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http://www2.volstate.edu/tca/index.htm
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2005 Annual Meeting
September 23-24
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Volunteer State CC
Rochelle
Center
Thigpen
Library
Gallatin
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"Communication:
Teaching,
Learning and Applications"
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WELCOME!
I am very pleased to welcome each of you
to our 2005 Tennessee Communication Association conference at Volunteer State
Community College in Gallatin. We greatly appreciate the fine work done by our
hosts, TCA President, Dave Warner, and Len Assante, Chair of Communication at
Volunteer State.
The
TCA conference is a time of coming together and sharing of both friendship and
pedagogy. It is a special time of renewal of acquaintances and renewal of
professional enthusiasm for many of us.
This
year’s theme, “Communication: Teaching, Learning
and Applications," offers many panels which will be of value to
college and high school faculty as well as other communication professionals. We
are also very fortunate to have award-winning journalist Willy Stern as our
featured speaker.
This
year we are making a special effort to broaden the base of conference
participants by inviting our colleagues from both the college and high school
areas. It is important that we all join together in the common goal of
strengthening our discipline across our state.
We
hope that each of you finds the conference enjoyable and enlightening.
Thank you for your participation in the 2005 Tennessee Communication Association
conference.
Malcolm McAvoy
President-Elect
Annual Meeting Planner
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Stern’s investigative and analytical work has been published in major publications around the globe including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The International Herald Tribune, The Chicago Tribune, The New Republic and National Review. Stern also teaches part-time at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and has taught as a visiting professor at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. A popular speaker, Stern lectures frequently on topics ranging from journalism to humor, from ethics to international relations. Before coming to Nashville, Stern lived and worked as a journalist in New York, Chicago, Tokyo and Johannesburg and New Zealand, including a stint as the Far East correspondent for the Tel Aviv daily Ma’ariv. Stern holds degrees from Williams College (B.A., 1983) and Harvard University (M.P.A., 1991). He is married to Ann Shapiro Stern, and they have two children: Zack (8) and Phoebe (2). In his spare time, Stern guides wilderness canoeing trips and runs trail marathons. |
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2004-2005 Officers
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President |
David
Warner |
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President-Elect |
Malcolm
McAvoy |
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Executive Director |
Dorotha
Norton |
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Immediate Past President |
David
Walker |
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Journal/Newsletter Editor |
Richard
Ranta |
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Webmaster |
David
Warner |
Interest Group Chairs
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Argumentation & Forensics |
Debbie
Zimmerman |
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Corporate & Organizational Communication |
Janet
McCormick |
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Curriculum & Instruction |
Halina
Ablamowicz |
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Interpersonal/Small Group |
Teresa
Collard |
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Mass Communication |
Steve
Beverly |
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Rhetoric & Public Address |
Russell
Church |
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President |
Malcolm
McAvoy |
President-Elect
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Steve
Beverly |
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Executive Director |
Dorotha
Norton |
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Immediate Past President |
David
Warner |
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Journal/Newsletter Editor |
Richard
Ranta |
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Webmaster |
David
Warner |
Interest Group Chairs
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Argumentation
& Forensics |
Greg
Simerly |
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Corporate
& Organizational Communication |
Lori
Kissinger |
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Curriculum
& Instruction |
Debra
Jones |
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Interpersonal/Small
Group |
Teresa
Collard |
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Mass
Communication |
Clay Scott |
| Rhetoric and Public Address | Russell
Church Middle Tennessee State University |
SCHEDULE OF PROGRAMS & EVENTS
Events will take place in the Rochelle Center, located in the Thigpen Library
facility on the Volunteer State CC campus.
Friday evening dinner and the Saturday business
luncheon meals are served on campus.
