Officers

Bylaws:

Committees:

Conventions \ Meetings

Fall NLA Convention

Keynote: publication of the Paraprofessional Section

Winter/Spring Issue deadline Feb, goes out in Mar - Keynote Procedures http://nlc1.nlc.state.ne.us/Comp.old/para/KeynoteProcedure.doc
Summer/Fall Issue deadline Aug, goes out in Sept - Keynote Procedures http://nlc1.nlc.state.ne.us/Comp.old/para/KeynoteProcedure.doc
 
Mailing Lists
There are 2 Mailing Lists for the Para Section:

One for the Executive Board which you are a member of if you are an elected officer or if you are the head of a committee

The second one is comprised of all of the current NLA members that have email addresses with NLA the email address for this can be found on the Para Front Page under NLA Mailing List.

Meetings:

We have two meetings a year:

• Fall General Meeting is conducted by the current chair at the Fall General Meeting & Luncheon at the NLA\NEMA Fall Conference, we hand out citations for the previous year, honor the Para of the Year, take note of Scholarships, bring in the new officers, and talk about the next year's Spring Meeting, vote on Bylaws changes, and update Para membership on what's going on.

• Spring General Meeting is held at the Spring Meeting, much less formal just updating Para membership on what's going on, maybe vote on Bylaws changes.

 
Mileage Form

Members of the Executive Board may request mileage reimbursement to one Executive Board meeting a year. The amount per mile will be determined by the Executive Board each year. Please see form for reimbursement.

NLAQ (2010 currently out of publication pending a review)

This is the publication of NLA, we can submit articles to it, see duties of Chair, Vice-Chair, Editor, and/or Secretary-Treasurer below.

Reports

For NLAQ see NLAQ Schedule of Submissions in every NLAQ issue

New Chair & New Past Chair need opening & closing remarks to Keynote see deadlines under -  Keynote Procedures http://nlc1.nlc.state.ne.us/Comp.old/para/KeynoteProcedure.doc

Chair does a report to NLA board each meeting, please send a copy to the Para Board

Treasurer does the next year's budget, send to Para Board Mailing List

Spring Program Chair sends a report after the Spring Meeting

Reimbursement Form

Members of the Paraprofessional Section may request reimbursement for items undertaken on their own with prior permission of the Executive Board (i.e., mailing of Keynote, copies made for meetings, etc.). Please see form for reimbursement.

Scholarship

See the following Web page parascholarship.html

Spring Conference

http://nlc1.nlc.state.ne.us/Comp.old/para/SpringMeetingCheckOfflist.doc

Specific duties for Elected Officials:

Chair (3 year term Vice/Chair, Chair, Past-Chair):

Chairs should read over the Paraprofessional Bylaws and Handbook, also, NLA Bylaws and Handbook

Chair will receive the Para-Chair Manual from the previous chair & the NLA book for upkeep & information

Chair will be made a member of the Para Board e-mail group nlc.parab@nebraska.gov

Chair is a member of the Board of NLA and attends quarterly meetings

Chair keeps the Para board up-to-date on section activities and meeting plans, reports at every NLA board meeting - this will be given to all committee members at the meeting or send via the "board's email group"

Chair presides over all paraprofessional meetings

Chair puts out an agenda two weeks ahead of time for a Para Board Meeting, via e-mail or mail to the Para Board

Chair will send a copy of his/her annual report to the Executive Director and the Editor of the NLAQ by July 31, and editor of the Keynote, so that it can be printed in the fall issue of NLAQ and Keynote.

Chair keeps correspondence on the section along with the Secretary-Treasurer

Chair  will do an after action report on the fall sessions to the Keynote editor for publication

Vice-chair/Chair-Elect (one year term):

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect should read over the Paraprofessional Bylaws and Handbook, also, NLA Bylaws and Handbook

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect will be made a member of the Para Board e-mail group nlc.parab@nebraska.gov  

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect is a member of the NLA CE committee for the NLA Fall Convention

Past-chair (one year term):

Past Chair needs to do slate of candidates by April 30th and submit to the Chair of the NLA nominating Committee (you may obtain the most recent membership list from the head of the membership committee who in turn may get it from the NLA executive director)

Past Chair then collects and delivers the bios and black & white photos to NLAQ or a current Past Chair of NLA by April 30th


Secretary-Treasurer  (2 year term, voted on in even years):

Secretary-Treasurer should read over the Paraprofessional Bylaws and Handbook, also, NLA Bylaws and Handbook

Secretary-Treasurer will be made a member of the Para Board e-mail group nlc.parab@nebraska.gov  

Secretary-Treasurer takes minutes at all General and Executive Board meetings, and disseminates them to the membership via e-mail, then keeps copies in the secretary book

Secretary-Treasurer keeps correspondence on the section along with the Chair

Secretary-Treasurer receives 25% of Para members dues from NLA for expenses in the spring 3 months into the year, and again if any new members come on board 6 months into the year

Secretary-Treasurer has financial accountability of all monies received and disbursed. The treasurer shall be responsible for these records, and will report quarterly and annually to the NLA Treasurer and at each Para Board Meeting

Secretary-Treasurer will arrange for the signatures at the bank to be changed (when & who)
 

Heads of Committees

Archival:

See Committee Duties

See pararetention.html specifications

Bylaws:

See Committee Duties

Liaison:

See Committee Duties

Gather information on other Para Websites and forward to the Para Webmaster for input to the Web page

Announce in the Keynote or on the NLA Mailing List any events of Para interest

Membership:

See Committee Duties

See that our home page http://www.nebraskalibraries.org/PARA/ is sent to new members, and they get any current freebies we have available

Newsletter:

See Committee Duties

Editor should read over the Paraprofessional Bylaws and Handbook, also, NLA Bylaws and Handbook

Keynote Procedures
 
Nominating:

See Committee Duties

See Past Chair duties

Publicity:

See Committee Duties

Does publicity for the section along with the Chair, Program Chair, and Keynote Editor

Keeps back issues of Keynote, Spring flyers or Web pages, NLA Fall Convention Program in the photo/picture book

Keeps up the section photo/picture book (housed at NLC)

Takes pictures at all Para events

Publicize the Para of the Year and with the assistance of the Para Board select one, then arrange for the $50 check each year for Para of the Year from the Treasurer, and a one year membership to NLA. We do only one a year per vote from the board on August, 2003

Each year at convention this committee makes up citations for the following: Para of the year, outgoing chair, outgoing secretary-treasurer also any outstanding jobs that Paras did for the year  
 
Spring Meeting:

See Committee Duties

May request program ideas from the Para Executive Board

See Spring Meeting section above

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