BOARD MEMBERS
The NMSARC board consists of up to eleven members, who are elected at large by voting delegates as defined in Article IV of the bylaws. The board may appoint a non-voting committee member with areas of appropriate expertise or experience. The board is empowered to conduct all business of the council to include but not limited to organizing and conducting training, collection of dues, distribution of information or any purpose stated in Article II. No more than two representatives of any council member team shall serve on the board at one time, including Individual Members who may also be team members of an organizational member. If you are interested in serving the NMSAR community in a statewide function, then consider running for the NMSARC board. Please send your letter of intent and SAR resumé to the NMSARC secretary.
All NMSARC board meetings are open to the public; please see the Events page for more details.
All NMSARC board meetings are open to the public; please see the Events page for more details.
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NMSARC BOARD MEMBERS
Aimee Adamek, Atalaya SAR (2019) David Price, OMTRS (2019) Erik Nelson, Atalaya SAR (2021) Jon Hitchcock, CAP (2020) Ron Nelson, SFSAR (2021) Ruth Neal, Mountain Canine Corps (2020) Scott Voorhees, Santa Fe Search and Rescue (2020) Sean McGann, NM Working K9s (2019) Terry Ann Miller, Pajarito K9 SAR, NM Working K9s (2020) |
(L-R) Ron Nelson, Ruth Ann Neal, Eric Roybal, Terry Ann Miller, Aimee Adamek, Michaela Buenemann, David Price, Jon Hitchcock, Erik Nelson, Sean McGann, (Scott Voorhees not shown)
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OFFICER RESPONSIBILITIES
- CHAIR: To open the session at the time at which the assembly is to meet; calling the members to order; to announce the business before the assembly in the order in which it is acted upon; to recognize members entitled to the floor; to state and put to a vote all questions which are regularly moved, and to announce the result of the vote; to protect the assembly from annoyance from evidently frivolous or dilatory motions by refusing to recognize them; to assist in expediting business in every way compatible with the rights of the members; to restrain the members when engaged in debate within the rules of order; to enforce on all occasions the observance of order and decorum; among the members; to authenticate, by his or her signature, when necessary, all the acts, orders, and proceedings of the assembly declaring its will and in all things, obeying its commands. The Chair/President will normally only vote in the case of a tie vote on an issue.
- VICE-CHAIR: In the event the Chair/President is unable to carry out the duties of the Chair, it shall fall upon the responsibility of the Vice-Chair/Vice-President. The Vice-Chair/Vice-President shall have all voting rights and privileges as any member of the Board of Directors.
- SECRETARY: Responsible for keeping all records of the organization and its meetings; to keep a register, or roll, of the members and to call the roll when required; to notify officers, committees, and delegates of their appointments, and to furnish committees all papers associated with them; to send out proper notices of all called meetings, and other meetings when necessary, and to conduct the correspondence of the organization, except as otherwise provided.
- TREASURER: Acts as the banker for the organization, merely holding funds deposited with him/her and paying them out on the order of the organization, signed by the President or the Secretary; to make an annual report to the organization; should submit all records to an auditor, or an auditing committee, if so required.
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