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Purposes

The purposes of the Staff Section are:

To promote the exchange of ideas and information on all aspects of legislative information systems. This includes, but is not limited to, the management and technical development of these systems.
To provide a network of information exchange among persons involved in providing management and technical support for legislative information systems.
To provide improved communications and foster better relations between legislative information systems management and staff, and the legislators and legislative staff they serve.
To promote the service of the Association membership on the various committees, subcommittees, task forces, etc., of NCSL.
To enhance the professionalism of the members of the Association through activities supporting the purposes noted above.

Membership of the Staff Section

There are two classes of membership in the Association. The classes are as follows:

General Members: General members are legislative information technology professionals employed by a legislature of one of the fifty states, insular possessions, or territories of the United States. General members are voting members in the Association.
Associate Members: Associate members are persons interested in legislative information technology, including legislators and other staff serving a legislature of one of the fifty states, insular possessions, or territories of the United States, legislative staff of provincial governments and representatives of private vendors. Associate members are non-voting members in the Association.

Activities

The Staff SecionT meets annually in conjunction with the annual meeting of NCSL, and holds a professional development seminar each fall.

Members can communicate electronically with others interested in legislative information technology issues by subscribing to the listserv. Newsletter and other materials are regularly posted to the listserv. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to and type subscribe nalit-l in the body of the message.

For more information, contact: Contact Name, NCSL Staff Liaison.

Calendar and Announcements

LSCC Meeting Schedule & Minutes

NCSL Executive Cmte Logo

May 30-June 1, 2013

Boston, Massachusetts
The Colonnade Hotel

August 12-15, 2013 - Atlanta, Georgia - 2013 Legislative Summit
October 4-5, 2013 - Portland, Oregon, The Benson Hotel

LSCC Summary - Santa Barbara, California--January 25, 2013. More
Previous Meeting Summaries. More

Legislative Staff: Not Doing it for the Money

Graphic: NCSL Blog-The Thicket State legislatures across the country are ramping up for the 2013 session and another challenging year of debate and policy making. Behind the scenes, legislative staff are making it their business to ensure that the new legislative year gets off to a great start. For many of these hard working public servants, salary increases and promotions that slowed down or stopped four or five years ago have been slow to return. Yet legislative staff seem to carry on, bringing their talent and passion to each new legislative session. How do they do this? Or, perhaps, the more appropriate question is why? More

Webinar: Courteous and Effective Communication: Social Media and Email

Webinar Globe graphic Thursday, June 13, 2013
2 p.m. ET/ 1 p.m. CT/ Noon MT/ 11 a.m. PT
This webinar is sponsored by the Legislative Staff Coordinating

Formal letters and phone calls were once the norm but times have changed. Today, email is our primary form of communication, and social media provides an easy, effective and inexpensive outreach tool. Learn how to effectively use these tools, sharpen your writing skills, and get your points across, while understanding the responsibilities and potential consequences that result from the unprofessional or careless use of these tools. More

NCSL Webinar: 50-State + Bill Information Service (BIS) Training

(Legislators & Legislative Staff Only)

Wednesday, June 19, 2013
12:00 noon PDT/1:00 pm MDT/2:00 CDT/3:00 pm EDT

Sign up for a half hour training webinar to learn what legislative resources are available through the BIS. Learn how to search for bills by terms and phrases, bill number, author, committee and state. More

LSCC Background and History

Data graphic LSCC began as the Special Committee on Legislative Staff Organization established by resolution of the NCSL Executive Committee in 1974 "to define the role and mission of staff in the National Conference of State Legislatures." The name, Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee, was adopted in 1984. Review a brief history of LSCC and its major policies and products. More

NCSL's Top 10 Issues of 2013

Picture of 50-State Map A still-sluggish economy, uncertainty about federal fiscal issues and a host of other challenges will greet the nation’s 7,383 legislators as they begin their sessions. NCSL’s policy experts have identified several issues most likely to be on the greatest number of legislative agendas this year. This an overview of those top 10 issues. More

