair of the Ethics and Code of Conduct
Domain of Knowledge and at least four (4) other members of the National
Leadership Assembly. These members
shall be designated by the National Leadership Assembly during its annual
meeting. The committee members
shall elect a Committee Chair, who shall be responsible for presiding over the
Committee. This committee’s
purpose is to investigate and adjudicate allocations of wrong doing presented
to the organization. This
committee shall follow the guidelines as set forth by the Board of Directors.