By Tricia Spayer | STC Director and CAC Co-chair
What is the CAC?
At the 2010 Summit, STC President Michael Hughes announced the reinvigorated Community Affairs Committee (CAC) and appointed STC Director Judith Herr as CAC chair. The purpose is to ensure effective communication between STC community leaders, Board members, and staff. Mike offered the following CAC Mission:
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Establish two-way communication and cooperation between community leaders and Board of Directors (BoD)/staff through the CAC conduit.
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Ensure that needs and requests are identified and communicated for each community grouping to BoD/staff. Ensure that BoD decisions, needs, guidance, and policies/procedures are communicated to leaders. Groups represented on the CAC to include:
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Special Interest Groups
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U.S. Geographic Chapters
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Non-U.S. Communities
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Student Chapters
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Oversee STC Leaders’ Resource efforts to orient and instruct; provide guidance materials; capture and share lessons learned; and mentor STC Leaders (and future Leaders) of SIGs, chapters, non-U.S. communities, and other Society committees.
The Leaders’ Resource is part of the CAC and organizes the training webinar series. It held two pilot webinars in February and March, and recently held the Legal, Competitions, and Budgeting webinars. A schedule of upcoming events through April is forthcoming.
Who are the CAC members?
A hardworking Community Funding and Support Task Force convened in February and submitted their suggestions to the Board in June. Where possible, CAC members were recruited from that task force to expand on this important work. We are pleased to have the following members on the CAC:
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Robert Armstrong
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Sara Baca
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Ray Gallon
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Vici Koster-Lenhardt
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Fei Min Lorente
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Tracey Martinsen
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Richard Mateosian
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Jeanette Rogers
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Dan Voss
What are the CAC’s plans?
The CAC meets monthly to prioritize an ever-growing list of tasks, such as planning for community membership renewals, updating the Community Leaders Handbook, and gathering feedback from leaders on a multitude of topics. The main goal is to make sure communication is flowing between and among community leaders and with the STC Board of Directors, staff, and other STC committees. STC remains committed to supporting its communities.
If you are a community leader, pay attention to what your CAC leaders are saying. Answer surveys and submit reports when requested. That is one way your CAC representatives will know whether your community is flourishing or struggling’and what your needs are.
Stay tuned for more information about the Leaders’ Resource webinar series, enhanced tools to share information between community leaders, and much more! If you have any questions about the CAC, please contact Judith Herr at herrj@comcast.net or Tricia Spayer at tspayer@yahoo.com.
