Mammoth Rub Update - Society for California Archaeology

Board Reworks
Committees and Liaisons
Over the years, committees have
performed much of the SCA’s essential
work. Some committees have an
enduring role, like the Membership
Committee or Newsletter Committee.
Other committees have come and
gone, like the Easements Committee
or Salvage Committee. Because
committee composition has evolved,
each new Executive Board has faced
decisions about committee
composition and responsibilities.
Facing its own committee decisions,
the current Board consulted the
Executive Board Manual and found a
useful template: individual Board
members are assigned committee
oversight duties. However, some of
the committees listed in the Manual
had been disbanded, and many newly
formed committees were not listed in
the Manual or assigned to specific
Board members.
The current Board recently tackled
the issue and decided to follow the
example of the SAA and other major
organizations by imposing a
distinction between Committees and
Liaisons. Committees and Liaisons are
all appointed by the Executive Board
and serve at the Board’s discretion.
Committees are composed of SCA
members who have teamed together
for promotion of SCA interests or
execution of assigned tasks. Liaisons
are individuals who act on behalf of
the SCA in relation to other
organizations and entities. Liaisons are
SCA members who also hold
membership in the contact
organization, and are expected to
report to the SCA or represent SCA
interests in the contact organization.
In keeping with Executive Board
Manual procedures, each Committee
has been assigned a Board contact.
The Board contact must communicate
with the Committee Chair, convey
pertinent Executive Board decisions,
and report on Committee activity at
Executive Board meetings. Current
Committee titles, Committee Chairs
and Liaisons, and Board
responsibilities are listed in the chart
below.
Note that the current list of
Liaisons is incomplete. Liaisons are
important because they help forge
links to state and national heritage
organizations with a shared connection
to the SCA’s vital interests. Are you a
member of a state or national association
and want to serve as an SCA liaison?
Contact us at SCAOffice@csuchico.edu.
Committee Chair Board
contact
AdvancedAnnualMeetingPlanningTomOriger President-Ele
ct
Annual Meeting
Planning
- Program
BillHildebrandtandKellyMcGuirePresident AnnualMeetingPlanning-LocalArrangementsGlennGmoser President
ArchaeologyMonthLauraLeach-Palm Southern
Vice-President
BennyhoffFundPatriciaMikkelsen Northern
Vice-President
CaliforniaAarchaeologicalSiteStewardshipChrisandBethPadon Past-President
CurationCindyStankowski Southern
Vice-President
Educational/ Avocational
ElenaNilsson Past-President
Fundraising ElenaNilsson/ Dana
McGowan
President
MembershipVickiBeard Northern
Vice-President
NativeAmericanProgramsJanetEidsness President-Ele
ct
NewsletterGregWhite President
ProceedingsSharonWaechter Southern
Vice-President
ProfessionalStandardsandGuidelinesLynnGamble Past-President
TomKingAwardRussKaldenberg President
WebSiteGregWhite Southern
Vice-PresidentP
Liaison Liaison to
Board
contact
S teve
Mikesell
CaliforniaCouncilforthePromotionofHistory( CCPH)
President-Ele
ct
LynnCompassInformationCenter To
be
determined
StephenByrneLegislationLiaison To
be
determined
S helly
Davis
King
NativeAmericanHeritageCommission( NAHC)
To
be
determined
NEEDPublicity To
be
determined
M ike
McGuirt
State Historic
Preservation
Officer
( SHOP)
To
be
determined
N EED
SocietyforHistoricalArchaeology( SHA)
President-Ele
ct
S helly
Davis
King
StateHistoricResourcesCommission( SHRC)
President-Ele
ct
Paul Chace
SHPO's Heritage
Task
Force
Northern
Vice-President
See the banners on pages 4 and 5 for Committee Chair and Liaison contact information.
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SCA Newsletter 38(4)