NASS Committees

At ther 2004 General Meeting it was resolved that the Society should seek to expand membership participation in the Society's leadership for the present and to prepare for the future. Therefore we are looking for volunteers to participate in the following committees:

Standing Committees identified in the Bylaws that invite participation are:

Membership Committee: [chaired by the Vice President, Don Petrie. The Membership Committee works on ways to obtain new members and seeks to support the existing membership in a variety of ways. This committee promotes the society and its goals through various means.

Sundial Documentation Committee: [chaired by Larry McDavid, Sundial Registrar]. This committee is responsible for recording sundials of historic or other interest in North America, and obtaining or preparing a file on each. NASS enters and maintains a record of these dials in a publically available database called the NASS Sundial Registry. As such, the chairman of the Sundial Documentation Committee is the NASS Sundial Registrar responsible for all forms of the Sundial Registry, including on-line versions at the NASS website. Both the Sundial Documentation Committee and the NASS website committee encourage all NASS members and the public at large to submit sundial sightings of interesting dials, public and private. Most registered sundials are publicly owned and are publicly accessible; NASS does register appropriate sundials located on private property in the Registry but requires dial-owner permission to show these private sundials on the web.

Special Publications Committee: [chaired by Fred Sawyer, editor of The Compendium]. This committee solicits, identifies, or otherwise obtains articles or materials for publication. The committee is called upon to assist in editing material for NASS publications.

Nominating Committee: [chair appointed by NASS President]. A committee of no fewer than three members is convened annually. This Committee solicits nominations for officers and directors, and considers volunteers willing to fill vacancies on the Board of Directors.

The President of the society from time to time forms additional committees and appoints chairpersons. The following committees need your support:

Internet Web Site Committee: [chaired by webmaster, Robert Kellogg]. The NASS Website is where our society meets the world through the Internet. Popular resources are our unique Register of North American sundials and our links page. The committee is seeking help from members who have website experience or knowledge of HTML.

Education Committee: [chaired by Walter Sanford]. The Education Committee works to develop NASS dialing presentation material and media, supports sundial training and workshops, and provides educational material for teachers and students consistent with school curricula.

Editorial Committee: [chaired by Fred Sawyer, editor of The Compendium]. This committee supports the editor in soliciting, writing and editing material for our quarterly journal and in preparing the journal for publication and distribution. All NASS members are encouraged to submit articles on their experiences with sundials and sundial projects, articles on local sundials, sundial history, or sundial theory.

Conference Planning Committee: [chaired by Fred Sawyer]. This committee, whose membership may well vary from year to year, works on site selection, planning and hosting of the NASS annual conference.

If you are interested in contributing to the present and future of NASS by volunteering to work on one of these committees, please contact the Membership Committee Chairman, John Schilke. John will inform the committee chairperson of your interest and you will be contacted to discuss how you can help NASS further grow as a vibrant organization.

NASS is your Society. Participate!