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Meeting Minutes

Minutes, Executive Committee Meeting

NCSL National Legislative Program Evaluation Society (NLPES)

Election of Officers

Gary VanLandingham (FL) was elected chair. Craig Kinton (TX) and James Barber (MS) were elected as vice-chair and secretary, respectively.

Appointment of Committees

The chair appointed the following subcommittees for 1998-1999.

The Executive Committee voted to establish a new NLPES award to recognize outstanding contributions to legislative program evaluation.

The chair discussed the following Executive Committee goals for 1998-1999:

• Improving NLPES's outreach to the states' evaluation and audit staffs, primarily through a more effective and active Web site.
• Selecting future sites for the annual fall conference training.
• Revising NLPES's bylaws.
• Reviewing criteria used to select recipients of NLPES's annual awards.
• Expanding training and professional development opportunities provided by NLPES to the states' evaluation and audit staffs.

The Executive Committee addressed the following new business items:

Craig stated to the committee that comments should be given to Mark Bucherl as to how he could continue to improve the NLPES Newsletter to make it more useful to members.

The Executive Committee voted to accept the offer of Florida OPPAGA to maintain NLPES's web site and to transfer responsibility from NCSL to OPPAGA immediately.

The chair asked Executive Committee members to consider ways in which the NLPES listserve could be used to more effectively serve members.

The chair announced that NLPES state assignments would be divided among Executive Committee members in the near future.

The Executive Committee's spring meeting will be held in conjunction with the Assembly on State Issues meeting in Jacksonville, Fla, April 9-11, 1999.

Max Arinder (MS), newly elected member of the NCSL Executive Committee, reminded members that the NLPES Executive Committee chair and vice-chair serve on the Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee, which gives the members a voice in NCSL affairs. He encouraged the NLPES Executive Committee to continue reaching out to and coordinating with other NCSL staff sections, and he offered his assistance.