New Brochure: LSCC Working for You

NCSL’s Staff Chair, Patsy Spaw, Secretary of the Texas Senate, has prepared a brochure—“LSCC Working for You”—that answers frequently asked questions about the Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee. What’s its purpose? What does it do? How is it organized? Who’s a member? Now what do I do? This quick and informative read includes NCSL and LSCC organization charts for easy reference. More

Model Code of Conduct for Legislative Staff

Picture of Handshake In recognition of the importance of staff to the mission of the legislative branch of state government and of the value of excellence and professionalism in staff performance, the National Conference of State Legislatures adopts this code as a model to guide the conduct of staff members of state legislatures in their service to the state legislature, its members and the public. More

Guide to LSCC

Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee (LSCC)

Overview

The LSCC is made up of the legislative staff members elected to the NCSL Executive Committee, the staff chair and staff vice chairs of the NCSL Standing Committees, two officers of each of the ten staff sections, and four discretionary appointees of the Staff Chair.

The purposes of the Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee (LSCC) are to oversee the legislative staff division of NCSL, to coordinate the work of the ten staff sections of NCSL, to promote professional development of legislative staff, and to review and evaluate NCSL services to legislative staff. LSCC serves in an advisory capacity to the NCSL Executive Committee.

The LSCC meets four times per year in conjunction with the NCSL Executive Committee. The NCSL staff chair serves as chair of the LSCC. At the beginning of the conference year members of the LSCC are assigned to one of several task forces to work on specific projects. Each LSCC meeting includes meetings of the task forces and at least one meeting of the entire LSCC. During the LSCC meeting there are reports from the LSCC task forces, the subcommittees of the NCSL Executive Committee, the chair of the NCSL Standing Committees, the NCSL Executive Director and other special committees that are created during the year. A report describing the LSCC activities is made to the NCSL Executive Committee and a summary of its meeting is posted on the NCSL website.

NCSL Contacts:
Karl Kurtz, Director, NCSL Trust for Representative Democracy Division
Larry Morandi, Director, State Policy Research Division
Joyce Johnson, Directors Assistant

Members

Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee (LSCC)
2012-2013 Roster

(as of May 9, 2013)

NCSL Contacts:
Larry Morandi, Division Director
Joyce Johnson, Director's Assistant
Send Updates/Corrections to Joyce Johnson

Officers
At-Large Members
Discretionary Appointments
Ex-Officio Members
Staff Section Officers

NCSL Executive Committee Officers
Patsy Spaw Staff Chair Secretary of the Senate P. O. Box 12068 Austin, Texas 78711 (512) 463-0100 fax (512) 463-6034 patsy.spaw@senate.state.tx.us	Thomas W. Wright Staff Vice Chair Chief of Staff Office of the Speaker Alaska Legislature 716 W. 4th Avenue, Suite 600 Anchorage, Alaska 99501 (907) 269-2030 tom_wright@legis.state.ak.us	Michael P. Adams Immediate Past Staff Chair/Secretary-Treasurer, NCSL Foundation for State Legislatures Director, Strategic Planning Virginia Senate P. O. Box 396 Richmond, Virginia 23218 (804) 698-7405 fax (804) 698-7651 madams@senate.virginia.gov

