Current ICMA committees are primarily those with delegated decision-making authority from the board. Task forces have clearly defined tasks and timeframes. The ICMA Executive Board usually considers whether to establish new task forces or committees at its February board meeting.
Members are encouraged to volunteer in the spring, and appointments are made by the president-elect in early June. New task forces usually start their work at the annual conference in the fall.
New Task Forces for 2011-12
ICMA is organizing an on-call group of members to develop a new resource to assist new graduates and career changers looking to break into the local government management career field. The task force’s work will be conducted primarily by conference call, e-mail, and icma.org.
ICMA is organizing an on-call group of members to review and update the Model Employment Agreement, last published by ICMA in 2003. This template for local government administrators covers a wide array of employment agreement topics, such as business expenditures, performance evaluation, relocation expenses, and indemnification. The task force’s work will be conducted primarily by conference call, e-mail, and icma.org.
ICMA is organizing an on-call group of members to review and update/combine the Model Internship Guidelines and Internship Toolkit to assist managers in creating rewarding early-career positions for tomorrow’s managers. The task force’s work will be conducted primarily by conference call, e-mail, and icma.org.
Ongoing Committees, Task Forces, and Advisory Boards
The Advisory Board on Graduate Education is a member group that meets jointly with professors of public administration for the purpose of enhancing the education of future local government management professionals. ABGE members are appointed by ICMA's executive director and work hand-in-hand with NASPAA's Local Government Management Education Committee, through three subcommittees: Managers as Faculty. Filling the Pipeline, and MPA Programs. ABGE members have created a number of useful tools for improving the education of future managers, including an Internship Toolkit, Internship Guidelines, and Guidelines for Managers Who Teach, which can be found at icma.org/teach. The ABGE meets annually at the ICMA conference on Sunday morning and holds conference calls throughout the year.
The Awards Evaluation Panel evaluates the nominations to ICMA's Annual Awards Program and selects the recipients of the Professional and Program Excellence Awards, which are conferred at each year's annual conference. Seventeen members, representing each of ICMA's six regions and including several at-large positions, serve on the panel for three-year terms. The panel meets Sunday morning of the annual conference and participates in one or two conference calls per year.
The Conference Evaluation Committee evaluates the ICMA Annual Conference. The 2011 committee will meet twice in Milwaukee: Sunday, Sept. 18, 10:30-11:45 a.m. and Wednesday, Sept. 21, 1:00-2:30 p.m. Committee members are appointed for a term of one year.
The Conference Planning Committee plans the ICMA Annual Conference. The 2012 committee, which will plan the conference in Phoenix/Maricopa County, Arizona, will have an orientation meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011, during this year’s conference in Milwaukee. The committee’s main meeting will be held in Phoenix beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 18, 2011, and adjourning by noon on Sunday, November 20. Committee members are appointed for a term of one year.
The Governmental Affairs and Policy Committee oversees federal and state policy issues and reports back to membership and the board. Given the committee's ongoing role and the value of maintaining some continuity in the committee's membership, one-third of the committee's membership changes each year. Members are typically appointed for two- or three-year terms. The committee meets Sunday morning of the ICMA Annual Conference.
This program engages current members in welcoming new members to ICMA. The focus is on U.S. members in local government and the goal is to make a peer-to-peer connection that goes beyond a member’s home state – one demonstration of ICMA’s national network. Members should have a passion for the profession and a desire to help new members discover the value of belonging to ICMA. Members are asked to:
- Commit to serve for one year (with the option for renewal) starting in January 2011
- Contact one to three members a month by e-mail and, if a conversation is desired, by phone
- Provide monthly feedback to ICMA on the contacts, including any suggestions for improvement on the process.
The ICMA International Committee serves as an advisory body to the ICMA Executive Board on a range of international matters and carries out an annual charge as defined and described by the board. The committee also works to communicate the value of having an international perspective to other members of the association, state organizations, and others. The committee consists of individual ICMA members, as well as one representative from each of ICMA’s international affiliate organizations. The committee meets Sunday at the annual conference and in the spring jointly with one of ICMA's international affiliate organizations. The spring meeting focuses on professional exchange and contribution to the international knowledge base. Committee members are appointed for a term of one, two, or three years.
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