Friday, September 23, 2005
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11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. |
Registration |
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12:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. |
Interpersonal Communication Workshop for Best Practices |
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2:45 p.m.–4:15 p.m. |
Curriculum & Instruction Panel |
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4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. |
“Speech/Forensics
and Mass Communication Programs |
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5:45 p.m.–7:15 p.m. |
Dinner and Keynote Speaker |
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8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. |
“Memphis Party” at the Jameson Inn |
Saturday, September 24, 2005
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8:30 a.m.- |
Registration |
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8:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m. |
Discipline and Curriculum Issues |
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9:45 a.m.–11:15 a.m. |
Corporate & Organizational Panel |
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11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. |
Student Presentations |
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1:00 p.m. |
Awards
Luncheon and Business Meeting |
Meals
The Friday Dinner and Saturday Luncheon are
on-site at the Volunteer State facility.
Saturday breakfast is on your own or at the Jameson Inn for conferees with rooms
at the Jameson
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Friday Dinner and Guest Speaker, Willy Stern |
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5:45 PM |
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Grilled
Chicken Breast, Country
Green Beans, Mashed Potatoes, Broccoli Garden Salad, |
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Saturday Breakfast (Jameson Inn Conferees) |
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6:30 AM - |
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Deluxe
Continental Breakfast with fresh baked biscuits, gravy, bagels, muffins,
Danish, hot and cold cereal, sausage, apple and orange juice, coffee and
homemade Belgian Waffles |
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Saturday Business Luncheon |
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1:00 PM |
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Beef
Stroganoff, Baby Carrots, Roasted Potatoes, Garden Salad, |
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PROGRAMS
FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 23
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11:30 – 4:30, Friday
Registration (adjacent to the Rochelle Center, Thigpen Library)
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12:30 – 2:30, Friday
Sponsor: Interpersonal and
Small Group Interest Group
Interest
Group Chair: Teresa Collard, University of Tennessee, Martin
Panel Chair: Kina Mallard, Union University
Presentations:
The Interpersonal Communications workshop session will be an activity-based
session on best practices in Interpersonal Communication. The panel will
be interactive and engaging.
“Best
Practices of Interpersonal Communication”
Kina Mallard, Union University
“Conducting an Assertiveness Inventory”
Len Assante, Volunteer State
Community College
“Conflict
Management: Striving for Win/Win”
Teresa Collard, University of
Tennessee, Martin
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
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2:45 – 4:15, Friday
Sponsor: Curriculum and Instruction Interest Group
Interest Group Chair: Halina Ablamowicz, Tennessee Technological University
Panel Chair: Halina Ablamowicz, Tennessee Technological University
Presentations:
The Curriculum and Instruction panel participants will
share "Effective Teaching Practices."
"Special
Occasion Speaking: An Impromptu Opportunity."
Jeffrey Rinkel, Chattanooga State
Community College
"Advantages
of Using WebCT in Communication Courses"
Scott Christen, Tennessee Tech
University
“Encourage
Creativity, Starting With ‘Brainstorming.’”
David Warner, Volunteer State
Community College
"Speech
Planning Made Simple"
Dorotha Norton, University of
Tennessee, Martin
"Who
is your ‘They’? What is your ‘It’?: Teaching
Verbal Clarity in Public Speaking"
Halina Ablamowicz, Tennessee Tech
University
"Classroom
Contacts: A Foundation of Understanding"
Jeffery Mendenhall, Chattanooga State
Community College
"Senior
Exit Surveys and Focus Groups as Assessment Tools"
Sharon Smith and Greg Simerly, Middle
Tennessee State University
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
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4:30 – 5:30, Friday
Special Panel,
“Speech/Forensics and Mass Communication Programs in Tennessee’s High
Schools”
Panel
Chair: Malcolm McAvoy, Walters State Community College
Panelists:
This panel mark’s a new emphasis in TCA on the importance of the high school
communications program. This panel will consider what is happening in these
programs, what needs to happen and what must be done to bring about successful
high school programs. Our distinguished panelists represent a diversity of
interest areas including speech/communication, forensics, drama and mass
communication.
Bob Oliver, Chair, Department of Communication
McCallie School
Mike Gotcher, Executive Director, Tennessee High School Speech and Drama League
Austin Peay State University
Bonnie Hufford, Tennessee High Schools Newspaper Advisor/Trainer
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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5:45 – 7:15, Friday
Guest Speaker: Willy
Stern, a former staff writer at Forbes and Business Week, is
currently with the Nashville Scene.
