Guidelines for Financial Support for NASIG Activities

Background

NASIG is built on the spirit of volunteerism with hundreds of individuals giving freely of themselves and indirectly their organizations to support the goals, programs, and local activities of the organization.  As NASIG continues to mature, the day-to-day activities associated with the annual Conference including planning the program and local arrangements, as well as the increasing demands on Board members requires that we consider some level of financial support to insure that we maintain the high quality of our programs.

Introduction

The NASIG Board recognizes the substantial level of commitment and services that many individuals offer to the NASIG organization.  The Board also recognizes in many organizations the present financial environment prevents the organization from providing the clerical or administrative support that has been available to the NASIG volunteers.  Staffing or even release time to support professional activities has been reduced or eliminated.  The financial burden of NASIG activities often is more than many individuals or their organizations are able to support.

Some organizations are not prepared to support the clerical, photocopy and communications demand that comes with the NASIG office or committee responsibility.  In such cases, NASIG offers support as a first step in releasing the financial burden that NASIG brings to some individuals and their organization.

The purpose of these guidelines is to identify the type of support that would be provided and to offer a mechanism to implement the program.

Guidelines 

1.      All requests for financial support should be approved in advance by the President after submission of a Financial Support Form. 

2.      The annual operating budget should include an estimate of local financial support where support is anticipated. 

3.      Priority financial support should be given to the offices of the President and President-elect, and the committees involved in Conference and Program Planning. 

4.      Support should be activities e.g., clerical, telephone, photocopy, and reimbursement should be made directly to the individual where possible.  The individual will be independent consultant working on an hourly project basis.  Local libraries may be able to set up recharges for photocopy and telephone support.          

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