ARTICLE VI. COMMITTEES

 ARTICLE VI. COMMITTEES AND WORKGROUPS

 6.1 Committees

(a) Standing Committees:

There will be three (3) Standing Committees responsible for governing NCSD. Each Standing Committee will be chaired by the appropriate NCSD officer (see article 5.4) with membership open to current Board members and NCSD members as defined for each committee.

The three (3) Standing Committees will be the following:

(1) Executive Committee. The Executive Committee will be chaired by the NCSD Chair and its membership will consist of the Chair-Elect, Treasurer, and Secretary. The organization's Executive Director will serve in an ex officio role.  

The Executive Committee will have the ultimate responsibility for the organization and will be empowered to act on the organization's behalf with input from the Board. The Executive Committee will meet by conference call on a monthly basis.

(2) Finance Committee. The Finance Committee will be chaired by the NCSD Treasurer. The committee will have up to five (5) voting members, including the chair, and up to 2 NCSD full members who are not current Board Members. The organization's Executive Director will serve in an ex-officio role.

The Finance Committee will be responsible for developing the annual operating budget and submitting it to the full NCSD Board for approval at the Board's business meeting held in conjunction with the NCSD Annual Meeting. The Finance Committee will also be responsible for monitoring the cash flow and expenditures along with coordinating the annual audit and required financial reporting. The Finance Committee will meet by conference call on a bimonthly basis.

(3) Membership Committee. The Membership Committee will be chaired by the NCSD Secretary. The committee will have up to five voting members, including the chair, and up to 2 NCSD full members who are not current Board Members. The organization's Executive Director will serve in an ex-officio role.  

 
(4) Additional Standing Committees. Additional Standing Committees may be established through a vote of approval by the NCSD Board and a subsequent vote by the NCSD membership.

(b) Subcommittees.

The Chair of each Standing Committee can with the approval of the NCSD Board establish subcommittee(s) that will deal with specific issues impacting the governance of the organization. (i.e. Bylaws Subcommittee, Nominating committees)

(c) Advisory Committees. 

Advisory Committees may be established by the NCSD Board. A committee is categorized as "advisory" if members include non-NCSD members, that is, members from organizations and or subject matter experts not eligible for NCSD membership. (i.e. Advisory Committee on Global Health)

(1) Advisory Board members shall be recruited by the NCSD Board through the NCSD executive Director. An NCSD employee will be appointed by the Executive Director to serve as staff liaison for each advisory committee.

(2) The NCSD Board and/or Executive Committee will advocate for NCSD representation on related national advisory committees that are not convened by NCSD. 

  6.2 Task Forces

Task Forces will be action groups that are established by the NCSD Board of Directors. A task force may be temporary or permanent depending on the focus. The term of the task force will be decided by the task force Chair in consultation with and subject to the approval of the NCSD Board.

Task force membership will be open to all NCSD members and, subject to the approval of the NCSD Board, external partners of NCSD (i.e. non-profits, pharmaceutical companies, federal and state employees). The chair and/or co-chair of a task force will be appointed by the NCSD Board.

The (3) current operational Task Forces for NCSD are:

(1) Meetings and Projects Task Force. The Meetings and Projects Task Force will be responsible for all meetings (i.e. Annual Meeting; DASH; Hepatitis Training) that fall under the purview of NCSD; along with all projects assigned or undertaken by the organization (i.e. American Indian/Alaska Native project; Pacific Jurisdictions Project).

 (a) The NCSD Board reserves the right to establish a separate task force for any specific meeting (Annual Meeting Task Force) or project (AI/AN Task Force) based on need. The chair of the newly established task force will report to the full membership of the Meetings and Projects Task Force.

 
(2) STD Program Initiative Task Force. The STD Program Initiative

Task Force will be responsible for all programmatic issues and/or topics that fall under the purview of NCSD (i.e. Program Operation). This Task Force will be responsible for planning, 

developing and implementing initiatives that advance best practices among STD Prevention and intervention services.

(a) The NCSD Board reserves the right to establish a separate task force along the guidelines in Section 1(a) above (i.e. Program Operations.

(3) Government Affairs Task Force. The Government Affairs Task Force is responsible for planning, coordinating and implementing NCSD's national public policy agenda and strategy.

(a) The NCSD Board reserves the right to establish a separate task force along the guidelines in Section 1(a) above (i.e. State Advocacy Task Force).

 6.3 Committee/ Task Force/Membership Structure

(a) Committee/ Task Force members will appropriately represent the diversity of NCSD membership (e.g., high morbidity, low morbidity, state vs. county vs. city project area, rural vs. urban project area). As needed, the Board will review the committee/ task force composition to assure appropriate diversity.