I. Name

The name of the committee shall be the Membership Committee of the National Association for Kinesiology & Physical Education in Higher Education.

II. Purpose

The purpose of the committee shall be:

A. To recommend changes in criteria for membership in the Association to the Board of Directors.
B. To systematically recruit qualified new members from all parts of the country.
C. To work with the Executive Secretary/Treasurer in preparing materials to use in welcoming new members in to the Association.
D. To recommend procedures that the Executive Secretary/Treasurer may use in handling issues associated with membership renewal.

III. Plan of Organization

A. The committee shall be a standing committee of the Association.
B. The committee, appointed by the President, shall consist of six members plus an appointed committee chair. Members of the committee shall be distributed geographically so that each region (i.e., AAHPERD district) is represented. All committee personnel shall be members of NAKPEHE.
C. The chair shall be appointed by the President and approved by the Board of Directors.
D. Members shall be appointed for a period of three years. Consecutive terms shall not be permitted. Appointments shall be made in such manner that the services of no more than half the committee members shall be terminated in any one year.
E. Resignations from the committee shall be presented to the President who shall appoint a successor to complete the unexpired term.
F. The committee chair shall be a member of the Board of Directors.

IV. Conduct of Business

A. The committee is required to meet annually at the time and place of the annual conference.
B. The committee may conduct much of its work by correspondence.
C. A committee meeting shall be called and a vote taken upon written request to the committee chair by a majority of the committee.
D. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the committee membership including the chair.
E. The chair shall maintain a file of committee correspondence and reports of deliberations and give this file to the incoming chair at the end of the term of office.
F. The committee shall assist the Executive Secretary/Treasurer and the Association in determining the causes for members becoming inactive and suggest to the Board of Directors appropriate action to retain members.
G. This operating code may be amended by a majority vote of the committee subject to the approval of the Board of Directors.

V. Reports

An annual written report of this committee shall be submitted by the committee chair to the President of the Association and the Board of Directors at a specified date.

VI. Financial Support

Expenses of the committee shall be defrayed by the Association within the limitations of the established budget. Additional funds may be requested when necessary.

All receipts for expenses must be submitted to the Executive Secretary/Treasurer no later than February 1st from the previous fiscal year which ends November 30th.

Revised: (Letter, 2005)