Introduction:
Len
Assante, Volunteer State Community College
Menu:
Grilled Chicken Breast, Country Green
Beans, Mashed Potatoes, Broccoli Garden Salad,
Dinner Roll and Beverage included
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
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8:00 – 10:00, Friday
Memphis Party at the Jameson Inn
An
informal gathering to enjoy cocktails or your favorite beverage and light snacks
1001 Village Green Crossing
Gallatin, Tennessee
Phone: 615-451-4494
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SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 24
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8:30 – Saturday
Registration (adjacent to the Rochelle Center, Thigpen Library)
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8:30 – 9:30, Saturday
Special Panel: Discipline and Curriculum Issues
Panel Chair:
Len Assante, Volunteer State Community College
Participants:
Mike Gotcher, Austin Peay State University
Malcolm McAvoy, Walters State Community College
Pam Xanthopoulos, Jackson State Community College
James Monroe Stewart, Tennessee Tech University
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
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9:45 – 11:15, Saturday
Sponsor: Corporate and
Organizational Interest Group
Chair: Janet
McCormick, Middle Tennessee State University
Panel Chair: Janet McCormick, Middle Tennessee State University
Presentations:
”Assessing the Need for Employee Communication Training”
Sharon Smith and Greg Simerly, Middle Tennessee State University
”The Necessity of Intercultural Training Programs in the Healthcare Setting”
Yang
Soo Kim, Middle Tennessee State University
”Meeting the Intercultural Training Needs of WIC”
Janet
McCormick, Middle Tennessee State University
”Keymunicate”
Lori
Kissinger, Middle Tennessee State University
Deborah
Warner, Healthcare Administrator
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
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11:30 – 12:45, Saturday
Student Research and Paper
Presentations
Undergraduate
and graduate students will discuss their course research directions, including
completed work and/or “works in progress.”
Sponsor: Tennessee Communication Association
Selection Committee Chair: David Walker, Middle Tennessee State University
Panel Chair: David Walker, Middle Tennessee State
University
Presentations: To Be Announced
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
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1:00 - Saturday
Special Report on
TCA Publication Project
Project Chair:
Paul Prill, David Lipscomb University
Panel Chair: Paul Prill, David Lipscomb University
Awards
Luncheon and Business Meeting
Sponsor:
2004-05 Executive Committee
Committee on Awards:
Ralph Hillman, Middle
Tennessee State University
Kina Mallard, Union
University
Richard Ranta, University of
Memphis
Menu: Beef Stroganoff, Baby Carrots, Roasted
Potatoes, Garden Salad,
Dinner Roll and Beverage included
David Warner, TCA President 2004-05
TCA
Tennessee
Communication Association
2004-05 TCA Membership
Name Institution Represented_______________
Full-time Faculty_____Adjunct
Faculty_____Retired Faculty_____
Student_____ Other_____
Preferred Mailing Address______________________________________________
City, State, Zip_______________________________________________________
E-mail address_________________________________________________________
Business phone ( )_____________________Home phone ( )______________
*MEMBERSHIP TYPE:
Student ($5)_____
Regular ($25)_____ Regular Membership for Adjunct Faculty ($10)_____
Sustaining ($50 w/free conference registration)
Emeritus (must be retired from active service and have been a regular
member for 15 continuous years)_______
List areas of interest:
MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: Tennessee Communication Association
*The TCA membership year runs from Fall Conference to Fall Conference.
Mail
check & form to:
Dorotha
Norton, TCA
Executive Director
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Gooch Hall, University of Tennessee at Martin
Martin, TN 38238.
731-587-7552 (Office) 731-749-5915
(home) dnorton@utm.edu (E-Mail)
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ARTICLE I: Name.
The name of the organization shall be the Tennessee Communication Association, hereafter referred to as TCA.
ARTICLE II: Purpose.
TCA seeks the improvement of communication education at all levels in Tennessee, encourages research in communication, and fosters community recognition of effective communication.