NCSL Executive Committee At Large Members
Karl Aro Executive Director Department of Legislative Services Maryland General Assembly 90 State Circle Annapolis, Maryland 21401-1911 (301) 970-5200 fax (301) 970-5205 karl.aro@mlis.state.md.us		Jimmetta Gourdine Peoples Senate Security 11 South Union Street, Room 801 Montgomery, Alabama 36130-4600 (334) 353-3540 fax (334) 242-8819 jimmetta.peoples@alsenate.gov
Rich Beckwith Director of Information Services House of Representatives Missouri General Assembly 201 W. Capitol Avenue Jefferson City, Missouri 65101 (573) 751-2357 fax (573) 751-3292 rich.beckwith@house.mo.gov		Tara Perkinson Deputy Clerk, Senate Virginia General Assembly PO Box 396 Richmond, Virginia 23218 (804) 698-7441 fax (804) 698-7670 tperkinson@senate.virginia.gov
Melissa Calderwood Principal Analyst Legislative Research Department Kansas Legislature Room 68-W 300 SW 10th Avenue Topeka, Kansas 66612-1504 (785) 296-3181 fax (785) 296-3824 melissa.calderwood@klrd.ks.gov		Anne Sappenfield Senior Staff Attorney Legislative Council Staff Wisconsin Legislature PO Box 2536 Madison, Wisconsin 53701-2536 (608) 267-9485 fax (608) 266-3830 anne.sappenfield@legis.wisconsin.gov
Ann Cornwell Director/Secretary of the Senate Arkansas Senate Arkansas General Assembly State Capitol Bldg Rm 320 500 Woodlane Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1089 (501) 682-5951 fax (501) 682-2917 ann.cornwell@senate.ar.gov		Mike Sunseri Photography Director Office of Public Information, Legislative Research Commission Kentucky General Assembly Room 23 Annex, 702 Capitol Avenue Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 (502) 564-8100 EXT 813 fax (502) 564-2411 mike.sunseri@lrc.ky.gov
Lisa Davis Assistant Clerk House of Representatives Mississippi Legislature PO Box 1018 Jackson, Mississippi 39215-1018 (601) 359-3360 fax (601) 359-3728 lmdavis@house.ms.gov		David Teal Director Legislative Finance Division Alaska Legislature P.O. Box 113200 Juneau, Alaska 99811-3200 (907) 465-3795 fax (907) 465-1327 david_teal@legis.state.ak.us
Paula Dominguez Director of Legislative Research House of Representatives Rhode Island General Assembly State House, Room 103, 82 Smith Street Providence, Rhode Island 02903 (401) 528-1718 fax (401) 222-1267 pdominguez@rilin.state.ri.us		Jeffrey M. Wice Special Counsel State Senate New York Legislature 250 Broadway, Suite 1930 New York, New York 10007 (212) 298-5566 fax (212) 298-5610 wicenysenate@gmail.com
Ken Levine Director, Sunset Advisory Commission Texas Legislature P. O. Box 13066 Austin, Texas 78711 (512) 463-1300 fax (512) 473-0705 ken.levine@sunset.state.tx.us		Andrea Wilko Chief Economist Legislative Fiscal Analyst Office Capitol Complex, HOB, Suite W310 Salt Lake City, Utah 84114 (801) 538-1034 fax (801) 538-1692 awilko@utah.gov
Holly M. Lyons Fiscal Services Division Director Legislative Services Agency State Capitol Room G01 1007 East Grand Avenue Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0072 (515) 281-5279 fax (515) 281-8027 holly.lyons@legis.state.ia.us		Charles (Chuck) Douglas Williams, Jr. Chief Deputy Sergeant at Arms Senate South Carolina General Assembly PO Box 142 Columbia, South Carolina 29202 (803) 212-6730 fax (803) 212-6734 chuckWilliams@scsenate.gov
Discretionary Appointments
