Committee rules - Revision history

Judycole: /* Member Obligations */ Changed policy

2022-11-08T21:08:00Z

‎Member Obligations: Changed policy

Judycole: /* Overview */ Scrabbe instead of SCRABBLE

2022-09-25T21:12:07Z

‎Overview: Scrabbe instead of SCRABBLE

Judycole: /* Communications */ Removed reference to Yahoo!

2022-03-30T23:12:41Z

‎Communications: Removed reference to Yahoo!

Judycole: /* Chair */ removed Yahoo! reference

2022-03-30T23:11:55Z

‎Chair: removed Yahoo! reference

CM000003: /* Do's and Don't's */ fundraisers is now in NWL2018

2021-07-30T18:34:38Z

‎Do's and Don't's: fundraisers is now in NWL2018

CM000003: /* Do's and Don't's */ remove NSA

2021-07-30T18:33:24Z

‎Do's and Don't's: remove NSA

Judycole: /* Do's and Don't's */ 2021-07-24 - Changed offiicial to affiliated and unofficial to unaffiliated

2021-07-24T14:46:36Z

‎Do's and Don't's: 2021-07-24 - Changed offiicial to affiliated and unofficial to unaffiliated

Judycole: /* Motivation */ 2021-07-24 - Removed Hasbro reference

2021-07-24T14:43:43Z

‎Motivation: 2021-07-24 - Removed Hasbro reference

CM000003: /* Chair */ note about Yahoo! groups

2020-07-27T23:32:13Z

‎Chair: note about Yahoo! groups

Poslfit: /* Communications */ clarified handling of non-email communication

2017-03-16T20:11:51Z

‎Communications: clarified handling of non-email communication

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 The general responsibilities of a committee member are as follows:
-# to represent NASPA in a professional, moral, ethical, fair, welcoming and encouraging manner;
+* To represent NASPA in a professional, moral, ethical, fair, welcoming and encouraging manner
-# to perform his/her committee-specific duties for the betterment and continued good functioning of the association; and
+* To perform his/her committee-specific duties for the betterment and continued good functioning of the association
-# to promote competitive Scrabble play through NASPA and no other organization.
+* To promote competitive Scrabble play through NASPA
 === Motivation ===
@@ Line 73: / Line 73: @@
 Here are some guidelines based on questions that we have received.
-As a committee member, you may:
+As a committee member, you may participate in or direct non-NASPA events such as Youth Scrabble events, WESPA tourneys, charity events, or other tournaments.  However, when doing so, you must abide by the NASPA Code of Conduct and are subject to disciplinary action – including the revocation of committee membership – for violations.
 As a committee member, you may not:
+* Allow your NASPA membership to lapse or be suspended
-* allow your NASPA membership to lapse or be suspended,
+* Disclose confidential committee business
-* disclose confidential committee business,
+* Entreat or harass players to renounce their membership in NASPA
-* be a tournament director or act in any official role within an unaffiliated Scrabble organization,
+* Recruit members for organizations not affiliated with NASPA
 === Consequences ===
 Failure to meet these obligations will result in a committee member being suspended from their committee duties until they successfully appeal for reinstatement.

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 # to represent NASPA in a professional, moral, ethical, fair, welcoming and encouraging manner;
 # to perform his/her committee-specific duties for the betterment and continued good functioning of the association; and
-# to promote competitive SCRABBLE play through NASPA and no other organization.
+# to promote competitive Scrabble play through NASPA and no other organization.
 === Motivation ===

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 : Committee members should where possible communicate committee business to the Executive Committee through their committee chair.
 ; To meet member expectations of quality of service&#x3a;
-: A committee member should respond to any general inquiry to the committee&rsquo;s Yahoo! group within 48 hours, Cc:ing the group, even if it is only to say that the inquiry has been received and a response is being prepared.
+: A committee member should respond to any general inquiry to the committee within 48 hours, Cc:ing the group, even if it is only to say that the inquiry has been received and a response is being prepared.
 ; To maintain the professional image of the association&#x3a;
 : Major public announcements by committees should be discussed with the Executive Committee, who will release announcements through their announcement team.

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 * To communicate with the public about the committee&rsquo;s activities as necessary.
 * To maintain the committee&rsquo;s NASPAWiki page.
-* To maintain the committee&rsquo;s Yahoo! group. (This point is under review in 2020, with the shutdown of the more useful features of this service.)
+* To maintain the committee&rsquo;s mail group.
 * To keep an accurate, current record of the membership of the committee and liaise with the [[Web Committee]] so that it may follow the appropriate [[Web Committee procedures#Committee_roster_updates|procedures]] when the committee roster changes.
 * To cast a vote to break ties when the rest of the committee is deadlocked.

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 * be involved in an official capacity with affiliated Scrabble organizations such as [[WESPA]],
-* be involved in an official capacity with Scrabble-related fund-raisers for literacy or other charitable causes,
+* be involved in an official capacity with Scrabble-related fundraisers for literacy or other charitable causes,
 * play in events run by an unofficial Scrabble organization, or
 * be a member of an unaffiliated Scrabble organization.

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 As a committee member, you may:
-* be involved in an official capacity with other official SCRABBLE organizations such as the [[NSA]] or [[WESPA]],
+* be involved in an official capacity with affiliated Scrabble organizations such as the [[NSA]] or [[WESPA]],
-* be involved in an official capacity with SCRABBLE-related fund-raisers for literacy or other charitable causes,
+* be involved in an official capacity with Scrabble-related fund-raisers for literacy or other charitable causes,
-* play in events run by an unofficial SCRABBLE organization, or
+* play in events run by an unofficial Scrabble organization, or
-* be a member of an unofficial SCRABBLE organization.
+* be a member of an unaffiliated Scrabble organization.
 As a committee member, you may not:
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 * allow your NASPA membership to lapse or be suspended,
 * disclose confidential committee business,
-* be a tournament director or act in any official role within an unofficial SCRABBLE organization,
+* be a tournament director or act in any official role within an unaffiliated Scrabble organization,
-* recruit members for an unofficial SCRABBLE organization or players for its events, or
+* recruit members for an unaffiliated organization or players for its events, or
 * entreat players to renounce their membership in NASPA.

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 === Motivation ===
-NASPA is HASBRO&rsquo;s
+NASPA's committee members are in the public eye as NASPA&rsquo;s
 representatives: a member of the public might email a local [[Dictionary Committee]]
 member with a question about a word, or a [[Rules Committee]] member

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 ; To maintain an accurate record of a committee&rsquo;s activities for the sake of future members&#x3a;
-: All official business of a committee should be posted to the Yahoo! group set up for the committee by the [[Web Committee]].  Committee business should not be conducted by private email among committee members.  When committee business takes place in person or by phone, minutes of such offline business should be posted to the Yahoo! group.
+: All official business of a committee should be posted to the Yahoo! group set up for the committee by the [[Web Committee]].  Committee business should not be conducted by private email among committee members.  When committee business takes place by other means (such as in person or by phone), minutes of such offline business should be posted to the Yahoo! group promptly.
 ; To avoid redundancy and maintain reasonable email volume&#x3a;
 : Committee members should where possible communicate committee business to the Executive Committee through their committee chair.