All members are encouraged to participate in promoting the organization or having a say in how it is promoted by joining the committee of their choice. The committees do the work of the organization. Since the organization belongs to all of us, we can have a positive impact on the activities of the organization by participating on our committee of choice.

Under Article VIII of the Constitution

(1) The following committees shall be maintained continuously:

      A. The Legislative Committee – chaired by the State Legislative Director

      B. The Products Committee – chaired by the State Treasurer

      C. The Public Relations Committee, chaired by the State Information Director

      D. The Newsletter Committee – consisting of the State Information Director, State Secretary, the Newsletter Editor and other volunteers

      E. The SEA Committee, chaired by the Safety, Education and Awareness Director

      F. The Constitution Committee, consisting of a chairperson and volunteers

      G. The Membership Services Committee comprised of District Coordinators, State Treasurer and other volunteers and chaired by the Membership Services Director

2. Any other committees shall be voted by the State Executive Council as  needed, and the Chairperson of such committees shall be appointed  by the Council.

3. The Board of Directors, shall by resolution, define and modify the  authority and duties of each standing committee. Each standing  committee shall prepare a statement annually of its recommendations  as to its responsibilities and budget needs for the upcoming year, to be  presented at the October State Executive Council meeting.

4. The State President and Vice President shall be ex-officio members to  all committees with the power to vote, and shall be counted for the  purpose of determining a quorum.

5. A majority of committee members shall constitute a quorum for the  purpose of conducting business.

Legislative Committee

This committee is responsible for obtaining and maintaining all pertinent legislative information. He/she shall cause this information to be disbursed to the State Executive Council and Board of Directors and to the general membership via the State Information Director

Products Committee

The State Treasurer shall have Membership Services maintain an inventory of all State CBA products, promotional items, and membership kits and cards. Membership Services shall ship products and promotional items to the chapters when ordered and work with the State Treasurer in maintaining records of monies owed and paid by the chapters for products.

The Products Committee is currently chaired by Gwen Nichols. She is not the State Treasurer but reports to the State Treasurer.

Public Relations Committee

The State Information Director shall chair the Public Relations Committee which shall be responsible for producing CBA promotional literature and out State news releases. The Public Relations Committee shall also be responsible for establishing and maintaining a CBA web page.

Purpose and Responsibilities of PR Committee: Promote CBA/ABATE as an organization by producing literature, membership materials, creating news releases, publishing newsletter and maintenance of web-site. Promotion of organization events. In addition, we are charged with dissemination of legislative information to membership and the motorcycling committee at large at local, State and Federal level.

Our focus for 2006 will be to promote organization’s events, build membership by providing promotional materials, redesign membership packet material in conjunction with membership services committees, development and acquisition of materials for information booths and new chapter development in conjunction with District Coordinator’s efforts.

Newsletter Committee

The State Information Director is responsible for appointing a Newsletter Editor and work with him/her as to the content of the newsletter through the Newsletter Committee.

Currently, the newsletter is completely the responsibility of the State Information Director. Volunteers or interested parties are encouraged to provide input regarding the content of the Newsletter. The Newsletter will be released at least six times in 2006 with the eventual publication schedule of up to eight per year. Long term plans include a monthly newsletter for the entire State.

SMART Committee

The Safety, Education and Awareness Director shall be responsible for establishing and implementing an agenda and training program for all new Directors. It will be his/her responsibility to develop and implement motorcycle awareness programs.

Currently, Jim Burns is the Director of the MSAP program. All interested parties are encouraged to become instructors and participate in this very important committee.

Constitution Committee

Chaired by Charlie Boone. The CBA Constitution contains the rules which govern how the organization will operate.  All officers and chapters must abide by the rules that are outlined in the Constitution.  One of the duties of the committee is to maintain an accurate record of the Constitution.  If constitutional changes are proposed by a chapter or individual member, the committee must review the proposal for proper wording, make a decision on whether the change will actually solve the problem that it addresses, and decide whether to bring the proposal to the Executive Council for a vote.  A 2/3 majority vote is needed to pass a change in the Constitution.  The committee must also make sure that the related language in other parts of the Constitution are in concert with the changed language, and whether to put the language in the body of the Constitution or in the By-Laws.

Membership Services Committee

Chaired by Membership Services Director. This committee is responsible for membership packet design, application design and maintenance to ensure no compromise of the quality of membership services rendered.

As Membership Services Director, I want the Membership Committee used to bring together all the chapter personnel who work with gathering and documenting the data required for maintaining a membership database. Our committee will work together to make sure that we have all the current information on our membership.

The Committee will be open to suggestions and ideas as to ways to improve membership participation in all aspects of our organization.

The Committee will be a forum where Chapters can discuss issues and concerns that affect members in their specific region, and discuss these issues and concerns with other chapter officers from other parts of the state.

The Membership Committee will work in conjunction with the Public Relations Committee to promote and support all events and activities that our organization is involved in to expand awareness of CBA and increase our membership. This involves promotional and information materials for potential and current members, detailing the most current information on our Legislative and Educational agendas.

As Membership Services Director, I hope to visit all the chapters at some point in 2006 to address any concerns and to show support for them and their endeavors on a chapter level. I will provide all current membership statistics to the membership at the quarterly state meetings to keep the membership informed as to how many members we have, the percentage of life members, increase or decrease in members in each region, and any other data that will serve to keep everyone informed on the membership growth of our organization.

As Membership Services Director and head of the committee, I will work to bring all chapters together to work as a team all across the state to further the goals and efforts of CBA while maintaining the uniqueness and individuality of each chapter.