ARTICLE III: Membership.
Membership in TCA shall be open upon application and payment of dues to any person interested in promoting TCA’s purpose.
ARTICLE IV: Executive Committee.
Section 1:
The voting officers of TCA shall be a President, President-Elect, Executive Director, Immediate Past President, and Journal/Newsletter Editor. These officers shall function collectively as the Executive Committee of TCA. The Webmaster shall also serve as a non-voting member of the Executive Committee.
Section 2:
The President shall serve for a period of one year in that capacity. The President-Elect shall serve a year in that capacity and then serve a year as president. The Immediate Past President shall serve for a year in that capacity, immediately following his/her tenure as President. The Executive Director shall serve for a period of three years.
Section 3:
The Executive Committee shall have the authority to fill any vacancy other than the Presidency, when necessary.
Section 4:
The Executive Committee shall retain ultimate responsibility for the work of the association and shall make policy and ad-hoc decisions, as needed, when the full membership is not in session (e.g. other than at the annual meetings), and in accordance with Constitutional guidelines.
Section 5:
The duties of each officer shall be as follows:
A. President: It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all meetings of TCA and of the Executive Committee, to appoint committees and committee chairpersons with the approval of the Executive Committee; to serve as a liaison between TCA and all related organizations; to serve as ex-officio member of all standing committees; to attend Southern States Communication Association’s annual conference; and to perform other duties usually attached to the office of President, including supervision of the annual nomination and election process.
B. President-Elect: It shall be the duty of the President-Elect to plan the program for the Fall Conference for the annual meeting following his/her election (e.g. elected in spring of 1999 to plan fall 2000 meeting); to attend the Southern States Communication Association’s annual conference; and to assist the President with the total work of TCA as the President may assign. The President-Elect shall become President at the Fall Conference the year following his/her election (i.e. a person elected in spring 1999 ascends to the office of President at the annual business meeting in 2000), or when the President is unable to serve.
C. Executive Director: It shall be the duty of the Executive Director to receive and disburse funds, to prepare periodic reports on the financial condition of TCA, to keep minutes of each annual business meeting for approval at the next, to perform other duties usually attached to the office of Executive Director, and to act at the request of the President and/or Executive Committee. It shall also be the responsibility of the Executive Director to attend the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, and to schedule a TCA Executive Committee meeting annually at the SSCA conference.
D. Immediate Past President: It shall be the duty of the Immediate Past President to chair the Membership Committee; to undertake initiatives designed to increase membership; and to attend the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association. The Immediate Past President shall also chair a selection committee that will sponsor a competition among students and select the outstanding undergraduate, masters, and Ph. D. level research papers submitted. These papers shall be recognized appropriately and presented in a special program at the annual conference.
E. Journal/Newsletter Editor: It shall be the duty of the Journal/Newsletter Editor to produce and distribute an association newsletter during the early spring and early fall terms in order to facilitate planning and attendance at the annual convention of the association and to publicize other information vital to the association and its members. The Editor shall also attend the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association.
F. Committees: All committees shall make recommendations to the Executive Committee and shall exercise powers as authorized by the Executive Committee. Committees are:
Membership Committee, whose function it shall be to encourage persons interested in the purposes of the organization to become members. The Immediate Past President of the TCA shall chair and the chairs of the various Interest Groups shall serve as members of the committee.
Committee on Awards, whose function it shall be to determine recipients of the awards authorized by the Executive Committee. The Chairperson and members shall be appointed by the President with the approval of the Executive Committee.
Nominating Committee shall be appointed by the President with the approval of the Executive Committee. Duties are outlined in Article III of the ByLaws.
G. Interest Group Chairpersons.
Interest groups shall be established to represent major specializations in communication, their activities to be directed by elected chairpersons. Standing interest groups are Argumentation and Forensics, Corporate and Organizational Communication, Curriculum and Instruction, Interpersonal and Small Group Communication, Mass Communication, and Rhetoric and Public Address. Interest group chairpersons are elected in the Spring and take office at the end of the Fall Conference each year. They are responsible for planning and proposing programs to the President-Elect for the next year’s conference. They also shall serve on the membership committee under the leadership of the Immediate Past President.
