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Section Council and Section Chairs Calendar
2007/2008
Note: These dates are approximate dates; exact deadline dates will be sent out throughout the year.
| Date | Activity | Responsibility |
| June 20 | Request from HQ for Section Council and Section Chairs goals and objectives | HQ |
| Request to Section Chairs and SIG Conveners to update list of section and SIG officers on their Web site | SC Webmaster | |
| Update Section Council and Section Chairs Directories, send to HQ for updating rosters and Listservs. | SC Chair and HQ | |
| Update Section Council Committee Assignment List | SC Chair and Webmaster | |
| Send welcome and orientation message to SIG Convenors | Chair, Section/SIG Review Committee | |
| Ask SC Committee Chairs and Liaisons for annual objectives. | SC Chair | |
| June 27 | Thank you letters to outgoing Section Council Representatives. | SC Chair |
| Council Committees and Liaisons send annual objectives to Section Council Chair | Council Committee Chairs and Liaisons | |
| July 1 | Post on Section Council listserv a draft of Council meeting minutes | SC Chair |
| Submit SIG annual reports to Chair of Section and SIG Review Committee | SIG Convenors | |
| July 11 | Request Representatives to send agenda items for September Board meeting | SC Chair |
| August 1 | Send Section Goals and Objectives to HQ, with Copy to Section Council Chair | Section Chairs |
| Send corrections for Council meeting minutes to Section Council Chair. | Representatives | |
| Send agenda items to Section Council Chair for September Board meeting | Representatives | |
| Update SIG Conveners directory and send information to HQ for updating roster and listserv. | Chair, Section/ SIG Review Committee | |
| August 2 | Send agenda items to HQ for September Board Meeting | SC Chair |
| August 15 | Send Section information for annual dues renewal to MLA Membership Department, only if there is a change in the annual dues. | Section Chairs |
| Sept 6-8 | Attend MLA Board meeting | SC Chair |
| Sept 25 | Report to Section Council and Sections from Board meeting. | SC Chair |
| Nov 27 | Request from HQ to submit Section Council and Sections mid-year reports | HQ |
| Request Representatives to send agenda items for February Board meeting | SC Chair | |
| Request for mid-year reports from Council Committee Chairs and Liaisons. | SC Chair | |
| Dec 18 | Submit mid-year Council Committee reports to Section Council Chair | Council Committee Chairs and Liaisons |
| Submit agenda items to Section Council Chair for February Board meeting | Representatives | |
| Jan 8 | Send mid-year report to HQ, with copy to Section Section Chairs Council Chair | SC Chair Section Chairs |
| Send first reminder to Section Chairs about Sections Elections | SC Chair | |
| Send request to Section Council Chair for MLA Board members to attend Section Business meeting at annual meeting | Representatives | |
| Jan 9 | Send agenda items to HQ for February Board Meeting | SC Chair |
| Send second reminder to Section Chairs about Sections elections | SC Chair | |
| Feb 14-16 | Attend February Board meeting | SC Chair |
| Feb 15 | Section elections completed | Section Chairs |
| Notify Section Council Chair of elections result Using form at http://scouncil.mlanet.org/election.htm | Section Chairs | |
| Feb 20 | Report to Council and Section Chairs from February Board meeting | SC Chair |
| Send Section Council Liaison to NPC 2009, Jan Cox names of Section Program Chairs, and the address for the SIG Conveners listserv. | SC Chair | |
| Send Council election Committee Chair, Janette Schueller names of Potential Candidates for MLA Nominating Committee | SC Chair | |
| Send biographical and permission form for Potential Candidates for MLA Nominating Committee to Section Council Elections Committee Chair, Janette Schueller | Section Chairs | |
| Request for annual reports from Council Committee Chairs and Liaisons. | SC Chair | |
| March 15 | Submit Council Committee annual reports to Section Council Chair, include motions which need to be discussed at pre-conference Board meeting | Council Committee Chairs |
| Hold online Section Council election for Potential Candidate for MLA Nominating Committee | Elections Committee Chair | |
| Request from HQ to submit Section Council and Sections annual reports | HQ | |
| Request Representatives to send agenda items for MLA Board meeting and Section Council meeting | SC Chair | |
| April 14 | Send Section annual reports to HQ with copy to Section Council Chair | Section Chairs |
| Send Section Council annual report to HQ | SC Chair | |
| Submit agenda items for Council meeting | Representatives | |
| Submit agenda items to Section Council Chair for pre-conference Board meeting | Representatives | |
| Send agenda items to HQ for pre-conference Board Meeting. | SC Chair | |
| Send HQ results of Section elections | SC Chair | |
| Submit names to 2010 NPC Chair for the Section Council Liaison to NPC 2010 | SC Chair | |
| Appoint Council Committee Chairs for 2008/2009 | SC Chair-Elect | |
| Set up schedule for Section Council Booth | SC Chair-Elect | |
| Request choices for Council committees on which Representatives and Representatives-Elect which to serve for 2008/2009 | SC Chair-Elect | |
| May 1 | Send agenda for Section Council meeting | SC Chair and Chair-Elect |
| May 15-16 | Attend pre-conference Board meeting | SC Chair and Chair-Elect |
| May 21 | Attend Section Council meeting | Representatives and Rep-Elect |
| Attend Section Chairs orientation | Incoming Section Chairs | |
| Attend Section Council orientation | Incoming SC members | |
| May 23 | Attend post-conference Board meeting | SC Chair |
| May/June | Timely transfer of files and procedure manuals to incoming SC members and Section Chairs | Outgoing Reps and Section Chairs |
