ESTD committee structure
Liaison to the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD and) the European Society on Traumatic Stress (ESTSS) (Vittoria Ardino).
Role Description: A member of the Board whose role is to represent ESTD interests on the ISSTD Board and to coordinate ESTD relations with the ESTSS and other profesional organizations.
Board Coordinator (Maire Riis)
Role description: A member of the Board who will be part of the Governance Committee with the specific responsibility of assisting the president with the executive leadership of the ESTD and the followup the implementation of decisions and initiatives both of the president and the board.
ESTD membership committee (Manoelle Hopchet, chair)
Committee Charge: to consider how best to attract and retain a mix of members, clinicians and other professionals across Europe whose work involves the assessment, treatment and research of trauma and dissociation.
Committee composition: Chair, always a Board member and several national representatives of her choice.
Function Statement:
1. foster an ongoing relationship between the ESTD Board and its national representatives and national component groups
2. Help retain ESTD memberships renewals
3. increase new membership joining
4. identify members from around Europe to help with ESTD committees and task forces, providing an avenue for members to become involved in the inner workings and outer expression of ESTD, bringing their experience, cultural knowledge, and sensitivity to the organization.
5. serve as a conduit between the needs of the committees and task forces and the talents of the members of ISSTD.
ESTD Endorsements Committee
Committee Charge: To review and provide recommendations to the board for requested ESTD endorsements of conferences, workshops and books offered at a discount to ESTD members and of other select books supplied to the ESTD board for review or chosen for review by the committee.
Committee composition: Chair, and two committee members of his selection.
Function Statement:
determine relevance of conferences, workshops and training initiatives requesting ESTD collaboration or endorsement of books offered to ESTD membership for purchase
determine quality of conferences, workshops and training initiatives requesting ESTD collaboration or endorsement
Identify seminal books worthy of review and publish periodical reviews in the ESTD blog
Board coordinator: Jan Soukup
ESTD Finance Committee (Tina Overkamp, chair)
Committee charge: to recommend to the Board financial goals and policies that support the financial stability and growth of the ESTD and to advice on financial aspects of major expenses such as the bi-annual meeting and new proposed programs.
Committee composition: ESTD treasurer and 2 volunteers.
Function statement:
1. develop ESTD yearly Budget
2. budget and monitor ESTD conferences
3. annually provide a statement concerning the ESTD's financial state & strategy (e.g., ways to increase ESTD revenues, recommendation on ESTD's the level of financial reserves, etc.)
4. provide guidance to the board on financial issues affecting the ESTD (e.g., membership dues, relationship with the ISSTD
5. monitor and maintain ESTD's financial transactions and bank statements
6. appoint a financial control sub-committee from the general membership or a volunteer accountant or business person controller to yearly review and supervise accounting and financial reporting within the ESTD.
ESTD Governance Committee (Remy Aquarone, chair)
Committee Charge: to assist ESTD secretary in the executive governance of the society
Committee composition: ESTD secretary, and two additional volunteers.
Function statement:
1. convene ESTD board conference calls
2. maintain and distribute meeting minutes
3. help draft motions and monitor the voting procedures
4. archive and publish ESTD board decisions
5. review and suggest revision to ESTD's bylaws
6. plan and arrange the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and its agenda
7. keep Yahoo Groups site updated for Board members reference
8. work with ISSTD liaison (currently, Vittoria Ardino) on executive implications of ESTD/ ISSTD relations.
9. process with the treasurer new applications for ESTD membership
10. manage responses to inquiries by the general public and ESTD membership
ESTD Website Committee (Arne Blindheim, chair)
Committee charge: Recognizing that the website is the one constant representation of ESTD, it is critical that the website represents and supports the association’s overall goals and objectives. The website is considered a key technological tool to help achieve ESTD's aims. Specific objectives of the website committee are to:
Provide current and useful online member-driven information designed to enhance the value of ESTD membership, provide dynamic, relevant communication from the board to our membership, promote membership recruitment and registration in ESTD conferences and training.
Committee composition: Chair, always a board member, Blog editor and volunteers.
Function Statement:
1. Update website and blog contents
2. liaise with webmaster
3. develop the contents and functionality of the website and the blog
ESTD Nominations Committee (Suzette Boon, chair)
Committee charge: to present a slate of candidates to the board in accordance with the procedures specified in the Bylaws. The Committee shall present a slate that, if elected, would maintain a balance on the Executive Board of members by geography, sex, and professional representation to the extent possible.
Committee composition: Chair, Immediate Past-President and two volunteers of her or his choice.
Function statement:
1. the Committee shall solicit names of possible nominees from the membership and propose possible nominees itself.
2. the Committee shall select from those names viable candidates to provide leadership to the ESTD.
3. prior to the presentation of the slate, the Committee shall determine if the nominees are willing and able to stand for election.
Education Committee (Eva Zimmermann, chair)
Mission Statement - The Education Committee is set up to facilitate the provision of quality professional education, consistent with the ESTD aims.
This will be achieved through
• dissemination of information on the ESTD website
• a series of one-day professional development seminars on every year following the ESTD bi-annual conference to be carried out in major European cities and
• the encouragement of local national educational events
The aims of these educational efforts are:
• educating professionals about the effects of chronic traumatization;
• introducing the concept of dissociation;
• spreading knowledge about ESTD;
• facilitating increased ESTD membership;
• assisting in the development and/or revitalization of national component groups
ESTD Bi-Annual meeting program committee (Andrew Moskowitz, chair)
Committee charge: to plan, arrange and organize the ESTD bi-annual meetings. Specifically ensuring that scientific excellence, value for money and, standards of service is maintained.
Committee composition: program chair and organizing sub-committee chair who are residents of the host country and committee members whom they shall appoint
Function statement:
1. determine the conference theme
2. advice the board and hiring a local conference production organization
3. develop a call for papers
4. review abstract submissions and determine acceptance of program proposals
5. plan the specific daily conference program
6. appoint paper session chairs
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