ARTICLE V: Amendments.
Section 1:
Amendments to the Constitution and/or By-laws may be initiated by a majority of the Executive Committee or by a petition submitted to the President by any ten members of TCA.
Section 2:
All proposed amendments
shall be submitted to the Executive Committee for its consideration. If the
executive committee approves the proposed amendment, then it must be submitted,
by electronic or US Postal Service mail, within thirty days of endorsement to a
vote of the membership. If the Executive Committee rejects the proposed
amendment, then the President must submit the matter at the next business
meeting of TCA. If a majority of those present and voting at the TCA meeting
endorses the proposed amendment, then it must be submitted by electronic or US
Postal Service mail to a vote of the membership within 30 days.
Section 3:
Final action on an
amendment shall be taken by electronic or US Postal Service mail-in ballot. A
two-thirds majority of those voting shall be required for adoption of the
amendment.
Section 4:
Amendments shall take
effect immediately following their adoption.
BYLAWS
Revised Spring 1999, 2005
Article I: Dues.
Section 1: There shall be five classes of membership in TCA: student, regular, sustaining, emeritus, and honorary. Annual dues for all membership categories shall be determined by the Executive Committee. The TCA membership year runs from Fall Conference to Fall Conference.
Section 2: Full-time high school, undergraduate, and graduate students may be admitted to student membership. Annual meeting costs for students shall be determined by the Executive Committee.
Section 3: Any other person may be admitted to regular membership.
Section 4: Any other person willing to contribute additional financial support may be admitted to sustaining membership. Sustaining members shall receive free conference registration but are expected to pay conference meal costs not included in the conference registration fee.
Section 5: Any member of retired status because of age or disability who has held continuous membership in TCA for 15 years shall be granted, upon application to the Executive Director, an emeritus membership and shall be exempt from payment of dues and entitled to all privileges of TCA. Emeritus members shall be expected to pay conference meal costs.
Section 6: Any person who by virtue of service or performance has contributed substantially to the purposes of speech communication in Tennessee may be elected to honorary membership by a majority of the Executive Committee. There shall be no dues for honorary members.
Article II: Meetings and Conferences.
Section 1:
The TCA shall hold an annual Conference each fall at a time and place to be determined by the Executive Committee. In addition to instructional and research programs, a business meeting of all members shall be held at each conference. Additional business meetings may be called by the Executive Committee.
Article III: Nominations and Elections.
Section 1:
The President shall appoint a nominating committee of at least three persons and shall designate one of these as chair for the committee. The nominating committee shall name one or more candidates for the office of President-Elect and shall name one or more candidates for the office of chairperson of each interest group. Every third year the nominating committee shall name one or more candidates for the office of Executive Director. The nominating committee shall report its slate of nominees to the Executive Director by March 1 of each calendar year. Provisions shall be made to allow for “write-in” candidates for all officers and interest group chairs.
Section 2:
Voting for President-Elect, Executive Director (during every third year), and interest group chairs shall take place during the month of April. The incumbent Executive Director shall mail (electronic or US Postal Service mail) ballots to the entire membership by no later than April 1. Only ballots postmarked (electronic or US Postal Service mail) on or before May 1 shall be counted.
Section 3:
It shall be the duty of the incumbent Executive Director to notify the membership, by electronic or US Postal Service mail, of the results of the balloting by May 15. If the Executive Director announces a tie vote for any office, the names of the two candidates receiving the most votes shall be submitted to a run-off ballot by electronic or US Postal Service mail.
Section 4:
Installation of new officers shall take place at the business meeting of the annual Fall Conference following the balloting announced on May 15.
Section 1:
A quorum at any meeting of the Executive Committee shall be a simple majority of its voting membership.
Section 2:
A quorum at any business meeting of TCA shall be those members attending.
Article V: Amendments.
Amendments to these by-laws shall be through the process described in Article V of the Constitution.