John D. Bjornson Counsel Legislative Council State Capitol 600 East Boulevard Avenue Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0360 (701) 328-2916 fax (701) 328-3615 jbjornson@nd.gov Martha Carter Legislative Auditor PO Box 94604 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-4604 (402) 471-0072 fax (402) 479-0967 mcarter@leg.ne.gov		Gilbert R. Loredo Chief of Staff Office of Senator Leticia Van de Putte Suite 1725 700 North St. Mary's Street San Antonio, Texas 78205 (210) 733-6604 fax (210) 733-6605 gilbert.loredo@senate.state.tx.us Chuck Truesdell Legislative Fiscal Analyst Office of Budget Review, Legislative Research Commission Room 136 Capitol Annex, 702 Capitol Avenue Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 (502) 564-8100 fax (502) 564-6543 chuck.truesdell@lrc.ky.gov
Ex-Officio Members
Linda Pittsford Co-Staff Chair, NCSL Standing Committees Deputy Director and Senate Affairs Liaison Information Systems Division Texas Legislative Council P. O. Box 12128 Austin, Texas 78711 (512) 463-1160 fax (512) 463-9026 linda.pittsford@tlc.state.tx.us Jan K. Yamane Co-Staff Chair, NCSL Standing Committees Acting Auditor Office of the State Auditor 465 S. King Street, Room 500 Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 (808) 587-0800 fax (808) 587-0830 jyamane@auditor.state.hi.us Nancy Cyr Co-Staff Vice Chair, NCSL Standing Committees Director Legislative Research Office Nebraska Legislature Rm 1201, State Capitol PO Box 94694 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-4604 (402) 471-0077 fax (402) 471-2126 ncyr@leg.ne.gov		Julie Pelegrin Co-Staff Vice Chair, NCSL Standing Committees Assistant Director Legislative Legal Services Colorado General Assembly Rm 091 State Capitol 200 E Colfax Avenue Denver, Colorado 80203-1782 (303) 866-2700 fax (303) 866-4157 julie.pelegrin@state.co.us Gary Schaefer Co-Staff Vice Chair, NCSL Standing Committees Information Systems Coordinator Senate Louisiana Legislature PO Box 94183 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804-9183 (225) 342-1001 fax (225) 342-9736 schaefeg@legis.la.gov Roderick N. Welsh Co-Staff Vice Chair, NCSL Standing Committees Sergeant at Arms House of Representatives Texas Legislature Capitol Station PO Box 2910 Austin, Texas 78768-2910 (512) 445-6055 fax (512) 463-5896 roderick.welsh@house.state.tx.us
Staff Sections
American Society of Legislative Clerks and Secretaries (ASLCS) Karen Wadsworth President, ASLCS Clerk of the House House of Representatives New Hampshire General Court State House Room 317 107 N Main Street Concord, New Hampshire 03301 (603) 271-2548 fax (603) 271-3510 karen.wadsworth@leg.state.nh.us Suzi Lowell President-Elect, ASLCS Chief Clerk House of Representatives Alaska Legislature State Capitol Rm 216 120 4th Street Juneau, Alaska 99801-1182 (907) 465-3725 fax (907) 465-5334 suzi_lowell@legis.state.ak.us NCSL Liaison: Angela Andrews		National Association of Legislative Fiscal Offices (NALFO) Betsey Daley President, NALFO Staff Director Senate Finance Committee Virginia General Assembly 910 Capitol Street, 10th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 225-4902 bdaley@sfc.virginia.gov Mildred Hamilton President-Elect, NALFO Legislative Fiscal Analyst Bureau of Legislative Research Arkansas General Assembly State Capitol Building, Suite 315 500 Woodlane Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (501) 537-9144 fax (501) 682-2114 hamiltonm@blr.arkansas.gov NCSL Liaison: Todd Haggerty
