IECA’s Past Presidents’ Committee (PPC) Guidelines

Goal

The Past Presidents' Committee will ensure the highest quality for IECA’s future leadership. The Past Presidents' Committee also will provide a forum for IECA’s Past Presidents to stay involved with IECA by encouraging suggestions on future priorities and direction.

Purpose

The Past Presidents’ Committee will establish its own objectives to pursue with approval from IECA's Board of Directors. The Past Presidents’ Committee will consider and advise on matters brought before it by the IECA Board of Directors and/or the Executive Committee as well.

Responsibilities

• To serve as an advisory group for international development. Send the Board and staff leads on international opportunities.
• To assist with soliciting donors for IECA’s foundation. The Committee will keep current with all important foundation information, meeting minutes and other critical developments.
• To serve as an arbitration or conflict resolution group regarding ethics issues that cannot be satisfactorily resolved by IECA’s ethics procedures.
• Perform other related functions as appropriate and agreed to by the committee chairman, the IECA Board of Directors and the Executive Director.
• Host an annual Past Presidents' Reception at the annual conference.

Membership & Term of Service

The committee will consist of all living Past Presidents who are IECA members and who wish to participate. Terms will be indefinite. The chairman of the committee will be the immediate IECA Past President. Term will end when there is a new immediate IECA Past President as a result of an IECA Board election. If the chairman resigns or chooses not to serve, the IECA President will appoint a new chairman from among the committee members that are active.

Chairman Duties

1. Preside at all meetings of the Past Presidents’ Committee, including teleconferences.
2. Formalize the agenda for all meetings after receiving input from the committee members, IECA Headquarters and/or Board of Directors.
3. Serve as the official spokesperson of the Past Presidents' Committee.

Meetings

The Past Presidents’ Committee will hold a minimum of one meeting each year, which will take place at the IECA annual conference. The committee may meet at other times as designated by the chairman, and additional communications may occur via email or phone at the discretion of the chairman.

Reports

Frequency of reports will be determined by the committee chairman. Reports will be submitted to the current President and Administrative Vice President of the IECA Board of Directors a minimum of two weeks prior to the Board meeting.