eNAP Meeting February 10th, 2025

Agenda

     Agenda for the February 10, 2025 Regular Meeting of eNAP Unit

0. Verify Quorum of 7 (lesser of 7 and 20%)

1. Welcome of Guests

2. Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes

3. Consideration of Applicants for Provisional Membership

4. Special Orders

5. Recess for Educational Program
        RPs and PRPs seeking CEUs must have their full name displayed and have their cameras on during the lesson.
"Professional Responsibility"

          Diana Bacon, PRP

6. Reports of Officers, Boards, and Committees

President's Report

Vice President's Report 

Secretary's Report 

Membership Report

7. Unfinished Business and General Orders.

Technology Committee 

8. New Business - see previous notices for any motions in the meeting notice

9.  Announcements

Note: The agenda is set by special rule of order 13.

Zoom Link

The unit meets electronically by Zoom.  See our Zoom meetings page for details.


Reports and Motions

REPORTS for the February 10th, 2025, Regular Meeting -- Check back for updates

Note:  Reports are posted as they become available by the respective officer or committee. Please check back if a report is missing. All reports should be available prior to the start of the meeting. 

President's Report

-- Roberta Berry, RP, President

Vice President's Report

-- Sean Schilke, VP

Secretary's Report

--Belinda Brouette, Secretary

Education Committee Report

The February 10th presentation is:
Topic:  Professional Responsibility
Presenter: Diana Bacon, PRP

-- Sean Schilke, Chair

Membership Committee Report 

--Belinda Brouette, Chair 

Technology Committee Report

-- Crystal Thomas, PRP, Chair

Archived reports for previous meetings are filed at the members-only site at:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/enapmembers/categories

MOTIONS -- Check back for updates.



Draft Minutes to Approve

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Draft Meeting Minutes

2025-01-13 Regular Meeting

The 2025-01-13 Regular Meeting of the eNAP Unit of the National Association of Parliamentarians (eNAP) was held online via Zoom and called to order by President Richard Halverson at 7:30 PM CT (U.S. Central Time), with Secretary Roberta Berry present. A quorum was present.

 

Those attending were: Alice Lewin, Alisa Ryu, Andrea Banks, Ann Rempel, Barbara Proctor, Belinda Brouette, Bernadine Callender-James, Carmella Davis Watkins, Cynthia Mayo, Crystal Thomas, Daniel Acciacca, Daniel Ross, Deidre Flowers, Diana Bacon, Don Freese, Dorothy L. Gordon, Gloria de Meireles, Hattie Mary Young, Jocelyn Williams, Jacki Capper, Jacquita Wright-Henderson, Jenny Liu, Josette Kawana, Lee Woodard, Katrina Brave, Kevin Connelly, Kristen Nelson, Mark Apodaca, Mary Remson, Pat Martin, Paul McClintock, Richard Brown, Richard Halverson, Roberta Berry, Robin Crawford, Ruth Ryan, Sean Schilke, Sharon Williams Jackson, Thomas Havelka, Tracy Wilson, and Vanessa Black.

 

Guests: Eliza Kragh, Matt Schafer, and Valoree Althoff.

 

The January 13, 2025, meeting agenda was adopted without objection.

 

The regular meeting minutes from December 9, 2024, were approved and posted to the members-only site.

 

There were no provisional members to approve for membership.

 

The Nominating Committee presented the eNAP Unit 2025 nominees:

 

Elections of Officers for 2025

The names of the candidates for President, Vice President, and Secretary were read. The officers for 2025 were elected by unanimous consent.

 

Office Elected

President: Roberta Berry, RP

Vice President: Sean Schilke

Secretary: Belinda Brouette

 

Education Program: 

The unit recessed for the education program at 7:37 PM CT. Paul McClintock, PRP, presented a lesson on Tellers, which was - CEU-approved. Following that presentation, guests and members had a parliamentary question-and-answer opportunity at 9:02 PM CT. The meeting resumed at 9:15 PM CT.


President’s Report: 

No report was given.

 

Vice President’s Report: 

No report was given.


Secretary’s Report: 

The eNAP Unit had 93 members who attended at least one meeting, while 13 inactive members did not participate in any meetings this year. As of the December 9th, 2024 meeting, 27 new members have joined the unit this year. There are 25 NAP regular members and two provisional members. 

 

Membership Committee: 

The eNAP Unit Membership Committee met several times to discuss strategies, ideas, and plans for implementing their recommendations: 1) from June 1, 2024, to September 30, 2024, to recruit at least 10% new members, and 2) from July 1, 2024, to September 30, 2024, to recruit an additional 10% new members. The committee explored developing marketing materials, organizing social events, and addressing document access issues to attract and retain members. They proposed using QR codes for eNAP Unit membership recommendations and suggested conducting a survey to assess the monthly educational programs and the decline in membership. The committee established a recruitment initiative and hosted a successful ice cream social at the National Association of Parliamentarians (NAP) Training Conference in San Antonio, TX.  Additionally, the membership committee arranged a 30-minute social chat to encourage member networking before each meeting. Please Note: As of the December 9th meeting, 27 new members have joined the unit this year. There are 25 NAP regular members and two provisional members.

 

Unfinished Business: 

Crystal Thomas, Chairperson of the Technology Committee, reported that the committee submitted the proposed amendments to the bylaws and standing rules to the eNAP unit for review and approval. After discussion, a motion was made to postpone the proposed amendments to the next meeting.