Leadership Staff Section (LSS) Sallie Bolton Chair, LSS Administrative Assistant Office of House Speaker Kentucky General Assembly Capitol Annex #303 702 Capitol Ave Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 (502) 564-2363 sallie.bolton@lrc.ky.gov Jeff Johnson First Vice Chair, LSS Counsel Senate - Cmte, Health & Human Resources West Virginia Legislature Building 1, Room 439-M 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East Charleston, West Virginia 25305 (304) 357-7961 fax (304) 357-7818 jeff.johnson@wvsenate.gov NCSL Liaison: Natalie O'Donnell Wood		National Association of Legislative Information Technology (NALIT) Peter Capriglione Chair, NALIT Business Applications Manager North Carolina General Assembly 300 N Salisbury St Rm 400 Raleigh, North Carolina 27603-5925 (919) 715-7840 fax (919) 715-7586 peterc@ncleg.net Troy Adkins Vice Chair, NALIT Network Administrator House of Delegates Virginia General Assembly General Assembly Building 910 Capitol Street, 8th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 698-1567 fax (804) 771-7917 tadkins@house.virginia.gov NCSL Liaison: Pam Greenberg
Legal Services Staff Section (LSSS) Margaret "Peggy" Piety Chair, LSSS Staff Attorney Legislative Services Agency 200 W. Washington St, Ste 301 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 (317) 233-9604 fax (317) 232-2554 mpiety@iga.in.gov Jon Heining Vice Chair, LSSS General Counsel Texas Legislative Council PO Box 12128 Austin, Texas 78711-2128 (512) 463-1151 fax (512) 463-0157 jon.heining@tlc.state.tx.us NCSL Liaison: Kae Warnock		National Legislative Program Evaluation Society (NLPES) Karl Spock Chair, NLPES Senior Manager Sunset Advisory Commission Texas Legislature PO Box 13066 Austin, Texas 78711 (512) 463-1300 fax (512) 463-0705 karl.spock@sunset.state.tx.us Lisa Kieffer Vice Chair, NLPES Audit Manager Performance Audit Division Department of Audits and Accounts 270 Washington Street SW, Room 1-156 Atlanta, Georgia 30334 (404) 651-8867 Fax (404) 656-7535 kiefferl@audits.ga.gov NCSL Liaison: Brenda Erickson
Legislative Information and Communication Staff Section (LINCS) Bladen Finch Chair, LINCS Civics Coordinator Virginia Senate PO Box 396 Richmond, Virginia 23218 (804) 698-7410 Fax (804) 698-7671 bfinch@senate.virginia.gov Ms. Morgan Blanchard Vice Chair, LINCS Communications Specialist Senate Communications Office Louisiana Legislature PO Box 94183 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804 (225) 342-6270 fax (225) 342-5636 blanchm@legis.la.gov NCSL Liaison: Jon Kuhl		National Legislative Services and Security Association (NLSSA) Rick DeLeon President, NLSSA Sergeant at Arms, Senate Texas Legislature Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711 (512) 463-0200 rick.deleon@senate.state.tx.us Charles (Chuck) Douglas Williams, Jr. Vice President, NLSSA Chief Deputy Sergeant at Arms Senate PO Box 142 Columbia, South Carolina 29202 (803) 212-6730 fax (803) 212-6734 chuckwilliams@scsenate.gov NCSL Liaison: Morgan Cullen
Legislative Research Librarians Staff Section (LRL) Eddie Weeks Chair, LRL Legislative Librarian Legal Services Tennessee General Assembly G-12 War Memorial Building 301 6th Avenue North Nashville, Tennessee 37243 (615) 741-1100 x45069 fax (615) 741-1146 eddie.weeks@capitol.tn.gov Sabah Eltareb Chair-Elect, LRL Assistant Director California Research Bureau California Legislature P.O. Box 942837 900 N. Street, Suite 300 Sacramento, California 94237-0001 (916) 653-8532 fax (916) 654-5829 Sabah.Eltareb@library.ca.gov NCSL Liaison: Jeanne Mejeur		Research & Committee Staff Section (RACSS) Walker Reagan Chair, RACSS Division Director Research Division North Carolina General Assembly LOB, Suite 545 300 North Salisbury Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27603-5925 (919) 733-2578 fax (919) 715-8365 walkerr@ncleg.net Sabrina N. Lewellen Vice Chair, RACSS Constituent Svcs/Research/Special Projects Mgr Arkansas Senate Arkansas General Assembly State Capitol Room 320 500 Woodlane Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (501) 682-5608 fax (501) 682-2917 sabrina.lewellen@senate.ar.gov NCSL Liaison: Jeanne Mejeur

