Most of the staff time the past few months has been spent working on the NCRM and membership activities. The goal of the technology committee is to be more accessible to membership. One suggestion is to list IPAS membership benefits on the web site. When we get more into the legislative session, the site will be updated every two days or so. Regarding a competing policy interests, Winegardner clarified that the financial oversight of IPAS is the board s responsibility, not the committees .
Financial determination is decided by the board and carried out by committees.
The policies that direct the society s obligation are directed by the board. For some people in this organization, part of that obligation is that IPAS extends a hand to students to get them hooked so that they choose to be members later. As of right now, students pay a nominal fee to be members. Once students graduate from school they pay IPAS the full fee in order to get fellow status. The board had an extensive discussion about the student situation and when to charge graduated students the full membership fee.