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Legislative Committee
Description:
This committee proposes, drafts and reviews legislation
which is of interest to our organization. We also
monitor legislation proposed by others. We often attend
and testify at legislative hearings.
Membership/Nominating Committee
Description:
This committee is responsible for ensuring that the
organization runs smoothly and fairly.
This committee has the following subcommittees:
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Constitution and Bylaws
This committee
provides advice to the Board if there is a question
as to polling, voting, and motions. When an
amendment is required to update our Constitution or
By-Laws, the committee is there to assist the Board
in drafting the proposal disseminating, discussing
and voting on the proposal. Our most essential
function is that every five years, we gather
information from each county to realign the
districts so that each county has fair
representation on the Board of Directors.
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Nominations and Elections
This committee works to
find interested members who would like to serve on
the board or on various committees. They run the
elections at conference and work to fill vacancies
that may occur on the board.
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Awards
This committee reviews and
selects nominees of worthy child support workers for
awards to be presented at the MFSRC Fall Conference
each year. The categories of awards are, Honorary
Life Member, Outstanding Program Achievement,
Outstanding Customer Services Award, Program
Awareness Award, and Outstanding Program
Achievement.
Conference Committee
Description:
This committee plans the annual MFSRC Training
Conference. They review prior year’s conference
comments, decide on conference theme, keynote speakers,
giveaways, venue, breakout sessions and all other
aspects of the conference. We meet five times per year
in the St Cloud area at the same time as the Legislative
Committee and prior to the full board meeting.
This committee has the following subcommittees:
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Conference Site
This committee is responsible for researching and
reserving facilities to accommodate the annual fall
training conference. Duties include, but are not
limited to: cost analysis of facilities that meet
the site and size requirements for space, detailed
set up of rooms for sessions, coordinates the
location of registration, breaks and activities with
the facility, coordinates the room and meal
accommodations for the conference speakers and
scholarship recipients, and makes decisions
regarding food and beverages at the conference. The
chair acts as the point of contact and liaison
between the group and the facility and acts as a
point person at the conference (or appoints someone)
for questions, problems, etc.
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Historical
This committee is the
keeper of all old documents, programs, and pictures
that document MFSRC history and the projects that
our organization has worked on. The committee also
takes pictures of Award winners at the Banquet and
pictures of our speakers, sessions, work groups and
conference activities.
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Registration
This committee’s
commitment is for two years. Responsible for
receiving all registrations for conference from
counties and other attendees, maintain and reconcile
checkbook for deposits from registration payments
and vendors, and disbursement for expenses. Maintain
a database of all registrant names from which to
make nametags, organize packets for all conference
attendees. Run registration at the conference.
Report registration status/comments/issues at
Program and Board meetings. Prepare an
Income/Expense Statement at close of conference.
Communications
Committee
Description:
This committee maintains the website and handles
marketing and public relations activity.
This committee has the following subcommittees:
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Public Relations
The committee maintains
and updates the full membership email list and sends
emails as appropriate.
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Website
This committee maintains
the content on the MFSRC website. Committee members
update the site or work with our service provider to
make sure the changes are made. The committee is not
responsible to create or draft email or web content.
Diversity, Equity &
Inclusion Committee
Description:
This committee’s purpose is to ensure MFSRC focuses on
the ethical treatment and welfare of our members, the
communities we serve, and those impacted by our
organization’s work and trainings. We want to ensure
that we are continuously mindful of the value of
diversity, equity and inclusion.
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