Subcommittees and Working Groups

Subcommittees

Information Technology & NCSL Website Review
Legislative Institution
Programs, Professional Development & Outreach Subcommittee

Work Groups

Staff Section Officers
Standing Committees
Strategic Planning
Listservs

NCSL Contacts

2012-2013 LSCC Subcommittees and Work Groups

Information Technology and NCSL Website Review Subcommittee

Members
Chair: Chuck Truesdell, Kentucky
Vice Chair: Ken Levine, Texas
Vice Chair: Martha Carter, Nebraska
Michael Adams, Virginia
Karl Aro, Maryland
Rich Beckwith, Missouri
Ms. Morgan Blanchard, Louisiana
Sallie Bolton, Kentucky
Melissa Calderwood, Kansas
Peter Capriglione, North Carolina
Sabah Eltareb, California
Mildred Hamilton, Arkansas
Linda Pittsford, Texas
Gary Schaefer, Louisiana
Mike Sunseri, Kentucky
David Teal, Alaska

Goals/Responsibilities

Develop, monitor, and promote e-learning opportunities.
Encourage and assist staff sections in producing e-learning tools, using e-learning funds from the NCSL Foundation for State Legislatures. Develop plan for contacting staff sections individually and providing guidelines for e-learning grant requests and assistance if needed.
Provide webinar oversight and development.
Review webinar data reflecting participation levels and evaluations.
In conjunction with Programs, Professional Development, and Outreach, work with NCSL staff to more effectively promote and "brand" webinars prior to release.
To obtain feedback on Legislative Summit sessions, work with NCSL staff to develop session evaluation questions for use on smartphone/tablet for 2013 Summit.
Provide annual report on state of technology in legislatures to include anticipated technological advances.

NCSL Liaisons: Diane Chaffin, Karen Hansen

Legislative Institution Subcommittee

Members
Chair: Tara Perkinson, Virginia
Vice Chair: John Bjornson, North Dakota
Vice Chair: Julie Pelegrin, Colorado
Ann Cornwell, Arkansas
Betsey Daley, Virginia
Lisa Davis, Mississippi
Jon Heining, Texas
Jeff Johnson, West Virginia
Lisa Kieffer, Georgia
Walker Reagan, North Carolina
Karl Spock, Texas
Karen Wadsworth, New Hampshire
Eddie Weeks, Tennessee
Jeffrey Wice, New York
Andrea Wilko, Utah

Goals/Responsibilities

Review and recommend strategy for better preparing LSCC members for their responsibilities, including written materials, orientation, mentorship program, etc.
Develop plan to standardize LSCC committee structure. Identify and name core committees, with continuing committee responsibilities assigned to core committees.
Create committee notebooks that contain committee responsibilities and guidelines, including the final reports and recommendations of previous committees.
Draft LSCC Bylaws (or Standing Orders) setting out LSCC policies and guidelines, including LSCC committees and committee responsibilities, specific responsibilities and duties of LSCC staff officers, attendance requirements of LSCC members, specific LSCC programs and projects currently approved and ongoing.

NCSL Liaisons: Larry Morandi, Nancy Rhyme

Programs, Professional Development and Outreach Subcommittee

Members
Chair: Paula Dominguez, Rhode Island
Vice Chair: Anne Sappenfield, Wisconsin
Vice Chair: Nancy Cyr, Nebraska
Troy Adkins, Virginia
Rick DeLeon, Texas
Bladen Finch, Virginia
Sabrina Lewellen, Arkansas
Gilbert Loredo, Texas
Suzi Lowell, Alaska
Holly Lyons, Iowa
Jimmetta Peoples, Alabama
Peggy Piety, Indiana
Rod Welsh, Texas
Charles Williams, Jr., South Carolina
Jan Yamane, Hawaii

Goals/Responsibilities

In cooperation with Staff Section Officers, review and promote fall professional development seminars and encourage joint meetings when possible.
Recommend speakers, programming, and related marketing for LSCC-sponsored sessions at the Legislative Summit, including associated scheduling and format issues.
Assess effect of change from staff section luncheons to staff section breakfasts and make recommendation to NCSL for 2013.
Evaluate Legislative Staff Achievement session and make recommendations to improve attendance and promote staff achievement recognition.
Continue oversight of the Legislative Staff Management Institute and marketing efforts.
Review Statehouse Ambassador Program and make recommendations for ensuring annual updating of staff membership directories, filling ambassador vacancies, and creating responsibility guidelines for ambassadors.
Develop strategies to promote "Promoting Legislative Service as a Career" with college/university career placement officers. Continue promotional efforts with AfterCollege and NACE.
In cooperation with Information Technology and NCSL Website Review Committee, work with NCSL marketing team (Karen Hansen and staff) to more effectively promote webinars with particular emphasis on identifying sponsoring entity, such as staff section, staff network, LSCC.
Identify topics for LSCC-sponsored webinars.

