Houston Chapter NAPNAP 2022-2023 Elections

Dear Chapter Members,

I am excited to announce that it is time to elect our 2022-2023 Houston Chapter NAPNAP board members.  

If you have been looking for an opportunity to get more involved and take part in planning our chapter events and activities, please consider joining our board.  There is one elected position (President-elect) and six appointed Board member positions open (1 Program Co-Chair, 2 Membership Co-Chairs, 1 Legislative chair, and 2 Community Co-Chairs). The descriptions are below.  You are eligible to run for any position you have not held within the prior 6 years. 

Interested members will submit a picture, CV/Resume and 100-word statement of interest to the nominations chair (Alexandria.Thomas@uth.tmc.edu) to be considered for position.  Decision on appointments will need to be made by May 16th, so notifications and acceptance of position can be made prior to May meeting.

Please submit interest NO LATER THAN April 28th, 2022 to Alexandria.Thomas@uth.tmc.edu (Nominations Chair and Immediate Past President).

• Interest statements will be distributed to chapter on May 2nd, 2022
• Voting opens May 4th, 2022 and will be open until May 11th, 2022 
• Appointed officers will be notified on May 13th, 2022. 
• Elected and appointed officers will be announced at May chapter meeting.  
• New terms begin July 1, 2022.

Please see details below for the positions. If you have any questions/concerns and/or there is anything that the Houston NAPNAP Chapter could assist with then, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. We look forward to hearing from you. 

Regards, 

Alexandria Nwaozuru, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Houston NAPNAP Chapter
Immediate Past President
Alexandria.Thomas@uth.tmc.edu

For the below listed elected positions, the chapter will vote and a majority membership vote will determine representatives. Please submit your interest and following to Alexandria Nwaozuru (Nominations chair and Immediate Past President)

President-elect (1 position; 1 year as president-elect, 1 year as President, and 1 year as past president)

1. Picture
2. Resume or CV
3. 100 word bio and interest statement to be submitted to chapter for consideration
4. Clarify desired position

For the below listed appointed positions, please submit the following to Alexandria Nwaozuru (Nominations Chair and Immediate Past President)

Legislative chair (1 position, 2 year term)
Program Co-Chair (1 position, 2 year term)
Membership/ Media Chair (2 positions, 2 year terms; 1 position to support membership needs and other position to assist with social media)
Community Co-chair (2 positions, 2 year term) 

1. Picture
2. Resume or CV
3. 100 word interest statement to be considered for appointment by current Board members
4. Clarify desired position

 

Please see below description of the positions:

President

The president shall be the principal chief elected officer of the chapter and shall, in general, supervise and control all of the administrative matters and business affairs of the chapter. The president shall implement policy established by the members of the Executive Board. The President shall preside at all meetings; execute all conveyances, notes, contracts, or other instruments authorized by the members; appoint all committees and chairpersons as provided in these bylaws; serve as an ex-officio member of all standing committees; and perform and discharge all duties incident to the office of the president and such other duties as may be assigned by the members of the Executive Board.

President-elect

The president-elect shall become familiar with the duties of the president and shall automatically succeed to the presidency at the conclusion of the president's term of office. The president-elect shall perform the duties of the office in the absence of the president or in the case of inability to act. When so acting, the president-elect shall have all powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions, placed upon the president, and shall perform such other duties as the members of the Executive Board may specifically prescribe.

Eligibility for this position includes the following: 

• Must be recognized as a Nurse Practitioner by the Texas State Board of Nursing and be in good standing 
• Active membership within NAPNAP National & local chapter
• Demonstrate leadership skills and community service involvement through current or prior board experience at NAPNAP, affiliated associations/committees or other organizations.

Legislative Chair

The Legislative Chair manages advocacy efforts for the chapter through the year. These efforts must follow NAPNAP’s national health policy agenda, as well as NAPNAP’s strategic plan. The chair keeps abreast of child health and advanced practicing nursing legislation and regulation within the state, whether through direct monitoring or collaborating with key groups with monitoring capabilities. He/she works closely with other board officers to mobilize chapter members to advocate on local or state issues in a timely manner.

 

Program /CE chair

The Program/CE chair position is an appointed position and may be a co-chair position dependent upon the needs of the chapter.  The Program/CE chair plans and coordinates continuing education conference for the chapter through the 2-year term. The chair presides over the program committee and facilitates the logistics of the event including: location, registration, speaker management, food/beverage, audio/visual and marketing/promotion of the programs. The Program/CE chair works in coordination with the chapter officers and membership to determine the educational needs of the chapter. The Program/CE chair is responsible for organizing chapter monthly dinner meetings and chapter educational opportunities, completing all required documentation for CE application every 3 years, and coordinating chapter educational conference every 2 year.

 

Community Co-Chair

The Community chair position is an appointed position and may be a co-chair position depending on the needs of the chapter.  The Community Outreach chair will plan and coordinate charitable and community events for the membership of the chapter to engage and educate the community about HAC, pediatric nurse practitioners, NAPNAP organization and its goals. Activities may include item donation, time donation or monetary donation.

Membership / Media Chair

The Membership/Media chair is an appointed position.  The membership/media chair is responsible for maintaining chapter social media accounts and assisting Student Liaison officer with mentoring program.  He/she is responsible for maintaining membership roster of chapter active and inactive members and reconciling roster regularly with national roster and focusing on methods to recruit new members.  The membership/media chair is responsible for maintaining chapter preceptor directory for NP students seeking preceptors.