Committee

MISSION

• To identify areas of need and provide resources for utilization by Extension Educators when educating their audiences in the areas of disaster preparedness, mitigation, and recovery. Create research-based fact sheets and courses, as well as evaluate other authored documents that would be helpful for public use.

COMMITTEE’S CHARGE

• Seek out, review, and offer appropriate resources for Extension Educators and public stakeholders pertaining to disaster preparedness and response, specifically in regards to youth, families, and consumers.
• Work with the Professional Development Committee to prepare at least 2 webinars per year.

MEMBERSHIP

Open to all delegates. The committee meets on the third Thursday of every month at 1:30PM Eastern.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Chair

• Plan and conduct monthly committee calls
• Send out communications to committee members and delegates as needed
• Coordinate committee produced webinars in partnership with the EDEN Support Team
• Representative of 4-H/FCS Committee on the EDEN Executive committee
• Attend EDEN Executive committee monthly call (third Thursday, 3 pm Est.)
• Attend EDEN Executive Committee Mid-Winter Board Meeting (February or March in-person)
• Attend EDEN Executive Committee Meeting at Annual Meeting
• Submit monthly and yearly Reports
• Appoint subcommittees and committee working groups as needed
• Attend the Annual Meeting
• Coordinate other projects as needed
• The chair can serve up to 3 consecutive terms

Vice Chair

• The vice-chair shall assume the duties of the chair in the chair’s absence
• Send out communications to committee members and delegate as needed
• Representative of the 4-H/FCS committee on the EDEN Annual Meeting committee
• Attend Annual Meeting committee monthly calls (Fourth Friday, 12:00 pm Est.)
• Name one reviewer to the Annual Meeting review panel
• Determine and coordinate the Annual Meeting post-session workshop in partnership with Purdue staff
• Coordinate other projects as needed
• Attend the Annual Meeting
• Elected to a one-year term
• May be elected as chair-elect if the chair is beginning a third consecutive term or planning to step down at the end of their next term
• If elected as chair-elect, the committee will only hold a vice-chair election in June. The chair-elect will automatically assume the chair at the next Annual Meeting.