AZS New Jersey Organization Meeting

Together We Will Succeed, Embracing Our Diversity, Advancing Key Women Educators, and Moving Forward to Achieve Our Goals!

Alpha Zeta State Convention

Saturday, April 9, 2016

9:00 AM

First General Session

Agenda

Call to order: Barbara Smith, President

Motivational thought: Babette Wise, State Motivator

Pledge of Allegiance: Dr. Pamela A. Devine, State 2nd Vice President

Roll call of executive board: Sue Davis, State Recording Secretary

Minutes: Sue Davis, State Recording Secretary

Correspondence: Ingrid Williams, State Corresponding Secretary

Parliamentarian: Lori Daly, State Parliamentarian

Reports of officers and committee chairs:

President’s: Barbara Smith

Treasurer’s: Ellen Hahn

Expansion Committee: Pam Miller-Mimi Weis presenting report

Leadership Development: Dr. Pollard-Ingrid Williams

Membership: Dr. Pamela Albert Devine

Nominations: Roxanne Adinolfi

Finance: Gail Griffin

Necrology: Ruth Mooney

Initiation: Amy Weinstein

Program planning/Educational Excellence: Carol Schwartz

Legislation/US Forum: Carmela DeMarco

Scholarships/Stipends: Faith steinfort

Special Awards: Barbara Henderson Luella Vengenock

Strategic Action Plan: Dr. Nora Pollard-Pam Watkinson presenting report

New Business

Announcements

Adjournment

Rules of Order for 2016 Convention

· A quorum, for this convention meeting, consists of the majority of the members who have registered at the convention.

· Committee reports are limited to three (3) minutes.

· Every registered member may make motions, add to discussion and vote.

· All persons addressing the chairs shall stand and state her name and chapter

· All motions, amendments, and resolutions shall be presented to the chairs or presiding officer in written form before a vote is taken and shall be signed by the individual or chairs of the group presenting such a motion.

· No second is needed when the motion comes from the committee.

· All motions shall become part of the Recording Secretary’s file.

· On speaking to a motion, each person shall be limited to five minutes.

· The discussion time for any proposed amendments to the governing documents will be limited to ten (10) minutes.

· No person shall speak more than twice to the same motion.

· Only Executive Board members may vote. The members of the Executive Board shall be the elected officers, treasurer, immediate past president, and the chapter presidents.

· The parliamentarian and the past state presidents shall be ex-officio members without vote.

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