Administration & Committees: Main
Administration Information
RAS is an active group, both in its membership and administrative body. The Board of Directors enables and centralizes the vast array of local activities. It provides the resources for the committees and membership to carry out their efforts. This includes advocacy, cultivating new members, membership benefits, fund raising, volunteerism, record keeping, budgeting, insurance, communication, partnerships and many other resources. Click on the links below for more information on any specific committee.
Visit these links for information:
SEE: BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONTACT
SEE: BYLAWS
Committees
Auction Committee - coordinates the event and donations for this primary RAS annual fund-raiser.
SEE: AUCTION COMMITTEE
Contact: Auction Committee Chairperson
Conservation Committee - Provides leadership in establishing and developing conservation goals and positions for the RAS chapter.
SEE: CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
Contact: Conservation Committee Chairperson
Cyberspace Committee - Provides and maintains RAS communication and information via the internet.
SEE: CYBERSPACE COMMITTEE
Contact: Cyberspace Committee Chairperson (Webmaster)
Development Committee - This committee operates on the specific goals set out by the Board. Such tasks might include securing the appropriate funding sources for RAS projects, obtaining forms and submitting grant proposals for specific RAS projects.
SEE: DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Contact: Development Committee Chairperson
Education Committee - The goal of this committee is identify the audiences the chapter wishes to reach through education. We set and carry out goals for educational programming during the year.
SEE: EDUCATION COMMITTEE
SEE: EDUCATION COMMITTEE NEWS
TO REQUEST A PROGRAM EDUCATION PROGRAM REQUEST e-FORM
Contact: Education Committee Chairperson
Field Trips Committee - Organizes local chapter field trips and arranges for individual trip leaders, resources and equipment. It keeps a file of trips taken and participants in recent years with notations of results.
SEE: FIELD TRIPS COMMITTEE
Contact: Field Trips Committee Chairperson
Hospitality Committee - Hospitality plans and arranges for refreshments for each membership meeting and other RAS MEETINGS.
SEE: HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE
Contact: Hospitality Committee Chairperson
Important Bird Areas (IBA) - Leas-on attands IBA events and meetings, plus communicates needed services and partnership opportunities.
SEE: IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS (IBAs)
Contact: Virginia IBA Coodinator
Legislation Committee - The function of this committee is to keep informed about major legislative issues affecting RAS, primarily at the state and local level.
SEE: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
Contact: Legislation Committee Chairperson
Membership Committee - promotes member participation, welcomes new members, and assess member interests and talents and refers volunteers to the appropriate Board members
SEE: MEMBERSHIP MAIN
Contact: Membership Committee Chairperson
Programs Committee - Responsible for obtaining speakers and programs for the chapters monthly meeting. This include one annual program on Legislation/Conservation.
SEE: PROGRAMS COMMITTEE
Contact: Programs Committee Chairperson
Publicity Committee - This committee works closely with the Executive Board and other RAS committees to relate RAS information and cases to the public.
SEE: PUBLICITY COMMITTEE
Contact: Publicity Committee Chairperson
Newsletter Committee - This committee gathers and compiles the information, articles, committee reports and images needed to produce our award winning publication "The Thrasher."
SEE: "THE THRASHER" NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE
SEE: "THE THRASHER" NEWSLETTER
Contact: Newsletter Committee Chairperson (Editor)
Youth Committee (RAS Kids) - The goal of this committee is to collaborate with youth-based organizations to promote outdoor experiences to youth.
SEE: YOUTH COMMITTEE
Contact: Youth Committee Chairperson
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