Standing Committees

Awards Committee
The Awards Committee consists of the Local Program Physician Co-Chair, Local Program Technologist Co-Chair, Technologist Section Awards Chair (Technologist Section President-Elect), Technologist Section Secretary and the Technologist Section Treasurer. In addition, the Program Committee Chair (CC President-Elect) and the CC President will judge the physician/resident proferred papers.

Constitution, Bylaws and Policy Committee
The Constitution and Bylaws Committee shall consist of four members, one to be appointed each year by the President. They shall serve for a term of four years, one retiring each year. The President shall annually designate the Chair of the Committee. The Chair of the Constitution and Bylaws Committee shall serve as parliamentarian of the Chapter.

The Constitution and Bylaws and Policy Committee will maintain a continuing study of the Constitution and Bylaws as well as all Central Chapter policies and recommend to the Board of Governors such changes as are deemed appropriate. This Committee will act on all requests from the Board for revision of the Constitution Bylaws or Central Chapter Policy.

Continuing Education Committee
The Committee on Continuing Education shall consist of at least four members, one to be appointed each year by the President. At least two members shall be technologist members. They shall each serve for a term of four years, one retiring each year. The President shall annually designate the Chair of this Committee, who may be a technologist. The function of this Committee shall be to facilitate the educational efforts of the Chapter aside from the Spring and Fall educational meeting. The Chair of this Committee is a voting ex-officio member of the Program Committee and of the Publications Committee.

The Committee on Continuing Education is responsible for developing the annual Road Shows. These programs are one half day programs, designated primarily for physicians and technologists, which are presented at several locations across the Chapter.

Finance Committee
The Finance Committee shall consist of five members, one of whom shall be the Secretary-Treasurer of the Chapter and at least one technologist member. Of the remaining three, each shall serve for a term of three years, one retiring each year. The President shall annually designate the Chair of this Committee. The Technologist member to the Finance Committee is an ex-officio non-voting member and shall be the Treasurer / Chair of Technologist Section's Finance Committee. The Finance Committee shall review the annual budget and recommend dues and assessments to the Board of Governors. The Finance Committee will provide financial guidance and oversight for the Board of Governors and the Executive Director.

Membership Committee
The Membership Committee shall consist of four members, one be to appointed each year by the President. They shall each serve for a term of four years, one retiring each year. The President shall annually designate the Chair of the Committee. This Committee shall be responsible for all matters pertaining to membership. This committee may meet jointly with the Technologist Section membership committee. and in that event the Co-Chair is the Chair of the Technologist Membership Committee.

It is the responsibility of the membership committee to monitor membership statistics and trends in membership growth or decline; contact members who are in jeopardy of being dropped for the membership rolls to encourage there continued membership in the organization and to recommend programs and activities to reach out to non-members to encourage their membership in the SNM and the Chapter.

Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee shall consist of four members. The membership of this committee shall consist of the four most immediate past presidents, with the immediate past president serving as Chair.

Program Committee
The Program Committee shall consist of four members, one of whom shall be the Vice-President of the Chapter, who shall serve as its Chair. This Committee shall be responsible for the Scientific Program at the Chapter meetings. The Chair of this Committee is a voting ex-officio member of the Continuing Education Committee and of the Publications Committee. Each appointed member shall serve for a term of four years, one retiring each year.

The Program Committee will be responsible for the selection or approval of the Local Program Committee and the location, dates, and content of all meetings sponsored by the Chapter. The Chapter may sponsor at least two scientific programs each year in addition to the Continuing Education Committee's Annual Road Shows. Additional programs may be presented after approval of the Board of Governors.

Publications Committee
The Publications Committee shall consist of four members, one to be appointed each year by the President. There may be one or more members from the technologist section on this committee. All members shall serve for a term of four years, one retiring each year. The President shall annually designate the Chair of this Committee. In addition, the Editor and Co-Editor of the Chapter's Newsletter are ex-officio members of this Committee. The Chair of this Committee is a voting ex-officio member of the Program and Continuing Education Committee. The Publication Committee is responsible for the oversight of the Chapter's newsletter, the web site and such other publications as deemed important.