TAMEC Dues, Elections and By-Laws

Hello TAMEC!

It was great to see everyone at the TAM Annual Meeting! If you weren't able to join us, here's an update on what we discussed at the TAMEC Affinity Group session:

• The IRS (and TAM’s auditors) have required more oversight of the organization’s affinity groups. This means that, beginning in 2012, TAM will be collecting membership dues on our behalf. Details on how this process will work will be finalized between now and early 2012.

• We will hold off on collecting TAMEC dues until this process has been determined. All of you will be considered members of TAMEC until the new process for dues collection is clarified.

• I have agreed to serve as interim Chair of TAMEC until formal elections can be held at the March Annual Meeting. Katie Smith will serve as Vice-Chair. All other members of the TAMEC Board—Millie Vanover, Mikey Sproat, Kathryn Mitchell and Allison Kellogg—will continue to serve in their roles until elections.

• All of TAM’s affinity groups will need to revisit their By-Laws as a result of the new policies. “By-Laws” will, in future, be referred to as “Operating Procedures”, since all of the affinity groups ultimately must abide by TAM’s By-Laws, which override those of the affinity groups.

- A Sub-Committee has been appointed to review the existing TAMEC By-Laws and will recommend changes. The Sub-Committee will share its recommendations at the 2102 Annual Meeting.

- The Sub-Committee consists of myself, Mikey Sproat (Sam Houston Memorial Museum) and Diane Bernhardt (Dr. Pepper Museum). Melissa Prycer (Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park; TAM Council member) will also serve as an advisory member of this Sub-Committee.

- Mikey Sproat has agreed to share updates on the Sub-Committee’s progress on this blog. (Thank you, Mikey!)

Please let me know if you have any questions. Such a period of change, but also a great opportunity to reorganize so that we better serve the needs of museum educators in Texas!

Thank you all for your input and support, and please keep an eye on the blog for updates on the Sub-Committee’s progress.

Sharron
sharronc@jfk.org