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STANDING COMMITTEES
COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
Chair: Ann Clarkson
Committee members:
West Region: Martha Hubbard
East Region: Patricia Carte
South Region: Aldrin Rafael Bonilla
Purpose:
Duties are to respond to member’s professional development needs within each region; Respond to individual issues
and concerns within a region; Promote membership; Provide feedback to the Executive Board on Association issues;
Plan and present annual Region Meetings to focus on professional development, as required; Determine procedures
to select the Region Adult Student of the Year.
CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS
Chair: Vic Peron (retired) 518-356-5900 vperun@nycap.rr.com
Committee members: none at this time
Purpose: Its major purpose is to review and prepare changes to the Constitution and By-laws as suggested by other committees, Executive Board members, and Association members. All suggested changes to the Constitution or Bylaws must be approved by a majority vote of the Executive Board.
FINANCE
Chair: Treasurer, Douglas Boettner,
Committee members: President: Charles Caples / Vice President: Ann Clarkson / Conference Chair (2010):
Judith Kornberg / Membership Chair: Jeanne Eschbach
Purpose: Assists the Treasurer to establish each year’s budget assuring projected revenues and expenditures meet Association goals and activities for the year. Meets as needed, typically before Executive Board meetings, or on an ad hoc basis to provide guidance for the Treasurer.
LEGISLATIVE
Chair: Denise Bukovan
Committee members: Franca Armstrong, David Kohn
Purpose: Help members to better understand the relationships among SUNY, CUNY, the State Education and Labor Departments, the State Legislature, the Governor’s Office and other participants in the budget/legislative process.
MARKETING AND PUBLIC INFORMATION
Chair: David Kohn
Committee members: Rodney Alexander, Franca Armstrong
Purpose: Responsible to disseminate pertinent information about the field of continuing education, Association members and other practitioners, and to maintain a forum for the discussion of issues relevant to the field of continuing education. Ultimately, most of the efforts of the committee result in an appropriate amount of publicity.
MEMBERSHIP
Chair: Jeanne Eschbach
Committee members: Martha Hubbard (West); Patricia Carte (East); Aldrin Rafael
Bonilla (South)
Purpose: Membership shall consist of the three region chairpersons, three executive board members from each region, or their appointed designee. The committee has responsibility for CEANY member outreach efforts, which include: Communication of activities and benefits to new members; Review current membership annually, invoice new members for annual dues, and collect present member renewal dues; Prepare and update Association membership files, records and mailing lists; Coordinate regional membership recruitment activities.
NOMINATIONS
Chair: Martha Hubbard
Committee members: Chuck Caples, Ann Clarkson, Thomas Cracovia
Purpose: Prepare a slate of nominations for the positions of Vice-President (President Elect), Secretary, and Treasurer to be presented at the annual business meeting of the Association; Select Association members to fill vacancies occurring on the Executive Board; Refer to the President the names of individuals to serve on standing committees; Make recommendations to the Executive Board regarding such issues as terms of office, election process, presidential succession and other topics affecting the Nominations Committee.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Chair: Aldrin Bonilla
Committee members: Jill Bettinger
Purpose: Assess and coordinate professional development activities for the Association’s membership; Provide professional development workshops and seminars for members and other adult educators across the state as requested or required; Provide and introduce “state of the art” ideas and knowledge that serve to improve adult education programs and services within New York; Create an increased awareness of the critical need for on-going professional development for continuing education practitioners.
RESEARCH AND SPONSORED PROGRAMS
Chair: VACANT
Committee members: none at this time
Purpose: This Committee obtains funds from the budget to support research and study of subjects and topics of interest to the profession of continuing education and that promote the mission of the Association and its individual member institutions. The functions of the Committee are to: Disseminate information regarding funding opportunities for the Association and its individual and institutional members; Conduct research that contribute to the collection of information available about adult continuing higher education in New York State; Plan and implement an annual research program that requests research and study proposals from members that would be funded by the Association.
RESOLUTION & AWARDS
Chair: Vacant
Committee members: Aldrin Bonilla, Suri Duitch, Linda Lamb, Naikyemi Odedeffa
Purpose: The Committee is responsible to solicit and accept: 1.) Recommendations for awards; and 2.) Resolutions which, after Committee approval are presented to the Executive Board and later to the collective membership for their consideration. The Committee determines the proper method to select awardees in each category. The Committee Chairperson notifies the Executive Board of the appropriate resolutions. The Board must approve each resolution prior to conferral. At the Annual Meeting, resolutions are submitted to the membership for approval and the individual awards are presented to the recipients.
RETIREES
Chair: Tom Cracovia
Committee members: none at this time
Purpose:
This committee focuses on retirees from the various SUNY and CUNY institutions in order to keep them involved
with CEANY activities.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Chair: Judith Kornber
Committee members: Chuck Caples, Ann Clarkson, David Kohn, Jill Bettinge, Kathy Kraus
Purpose: To plan and run the Association’s annual conference. The committee is to work with the previous Conference Chairperson(s) to use any procedures manuals that have been used in the past.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & ALTERNATIVE FUNDING STREAMS
Chair: Chuck Caples
Committee members: Ann Clarkson, Aldrin Bonilla, Karen Schuhle-Williams, Martha Hubbard, Tom Cracovia
Purpose: To investigate the possibility of hiring an Executive Director. To explore additional funding streams for the Association.
TECHNOLOGY
Chair: Sunil Gupta
Committee members: David Kohn
Purpose: To explore and possibly implement various forms of technology that will allow the Association to function at a more efficient level and for the use of membership.
NON-CREDIT REMEDIAL
Chair: Denise Bukovan
Committee members: Denise Brucker, Deborah Horowitz
Purpose: To insure that the Non-Credit Remedial data base on our website is kept up-to-date.
ARCHIVIST
Chair: Karen Schule-Williams
Purpose: The Archivist is responsible to collect, organize, and disseminate, as appropriate, all historically significant documents, records, and memorabilia of the Association.