Committee Listing - Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Eugene & Springfield, Oregon

COMMITTEE	CONTACT	DESCRIPTION

Accreditation/APR	Kathy Madison, APR kathy.madison@ci.eugene.or.us	Be a resource between statewide accreditation program and local resource for those interested in and pursuing accredit

Assembly Delegate		Represent chapter and vote on behalf of the board and members at the PRSA National Conference, held once a year (traditionally in October)

Ethics Officer (APR)	Melinda Kletzok melinda.a.kletzok@ci.eugene.or.us	Be a resource for professionals engaged in ethical dilemmas and provide ethics code and other information to membership.

Membership Committee	Nedine Karakaplan nedine@springfield-chamber.org	Track membership, provide monthly membership updates, solicit new members and provide value to members. The Membership Committee’s responsibilities will be changing as we procure an online system to assist with communications, reservations, payment and reporting.

Nominating Committee (3)	Past President, President, President Elect	The Nominating Committee will have no fewer than three members, appointed by the president with approval of the board of directors, at least 60 days prior to the Annual meeting of the Chapter (traditionally the December program meeting). The committee will identify and solicit chapter members for board and committee positions between 60 and 30 days prior to the Annual meeting. The Nominating Committee will notify chapter members of the slated board 30 days prior to the annual meeting. This may be done via email to members or posted on the chapter’s website.

Program Committee		The Program Committee secures speakers and sponsors for monthly program meetings and provides information regarding programs to Public Relations/Publicity Committee, Webmaster and chapter board.

PRSSA Liaison	John Mitchell john.mitchell@eweb.eugene.or.us	Maintain and develop relations with University of Oregon Public Relations Student Society of America. Support PRSSA as an organization and be a resource of information about PRSA. Encourage PRSSA members to partake in and support GOPRSA through program meeting attendance and GOPRSA projects.

Public Relations/Publicity	Lisa Lawton llawton@cvalco.org	Promote monthly meetings and other chapter activities and events. The Public Relations/Publicity Committee’s responsibilities will be changing as we procure an online system to assist with communications, reservations, payment and reporting.

Sponsorship	Jaculynn Peterson jaculynn_peterson@msn.com	Arranges sponsorships and recognition benefits for the chapter.

Webmaster	Eric Jones eric.r.jones@ci.eugene.or.us	Maintain website and update content as needed. The Webmaster’s responsibilities will be changing as we procure an online system to assist with communications, reservations, payment and reporting.