 

New Business

No new business.

 

Announcements: 

The following announcements were made:

 

The educational program for next month is “Professional Responsibility” by Diana Bacon.

 

The next meeting will be held on Monday, February 10th, 2025, at 7:30 PM CT.

 

The meeting adjourned at 9:43 PM CT.

 

Roberta Berry, RP outgoing eNAP Secretary

eNAP Unit of the National Association of Parliamentarians

Secretary@enapunit.org I 202-744-1540

Roberta@enapunit.org

eNAPunit.org


Educational Program

eNAP Educational Program
2-10-2025 Diana Bacon, PRP, Professional Responsibility  - CEU-approved - 


Part 1 -- Education Committee members will present a program on the topics as shown below, based primarily on the Registered Parliamentarian Performance Expectations  (RP-PE) as indicated below.  See these on pp 7-28 in NAP's Criteria For Credentialing (CFC):

> https://www.parliamentarians.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2024-02-09-Criteria-for-Credentialing_Final.pdf


The resources to be used in conjunction to prepare to meet these RP standards include (CFC p. 6): 

Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised (12th edition)

Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised in Brief (3rd edition)

Code of Professional Responsibility for Parliamentarians 

Professional Practices in Parliamentary Procedure (2021, NAP), cited as PPPP (login to bookstore first).

Pathways to Proficiency - Script Writing Made Easy (Updated for RONR, 12th ed.)


The 2024 education plan will continue programs based on the RP-PE (see above).  The RP-PE is essential for those preparing for the RP exam, and it is solid parliamentary education for all levels of membership.


Thus, the 2024 through Feb. 2025 educational program schedule and presenters:


Be aware that this plan may be adjusted or replaced in full by the education committee at any time; the enapunit.org website (Meeting Materials > Educational Program) should have any updates to the plan as they occur.


Part 2 -- eNAP Special Rule of Order 1(A) says: "A part of each educational program shall be to allow members to ask opinions of other members on parliamentary questions that they have."


If possible, please submit Part-2 questions ahead of time to vice-president@enapunit.org.

The 2024 eNAP Education Committee consists of 


Meeting Notice

[Note: this meeting notice may be further edited up till the time it is emailed about a week before the meeting.]


eNAP meets Monday, February 10th,  2025, at 7:30 pm CT via Zoom


Dear eNAP Unit Member, 

Join us for a regular meeting of the eNAP Unit of the National Association of Parliamentarians; the meeting will be held Monday, February 10th, 2025, via Zoom, at 7:30 PM Central Time. Please note that the meeting will be recorded.


Join Zoom Meeting on a PC:


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Please note that if you are using a telephone for audio only, you can join on your computer first and click join with telephone. Otherwise, click join with computer audio.


The meeting room will open ten minutes prior to the meeting. If you are having issues joining the meeting, please email us at contact@enapunit.org.


Attendees should use screen names consisting of their real first and last names, and are encouraged to add a suffix to indicate their state, province, or country (example: Katherine Johnson WV). If you are NOT a current member, please preface your name with the prefix of g (example: g Katherine Johnson). Officers should also use the appropriate prefixes designated for them.


The meeting begins at 7:30 PM Central Time, or see the time in your local time zone.


FOR MEMBERS


The draft agenda and minutes, reports, and educational program are posted at enapunit.org under "Meeting Materials" as they become available by the respective officer or committee. Please check back if a report is missing or if it is a prior meeting report. All reports should be available prior to the meeting call to order. 


EDUCATION PROGRAM

On February 10th, Diana Bacon, PRP, will present the lesson on "Professional Responsibility." Following that presentation, a parliamentary question-answer opportunity is given to guests and members.


FOR GUESTS AND FIRST-TIME ATTENDEES


If you have never attended an eNAP meeting, please plan to arrive 5 to 10 minutes before the call to make sure you understand how the meeting will be conducted and to talk with other attendees. Reviewing our introduction page to familiarize yourself with the eNAP chat room and terminology is strongly recommended.


If you are not yet an eNAP member and would like to join, you may complete and submit the application form. Applications by NAP members are approved automatically upon verification of their NAP membership. Application by those who are not NAP members may be approved after they have attended at least one unit meeting.


MEMBERS-ONLY AREA AND REQUESTING ACCESS


If you are an eNAP member, or expect to be voted in as a member at this meeting, please verify or request access to our members-only Google Groups page. Voting could be held via this section at any time, which is akin to a ballot vote. Should you have difficulty logging in or requesting membership, please contact me. To ensure sufficient time, please do this 2 or more days prior to the meeting.


As always, we welcome you to invite guests to our meeting to observe and/or join our electronic unit. I look forward to seeing you at the upcoming e-meeting, and if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

----

Belinda Brouette 

eNAP Secretary

Secretary@enapunit.org

Belinda@enapunit.org

(202) 744-1540


The Zoom meeting link is not posted on our publicly viewable web site.  This measure reduces Zoom bombing and other risks

The link has been emailed to all members and vetted guests. If you are a guest and would like to attend, or if you need it sent again, please email vice-president@enapunit.org with your name and reason for attending.  If attending for CEU credits for renewing your RP or PRP credential, please also add your full name, credential, and NAP membership number.

Members may also find the zoom link in the eNAP members-only web site at:

https://groups.google.com/g/enapmembers?label=links