Governance Task Force

Map current positions to the new governance structure.

Assess, revise, and align existing position descriptions to the revised governance structure and create new position descriptions as needed.

Develop language and processes for constituent group leadership to both expand and contract roles as needed for specific engagement in their group.

Further define the evolution of the previous representative position into a new cross-group liaison position, outlining structure and process for this optional role.

Develop a meeting cadence for constituent groups that aligns with the Association’s planning timeline and strategic plan implementation.

Document and clarify volunteer appointment and election processes to ensure alignment across the Association including timelines, procedures, and collaboration across groups where needed.

Create a detailed process for addressing situations where individuals are unable to complete their elected or appointed roles.

Ensure alignment with bylaws and NASPA Board operating structure.

Develop next steps to transition to a single financial model with centralized organizational bank account.

Develop a new budget allocation model for all constituent groups, replacing the current regional membership allocation and accounting for size, scale, and activities of each group.

Provide a detailed process for how to manage activities for individual groups on a budget level, ensuring transparency and accountability.

Provide a detailed process for transferring Regional reserves to the NASPA Foundation for management through a fund restricted for regional use supporting scholarships and other engagement activities. 

Determine staff support and constituent group scopes of work across events, awards, membership, and other areas to ensure balance and alignment with key strengths and role purpose.

Evolve and formalize current staff liaison role to match updated scopes of work

Detail operational processes included in scopes of work.

Work with the NASPA staff to support the testing and implementation of a new community engagement platform, to be implemented in FY27.

Align events in a single events calendar informed by NASPA’s content strategy

Determine engagement of regions and steering committees in professional level programming, aligning work around a single curriculum and set of learning outcomes led by the steering committees and implemented across regions and events.

Detail and document responsibilities of constituent group-based volunteer conference committees.