American Reading Forum Committees and Responsibilities

American Reading Forum

Committees and Responsibilities 2009

Committee	Chair	Email	Responsibilities
Archives	Joyce Fine	joyce.fine@fiu.edu	Keeps records and artifacts important to the history of the organization.
Budget	Karen Douglas	kdouglas@reading.org	Monitors the financial affairs, conducts periodic audits and recommends fees and expenditures.
Bylaws/ Parliamentarian	Beth Frye	fryeem@appstate.edu	Reviews bylaws and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors.
Call to Forum	Sara Runge Debbie Harrison	rungesa@nku.edu ddoty@wittenberg.edu	Organizes the Call to Forum at the annual meeting.
Conference Program 2009	Enrique Puig Nance Wilson	epuig@mail.ucf.edu nwilson@mail.ucf.edu	Develops conference program, reviews proposals submitted for sessions at the annual meeting, selects reactors (listed in program) to session at the annual meeting.
Conference Program 2010	Michael French Cassaundra El-Amin	mfrench@lourdes.edu elaminc@wssu.edu	Develops conference program, reviews proposals submitted for sessions at the annual meeting, selects reactors (listed in program) to session at the annual meeting.
Cosponsored Sessions	Debbie Harrison Sara Runge	ddoty@wittenberg.edu debdoty@mail.parallax.ws rungesa@nku.edu	Organizes the cosponsored meetings held at the IRA and CRA conferences.
Graduate Student Mentor	Lynn Yribarren Michael French	lyrib001@fiu.edu mfrench@lourdes.edu	Assists with scholarship fundraising, selection process, and coordinates the Graduate Student Mentoring session at the annual meeting.
International Project	Cheryl McLean Connie Ulmer	ceemclean@gmail.com ulmercj@yahoo.com	Works with the development of literacy in economically developing nations by arranging for developmental resources and/or training
Membership	Brenda Townsend	btownsend@reading.org	Assists with on-site conference registration and the development and implementation of a membership campaign.
Nominations/ Elections	Beth Frye	fryeem@appstate.edu	Seeks nominations for the Board of Directors, conducts the election, and reports the results.
Public Relations	Gary Moorman	moormangb@appstate.edu	Plan and organize the welcoming reception and other social events as assigned by the Board of Directors.
Publications	George Hruby Alison Hruby Jonathan Eakle	george.hruby@usu.edu heron.hruby@yahoo.com jeakle@jhu.edu	Produces the annual yearbook; reviews manuscripts submitted to the annual yearbook.
Research Exchange	Lynne Miller	lynne.miller@fiu.edu	Chairs the research exchange session
Service Award	Sarah Dowhower	dowhowsl@usa.net	Solicits nominations, reviews submissions, and recommends award winner.
Site Selection	Brenda Townsend	btownsend@reading.org	Investigates, reviews, and recommends sites for the annual meeting and assists the Chair in negotiating the terms of the facility contract.
Website	Gary Moorman	moormangb@appstate.edu	Solicits content to maintain the website.
Website	Mary Williams Laura Miller Duncan Masters	marytw24@hotmail.com lm60688@appstate.edu mastersdt@appstate.edu	Posts information on website

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