NCSL Liaisons: Corina Eckl, Karl Kurtz

Staff Sections Officers Work Group

Members
Chair: Peggy Piety, Indiana; Chair, LSSS
Vice Chair: Eddie Weeks, Tennessee; Chair, LRL
Vice Chair: Karen Wadsworth, New Hampshire; President, ASLCS
Suzi Lowell, Alaska; President-Elect, ASLCS
Sallie Bolton, Kentucky; Chair, LSS
Jeff Johnson, West Virginia; First Viice Chair, LSS
Jon Heining, Texas; Vice Chair, LSSS
Bladen Finch, Virginia; Chair, LINCS
Ms. Morgan Blanchard, Louisiana; Vice Chair, LINCS
Sabah Eltareb, California; Chair-Elect, LRL
Betsey Daley, Virginia; President, NALFO
Mildred Hamilton, Arkansas; President-Elect, NALFO
Peter Capriglione, North Carolina; Chair, NALIT
Troy Adkins, Virginia; Vice Chair, NALIT
Karl Spock, Texas; Chair, NLPES
Lisa Kieffer, Georgia; Vice Chair, NLPES
Rick DeLeon, Texas; President, NLSSA
Charles (Chuck) Douglas Williams, Jr., South Carolina; Vice President, NLSSA
Walker Reagan, North Carolina; Chair, RACSS
Sabrina Lewellen, Arkansas; Vice Chair, RACSS

Goals/Responsibilities

Plan, promote, and produce professional development seminars for 2013, whether joint or individual. This includes oversight of any hub location provisions and program planning for future years.
Consider other options for providing development opportunities, including the use of e-learning grant funds, and provide oversight of any group efforts.
Exchange ideas and share information among staff sections.
Promote staff section outreach and encourage involvement

NCSL Liaison: Corina Eckl

Standing Committees Work Group

Members
Co-Chair: Linda Pittsford, Texas
Co-Chair: Jan Yamane, Hawaii
Vice Chair: Nancy Cyr, Nebraska
Vice Chair: Julie Pelegrin, Colorado
Vice Chair: Gary Schaefer, Louisiana
Vice Chair: Rod Welsh, Texas

Goals/Responsibilities

Review, promote, and monitor staff participation in the Standing Committees.
Monitor Standing Committee meetings.
Develop survey for staff officers of individual standing committees to evaluate staff officer involvement in setting the committee agenda, participation in committee sessions, etc.
Develop outreach proposals to encourage staff to serve on Standing Committees.
Review new legislative staff officers outreach checklist.

NCSL Liaisons: Neal Osten, Molly Ramsdell

Strategic Planning Work Group

Members
Chair: Tom Wright, Alaska
Karl Aro, Maryland
John Bjornson, North Dakota
Ken Levine, Texas
Tara Perkinson, Virginia
Anne Sappenfield, Wisconsin
Mike Sunseri, Kentucky
Jan Yamane, Hawaii

Goals/Responsibilities
To be determined by chair

NCSL Liaison: Larry Morandi

Updates as of 10/23/12

For information about the work groups, contact Larry Morandi. Submit updates to this file to Joyce Johnson.

Listservs

Email Discussion Groups (Listservs)

Conference Year 2012-2013

A discussion group (listserv) has been created on NCSLnet for all members of the full NCSL Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee and the Subcommittees. The listserv for the full LSCC includes key NCSL staff, including division directors and staff section contacts. The listservs for the subcommittees include members of the subcommittee, assigned NCSL staff and the listserv manager. We encourage everyone to use these discussion groups to share information about the activities of the LSCC and any other pertinent issues.

You do not need to subscribe. This discussion list is restricted to just the addresses entered by the listserv manager at NCSL. Any e-mail message addressed to the list is automatically sent to all the subscribers on that list.

To be taken off this list or report changes to your current e-mail address, send an e-mail to joyce.johnson@ncsl.org

Important Information (Using the Listserv)

Listserv email addresses:

Full LSCC Listserv: LSCC-L@NCSL.ORG
LSCC Staff Section Officers Listserv: SSectionOfcs-L@NCSL.org
LSCC Subcommittees and Work Groups

LSCC Subcommittees and Work Groups Listservs

Information Technology and NCSL Website Review Subcommittee
Listserv: LSCCsub-Technology-L@NCSL.org

