National Council - Alpha Chi

Nikki Raye Rice, and Teresa Taylor. President Youngblood then officially installed two new regional secretarytreasurers,
Karl Havlak and Paul Michelson, as members of the National Council.
5. The first plenary was recessed by President Youngblood at 2:50 p.m. Several committees met to do their
work at this time. At 4:15 p.m. on 27 March 2010, Dr. Youngblood reconvened the National Council for
Plenary II.
6. President’s Report. This is my seventh annual report to the National Council in my capacity as
President of the National Council. With each year, the report has seemed to me to be more difficult to compile. I
wonder if that perception on my part is because I am not doing the job right and therefore have little to report or
if it is because much of what I do between Council meetings and conventions I can handle electronically and the
great efficiency of the National Office results in less that I am called on to do. As to the first possibility, I
cannot fairly be the judge. As to the second possibility, I believe it is most probable.
At any rate, for my report I took another look at the constitutional duties of the president (Article VI,
Section 2a) and commented on the following duties:
(i) Be the chief executive officer of the Society.
This sounds nice but what that means in practical terms, I suppose, is delineated in the remaining points.
(ii) Be a member of the national executive committee.
In this capacity, I do, in consensus with the other members of the National Executive Committee schedule
an annual meeting over which I preside; and I also confer with the other members of the committee throughout
the year electronically as the need arises.
(iii)Supervise generally the operations for the Society.
Since Dr. Organ and the National Office staff do this task admirably, there is little supervision that I have to
do.
(iv) Be responsible for the chartering of new chapters, as provided in this Constitution.
Last year I had appointed Dr. Tebbetts to inaugurate the new chapter at Erskine College in South Carolina.
Dr. Tebbetts did, indeed, inaugurate this new chapter. I appointed Dr. Basena to inaugurate the new chapter at
University of Charleston in Charleston, WV. Dr. Basena did an excellent job of working with the new sponsor
to bring about an inauguration, and then the university reversed its decision at the ―last minute‖ regarding
having an Alpha Chi chapter. Dr. Organ is seeking to follow up to determine whether or not this is an official
decision and to keep the lines of communication open. I appointed myself to inaugurate the new chapter at
DeVry University-Phoenix. We are in the planning stages for an inauguration in May.
(v) Call, and preside over, meetings of the national convention, the National Council and the national
executive committee of the Society.
This is my favorite part and is, I suppose, the most tangible and obvious part of my responsibilities. Again, I
cannot fairly judge how competently I have carried out this task.
(vi) Carry out such other duties specified in the Bylaws and as may be necessary for the conduct of the
business of the Society.
The one thing I found in the Bylaws is under point #3: ―The president shall be responsible for the expansion
program of the Society.‖ I doubt that I have done this very well. At any rate, this responsibility probably needs
to be defined more specifically. With regard to other duties, I did send out to the National Council members the
form for the annual evaluation of the Executive Director and have compiled the responses and then have sent a
summary to the Executive Director and to the National Council members.
7. Executive Committee’s Report. The Executive Committee met in Searcy, Arkansas on June 16-17,
2009. Minutes of the meeting are in the Proceedings Issue of the 2009 Recorder, Vol. 52, No. 2, Fall 2009, p.
17-18. A summary of actionable items follows:
� The Executive Committee agreed by consensus that Dr. Organ proceed with establishing partnerships
with Experience Career Services Platform and with Kaplan. [See Dr. Organ‘s Executive Director‘s
Report.]
� The Executive Committee agreed by consensus that Dr. Organ and the National Office staff should
search for a new computer system consultant.
� The Executive Committee approved a proposal by Dr. Organ concerning 2010 Convention Subsidy.
[See 2009 Executive Committee minutes for details.]
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