Committees

Role of Committee Chairs

• Attend all Board meetings

• Publicly disclosing any actual or perceived conflicts of interest and refrain from voting in such instances

• Submitting a written Committee Report for each Board Book in a timely manner

• Accepting and supporting the committee’s charge; recommending or revising the committee charge to stay current with and to lead future case management practice

• Recommending a budget

• Defining your committee’s goals and objectives for the year with the President

• Planning committee meetings and agenda with staff

• Exercising leadership

• Moving members toward participation and decisions

• Evaluating committee efforts and communicating recommendations to the Board

• Maintaining records and relevant information on committee work. The Chair must keep sufficiently informed to interact knowledgeably with other committee membership and staff

• Refrain from any discussions or activities that violate antitrust laws

SPONSORSHIP COMMITTEE

• Identify sponsorship opportunities

• Develop sponsorship relationships

• Send out sponsorship information and letters of interest

• Follow-up on solicited calls/mailings

• Send out and follow-through on contracts

• Confirm sponsors prior to chapter events

• Send out post event thank you emails/cards

• Report all activities to the Chapter board

PUBLIC POLICY/LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

• Keep up to date on all legislature affecting case managers

• Uphold CMSA’s mission to support public policy

• Promote the role of case management in the public forum

• Maintain local, state, and national legislators contact information on the web page

• Report on any legislative updates at the chapter meetings and on the web page as available

• Promote education on public policy

• Report all activities to the Chapter board