Legislative Institution Subcommittee
Listserv: LSCCsub-LegInstitution-L@NCSL.org

Programs, Professional Development and Outreach Subcommittee
Listserv: LSCCsub-ProDevelopmentOutreach-L@NCSL.org

Staff Sections Officers Work Group
Listserv: SSectionOfcs-L@NCSL.org

Standing Committees Work Group
Listserv: lsccstandcomworkgroup-l@NCSL.org

Strategic Planning Work Group
Listserv: LSCC-StrategicPlanningworkgroup-L@NCSL.org

Important User Information

Posting messages to mailing lists

Only members of the group can post to these restricted lists. For example, if you are not a member of, or not listed on the named subcommittee or group, you will not be able to post a message. You also cannot send a message if your email address is not correct in the listserv.

Posting a message -- If you do not want responses to your message to go to the entire list of members, please include your personal email address in your message with a note requesting that responses be sent directly to you.

Responding to messages -- If you click on "Reply" or "Reply to Sender," your response will go to all members on the list.

To respond only to the author of the message you must enter the personal email address of the author in the TO: field.

LSCC -- State Ambassadors

NCSL Statehouse Ambassadors Program

Ambassador Tools

Ambassadors Roster & NCSL State Assignment Staff Contacts
Program Guidelines
Updating Staff Mailing Lists
Listserv (Email Discussion Group)
Questions? Email Us
NCSL & You: The Legislative Staffer (brochure only available online)
Online Form: Legislative Staff Information Update
NCSL & You: Narrated PowerPoint

Other Resources

The NCSL Statehouse Ambassadors are legislative staff who serve as in-state field representatives for NCSL. The Statehouse Ambassador program is designed to energize and sustain legislative participation in NCSL and strengthen the organization’s role as an extension of state legislatures. The program enhances NCSL’s reputation among legislative staff as the organization of choice for quality policy research and professional development programs.

The goals of the program are to:

Improve NCSL’s outreach to legislative staff by developing and maintaining accurate legislative staff data
Increase legislative staff participation in NCSL’s standing committees, staff sections, and professional development seminars
Support NCSL’s marketing and outreach programs for legislators and legislative staff.

Guidelines for Statehouse Ambassadors and NCSL State Assignment Staff. (To view PDF files, you must install Adobe Acrobat Reader).




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Governance

Purposes

Membership of the Staff Section

Activities

LSCC Meeting Schedule & Minutes

Legislative Staff: Not Doing it for the Money

Webinar: Courteous and Effective Communication: Social Media and Email

NCSL Webinar: 50-State + Bill Information Service (BIS) Training

LSCC Background and History

NCSL's Top 10 Issues of 2013

New Brochure: LSCC Working for You

Model Code of Conduct for Legislative Staff

Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee (LSCC)

Overview

Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee (LSCC) 2012-2013 Roster

Contents

NCSL Executive Committee Officers

NCSL Executive Committee At Large Members

Discretionary Appointments

Ex-Officio Members

Staff Sections

American Society of Legislative Clerks and Secretaries (ASLCS)

National Association of Legislative Fiscal Offices (NALFO)

Leadership Staff Section (LSS)

National Association of Legislative Information Technology (NALIT)

Legal Services Staff Section (LSSS)

National Legislative Program Evaluation Society (NLPES)

Legislative Information and Communication Staff Section (LINCS)

National Legislative Services and Security Association (NLSSA)

Legislative Research Librarians Staff Section (LRL)

Research & Committee Staff Section (RACSS)

Subcommittees

Work Groups

NCSL Contacts

2012-2013 LSCC Subcommittees and Work Groups

Information Technology and NCSL Website Review Subcommittee

Legislative Institution Subcommittee

Programs, Professional Development and Outreach Subcommittee

Staff Sections Officers Work Group

Standing Committees Work Group

Strategic Planning Work Group

Email Discussion Groups (Listservs)

Conference Year 2012-2013

Important Information (Using the Listserv)

Listserv email addresses:

LSCC Subcommittees and Work Groups Listservs

Important User Information

NCSL Statehouse Ambassadors Program

Ambassador Tools

Other Resources

Issues & Resources

Members

Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee (LSCC)
2012-2013 Roster