Kansas Association for

Gifted Talented and Creative

Board of Directors

Appointed Board Members

Executive Committee—Elected Officers

Region Representatives

Appointed Board Members

*Chairs/Directors                                                   +Asst. Chairs/Asst. Directors

 

Communication—Provide regular communication through the use of the Bugle, Website, ListServe, and other appropriate channels—Webmaster (Sandra Beck), Bugle (Linda Collins, Jacqui Cork, *Karen Hayse), ListServe (Kay Gibson), Bev Fink

 

Finance—Responsible for making recommendations regarding the financial needs and obligations of the organization—Naita Moss, Janet Parrish, Treasurer (Kathy Ray), Peggy Thorpe, Ted White, *Financial Clerk (Interim-Kelly Reynolds)

 

Governance (Constitution/By-Laws, Policies, Strategic Plan, BoD Responsibilities)—*John Burke, Kate Moore, Ted White, Monica Pharr, Bev Fink

            

Higher Education—Provide a research base, promote university student development in gifted education at the undergraduate and graduate levels—*Reva Friedman-Nimz, Kay Gibson

 

Interstate—Encourage and develop professional relationships among the Midwest bordering states—*Sheri Stewart, Peggy Thorpe

 

Legislative—Keep abreast of current legislative issues at the state and national level that impact gifted learners—*Elaine Wellborn,

 

Nominating—Determine and present a slate of officers in election years—President and Region Directors

 

Parent Advisory—Gather, share, and address (encourage) parent viewpoint, concerns, and needs—*Shari Burke. Nancy Leyerzapf, BV Page rep., SMAG rep., rep from each region

 

Re-Directions/Professional Development—Assist in areas of programming needs for gifted students and develop experiences/workshops to provide a knowledge base for facilitators/administrators/stakeholders—*Kelly Reynolds, Sherri Sells,

 

Region Teams: Directors, Asst. Directors—Maintain a point of contact and organize activities/professional opportunities for regions—Region 1—TBA:  Region 2:  *Janet Parrish, +Melissae Stiles, Region 3:  *Monica Pharr, Region 4:  Shawn Roberts, Region 5:  *Naita Moss and +Becky Beal, Region 6: *Ruth Vilander, +Megan Glenn,  Regions:  2, 3, 6--Chris Conner, Region 1, 4, 5--Tina Steinert.

 

Student Opportunities—Organize and facilitate learning opportunities for Kansas students—*Melissae Stiles, Elaine Wellborn (Legislative Day), Jenay Weekly (Duke TIP),

The following describes the Task Forces and Board approved appointed Committees.  These Task Forces/Committee members are invited to select Board of Directors meetings to make recommendations to the Board and/or do the work of their committee.  Each committee that meets during that time will make a brief oral report of the progress in the duty areas they are assigned, which is to be followed by a written report submitted to the President by the Chair.  Task Force and Committee reports may be attached to the minutes of the Board meeting, if pertinent, or may be held on file by the President.

Non-Voting Presidential Appointments

Approved by the Board of Directors

KGTC Governing Documents

 

The following documents are the governing documents under which KGTC operates.

 

As in all organizations, the KGTC Constitution prevails over policies and requires a vote of the membership to make changes,  Therefore, changes to this document will be made only at the annual conference.

 

The KGTC Policies are a set of “rules” which govern the actions of all Board Members, Board Committees and committee members, as well as any constituency volunteering to work with the Board in any capacity.  These rules are the specific guidelines to be followed on a day-to-day basis but can be modified at the pleasure of the Board of Directors by a majority vote.  Depending on the nature of the motion to modify these policies, the changes could be permanent or just a one-time change.

 

The current year budget is like any other budget:  fluid.  The budget serves as the financial guidelines for the organization with a majority vote required to approve expenditures that exceed budgeted amounts in any category.  For instance, budget amounts for convention and associated expenses are based on last years expenditures, but different hotels charge for different things in different ways.  Also, conventions speakers charges will fluctuate, depending on the speakers selected.  Budget adjustments may be needed in each of those areas, depending on the specifics for this years convention.  Any modifications which exceed the budgeted amount must be approved by a majority vote of the Board.

 

Other documents may be available, including the most current Treasurers Report, Committee Reports, etc.  These documents could change based on the need of the organization.

 

In any case, the purpose of these pages is to fully inform the members of what is going on in their organization.  Some of the work of the Board must remain confidential.  This work would include things like “personnel issues”  which must remain confidential.  Other matters that are still in progress and have not been voted on by the Board will be made “public” once a decision has been reached by the Board.  All of this is done in an effort to remain as “transparent” as possible to our members.

 

Below you will find the most current issues of all of our governing documents, as approved by the Board of Directors.

KGTC Constitution

KGTC Policies

KGTC Budget

KGTC Treasurer’s Report

KGTC Audit Committee Initial Report

KGTC Final Audit Committee Report