Committee Objectives

Development and fundraising  objectives and goals.

1. Find the financial support for activities and operations of the association.
2. Apply for grants from corporate, government, and private organizations on behalf of the association.
3. Work with individuals, groups, and organizations to acquire the necessary funding for activities and projects of the association. Those include individuals; community organizations; government; service clubs; businesses and corporations; schools, hospitals, and the like; and through hosting of or participating in special events.
4. Coordinate with the finance committee to determine the financial needs of the association.
5. Assist in coordination of planned activities and programs.
6. (Long term) Initiate and sustain an endowment fund.

 Education and youth activities committee options developed for both higher and lower level education groups.

1. Establish understanding of the similarities and differences in the communities at the youth level. Discover how we live, learn, and play.

2. Create joint research projects within the framework of day-to-day classroom activities. Examples of some research projects might be Bio-Diversity, Urban Growth, Fresh Water, Climate Change, or Social Issues. These could be done at almost any level, K-16.

3. Develop exchange teacher and/or student programs (at Middle and High School level).

4. Expand current course offerings at local schools to include a "partnership" segment. For example, in world history our class could put together a presentation on the Untied States for them and their equivalent class could do the same on Europe for us. These would be presented via teleconference.

5. Develop pen-pal, face book, and my space relationships between students of sister city schools.

6. Create one or more jointly taught course at the high school level. These could take the form of video lectures, tours, etc., mixed with teleconferencing, and email support.

 Finance committee objectives.

1. Develop annual budget.
2. Develop procedures to monitor financial transactions of the association.
3. Set up a checking account. (Discussed two signature checks, monthly statements, and balances.)
4. Develop procedure for requests, with limits, for board approvals on expenditures.
5. Develop investment plan for surplus funds collected.
6. Provide board with monthly financial reports and annual financial statements.
7. Based on the expected activities of the association ascertain monetary needs from requests of committees and make recommendations to the board on these financial matters.

 Nominations committee  objectives.

1. Develop a pool of possible and probable candidates who would support the mission of the association.
2. Determine when vacancies to the board exist and establish initial procedures to fill vacancies of the board as needed.
3. Solicit input from board members to establish additional candidates.
4. Meet yearly prior to term expirations to establish nominations for the board of directors.
5. Review candidates and make recommendations to the board.
6. Monitor filling of vacancies to the board in order to assure compliance with adopted procedures.

Economic development committee 

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