BYLAW NUMBER THIRTEEN: COMMITTEES.
Section 1: All committees and committee chairmen shall be appointed from members in good standing by the President and serve until the next Annual Meeting. The President shall give each committee he appoints a written mission statement. Each committee chairman shall prepare a written report to the Annual Meeting relating his committee’s accomplishments during the year in terms of his committee’s mission statement.
Section 2: The incoming President shall appoint an auditing committee consisting of at least two members. Elected officers of the ORSSAR shall not serve on the auditing committee. He shall also appoint a nominating committee consisting of one member from each active chapter. The President-elect shall appoint one of the nominating committee members chairman of the Committee.
a) The mission of the Auditing Committee shall be to audit the ORSSAR books of account at the end of the calendar year and at such other times as the Board deems appropriate, and to report results of such audits to the Board and to the Annual Meeting.
b) The mission of the nominating committee shall be to make nominations in accordance with Section 2 of Bylaw Twelve above.
Section 3: Additional-standing committees may be appointed as deemed appropriate by the President. Typical standing committees might include, but are not limited to, the following:
a) Annual Meeting Committee. The committee mission is to plan, organize, and complete arrangements for the Annual Meeting as required under Bylaw Eleven above.
b) Constitution Committee. The committee mission is to receive and screen member recommendations for changes in the ORSSAR Constitution, and to prepare and recommend amendments to that Constitution in accordance with Article VI of the ORSSAR Constitution.
c) DAR/CAR Committee. The committee mission is to maintain a current roster of officers and a schedule of activities of the Oregon Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (hereinafter, DAR) and the Oregon Society of the Children of the American Revolution (hereinafter, CAR), to keep the President informed of important DAR and CAR events in Oregon, and to represent the ORSSAR with the DAR and CAR.
d) Development Committee. The committee mission is to establish an
ORSSAR foundation, and to raise funds to endow that foundation through the
promotion of tax-free, charitable giving by both members and interested
non-members.
e) Directory Committee. The committee mission is to publish the ORSSAR Directory as soon as possible after February 1st each year containing information about ORSSAR state and chapter officers and committees.
f) Eagle Scout Awards Committee. The committee mission is to conduct the
NSSAR, Eagle Scout, Awards competition in the State of
g) Finance Committee. The committee mission is to prepare an ORSSAR annual budget for approval of the Board. The Treasurer shall be an ex-officio member of the committee.
h) Flags Committee. The committee mission is to promote,
organize and conduct appropriate ceremonies concerning the
i) Joseph S. Rumbaugh Historical
Patriotic Oration Contest Committee.
The committee mission is to organize and conduct the NSSAR, Rumbaugh
Orations Contest in
j) Medals and Awards Committee. The committee mission is to seek qualified recipients for the various NSSAR medals and awards that may be conferred by the ORSSAR, to recommend such awards to the Board, to keep an adequate stock of medals, certificates, etc. to meet the requirements of the committee mission, and to promote medals and awards programs in chapters.
k) Membership Committee. The committee mission is to promote, organize and conduct campaigns to recruit new members.
l) Memorials Committee. The committee mission is to find and
arrange to memorialize persons, events, and places in the State of
m) Newsletter Committee. The committee mission is to gather news for, and to edit, publish, print and distribute the ORSSAR Compatriot, a newsletter, to all members and friends of ORSSAR at least quarterly. The publication date—on a quarterly schedule—shall be the third Monday of the first month of each quarter. The deadline for submitting articles for publication shall be the first Monday of the first month of each quarter.
n) NSSAR Knight Essay Contest
Committee. The committee mission is
to conduct the NSSAR Essay Contest in the State of
o) Pacific District Conference
Committee. The committee mission is
to plan, organize, and complete arrangements for the NSSAR, Pacific District
Conference when that conference is held in the State of
p) Publicity Committee. The committee mission is to find and exploit every opportunity to place favorable information about the NSSAR and the ORSSAR before the general public.
q) Resolutions Committee. The committee mission is to keep the Board informed of the status of NSSAR resolutions, and to receive, screen and prepare recommendations to the Board for members’ suggested resolutions.
r) Scrapbook Committee. The committee mission is to maintain the ORSSAR scrapbook containing news clippings, photographs, copies of the ORSSAR Compatriot, and other ORSSAR memorabilia, and to promote the maintenance of scrapbooks by chapters.
s) President General’s State Society and Chapter Activities Competition Award Committee. The committee mission is to promote chapter participation in and assist in the audit of the “President General’s State Society and Chapter Activities Competition Award Report” as set forth in Section 7 of Bylaw Ten above.
t) Veteran Affairs Committee. The committee mission is to maintain
pertinent information from the
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