Governance: Council, Standing and Sessional Committees

These brief descriptions of the purpose function and structure of each SPNHC Standing Committee form part of the Society’s governance and are a portion of the SPNHC Leadership Manual:

Archives Committee	Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Committee
Biodiversity and Crisis Response	Legislation and Regulations Committee
Best Practices Committee	Long-Range Planning Committee
Bylaws Committee	Membership Committee
Conference Committee	Professional Development Committee
Conservation Committee	Publications Committee
Education Committee	Recognition and Grants Committee
Elections Committee	Web and Social Media Committee
Emerging Professionals Committee
Executive Committee

Sessional Committees:

These brief descriptions of the purpose function and structure of each SPNHC Sessional Committee form part of the Society’s governance and are a portion of the SPNHC Leadership Manual:

Collection Theft and Security Monitoring of Collections

US Federal Collections

Representatives/Liaisons:

The Society Representative/Liaison positions are members appointed by the President to represent SPNHC’s interests to like-minded societies and vice versa. The function and responsibilites of these positions are a portion of the SPNHC Leadership Manual:

Representative/Liaison

Also forming part of SPNHC governance and the Leadership manual are the Society policies and information documents. Some are draft documents for further review.