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CAC Committees & Their Duties

ABC Certification Committee Alcohol Review Committee Awards Committee
By-laws Committee CCI Advisory Committee Endowment Committee
Ethics Committee Financial Review Committee Founder’s Lecture Committee
Historical Committee Merchandise Committee New Member Committee
Nominating Committee Publications Committee Seminar Planning Committee
Training & Resources CommitteeNon-committee Jobs


ABC Certification Committee

Members:
Dan Gregonis (CAC Representative)
Dave Stockwell (Examination Committee)
Steve Schliebe (At-large Appointee)
Duties:
  • 3 year + term
  • Attend ABC Board Meetings twice/yr.
  • Help formulate examinations.
  • Discuss and vote on ABC issues.
  • Represent CAC interests with the ABC.
  • Encourage, organize, and proctor exams.
  • Work on tasks as assigned by ABC.
  • Prepare four reports per year to the Board of Directors.


Alcohol Review Committee

Members:
Kenton Wong
Duties:
  • No defined term minimum.
  • Forensic alcohol oversight.
  • Attend meetings (the number will vary from 2-6).
  • Currently working on amending Title 17.
  • Check the State website for any potential law changes in the area of alcohol.
  • Act as a resource on alcohol issues.
  • Prepare four reports per year to the Board of Directors.


Awards Committee

Members:
Vincent Villena (co-chair)
Jaime Daughetee (co-chair)
Kevin Andera
Duties:
  • No defined term minimum.
  • Preparation of service awards and award certificates.
  • Request nominations for various yearly awards.
  • Present nominees to the Board of Directors for those awards.
  • Send the award certificates to the President for his/her signature.
  • Communicate either by phone with other committee members or attend 1 or 2 meetings per year as a committee.


By-laws Committee

Members:
Kevin Andera (chair)
Hiram Evans
Duties:
  • No defined term minimum.
  • Periodic review of by-laws to make sure they are up-to-date.
  • Work with the Board to suggest and make proposals to change the by-laws.


CCI Advisory Committee

Members:
Immediate Past President (ex-officio member)
Training and Resources Chairperson
Duties:
  • Attends meeting(s) called by the CCI Manager to review the CCI program.
  • Represents the CAC interests at this meeting.
  • Presents to the Board the results of this meeting.


Endowment Committee

Members:
Todd Weller (chair)
Song Wicks
Eric Collins
President-elect (ex-officio member)
Treasurer (ex-officio member)
Duties:
  • 3 year term (middle term as chairperson).
  • Call for proposals for endowment funding.
    • Scholarships
    • Research projects
    • Training courses (in conjunction with Training and Resources Committee)
    • Other items as determined by the committee
  • Attend a committee meeting to review endowment funding proposals.
  • Prioritize endowment funding proposals.
  • Write a report for the Board of Directors with listed priority recommendations.
  • Send letters to those people who submitted proposals letting them know if their proposal was funded or not funded by the Board.
  • Send out contracts to those person(s) who had their proposals funded by the Board of Directors.
  • Oversight on the status of the funded proposals.


Ethics Committee

Members:
Suzette Sanders(chair)
Peter Barnett
Eric Halsing
Duties:
  • 3 year term-middle term as chairperson.
  • Receive ethics complaint from President.
  • Convene Ethics Committee to review the complaint.
  • Investigate the complaint thoroughly include an outside expert if necessary.
  • Make a decision and recommendation to the Board.
  • Report the recommendation with a full fact finding investigation to the Board of Directors.


Financial Review Committee

Members:
Eric Wahoske (chair)
Laura Silva
Sheltri Hallford President-elect (ex-officio member)
Treasurer (ex-officio member)
Duties:
  • 3 year term-middle term as chairperson
  • Convene a meeting of the Financial Review Committee members (usually in a July to September timeframe).
  • Review all of the financial records of the CAC as presented by the Treasurer.
    • Review of books for accuracy
      • Regular business funds
      • Endowment funds
    • Make sure the CAC is staying within the parameters of its legal status.
  • Write a report with the committee findings and recommendations for the Board of Directors to review.


Founder’s Lecture Committee

Members:
John DeHaan (chair)
Duties:
  • No defined term minimum.
  • Obtain speaker for Founder’s Lecture given every 1 ½ years.
  • Inform and coordinate speaker with the chairperson of the semi-annual seminar.


Historical Committee

Members:
Alex Taflya(chair)
John Babicka
Angela Meyers
Meiling Cabral
Duties:
  • No defined term minimum.
  • Set up historical displays/presentations for the semi-annual seminars.
  • Keep track of CAC history.
  • Store historical/significant CAC items.


Merchandise Committee

Members:
Michelle Halsing (chair)
Eric Halsing
Felicia Gardner
Barbara Burritt
Duties:
  • No defined term minimum
  • Sale of CAC logo merchandise-shirts, cups, etc.
  • Order and purchase above merchandise.
  • Provide the merchandise to the semi-annual seminar chairs for displays at the meetings.
  • Track and monitor the bank accounts associated with the merchandise.
  • Provide reports to the Board of Directors as to the status of sales and the financial records.


New Member Committee

Members:
Jennifer Mihalovich (chair)
Duties:
  • 1 year term (duty of Immediate Past President).
  • Hosts New Member Reception held after the two CAC business meetings.
  • Coordinates with the seminar planning chairperson(s) to get the room, food, beverages for the reception.
  • Sets up activities for the reception including welcoming the new members, introducing them to the CAC and the officers.
  • Acts as a resource for new member questions.
  • Acts as a resource for the Board of Directors and the President as to recent past history.


Nominating Committee

Members:
Meghan Mannion Gray (chair)
Robert Binz
Chani Sentiwany
Duties:
  • No defined term minimum
  • Solicit nominations for Board of Director’s positions beginning in January-March timeframe.
  • Make contact with either individual members or in groups through their laboratories to encourage people to run for office.
  • Contact the Membership Secretary to confirm the nominee is a full member.
  • Contact the Membership Secretary and the Editorial Secretary to publicize the “Call for Nominations.”


Publications Committee

Members:
Greg Matheson (chair)
John Houde
Duties:
  • minimum 2 year term (chaired by Editorial Secretary)
  • Interface with the publisher of the CAC News.
  • Communicate with other journals and the media.
  • See Editorial Secretary duties.


Seminar Planning Committee

Members:
Pennie Laferty (Co-chair)
Jeanne Redeman (Co-chair)
Eucen Fu
Treasurer (ex-officio member)
Most recent past seminar chair (rotating member)
Next four (4) seminar chairs (rotating members)
Duties:
  • Chairperson has no defined term minimum.
  • Set up regular meetings after every seminar.
  • Provide guidance/suggestions and communications to future chairs.
  • Review hotel contracts.
  • Review preliminary budget reports from upcoming seminars.
  • Write quarterly reports to the Board of Directors summarizing the committee's activities.
  • Update seminar planning guide on CAC website as needed.


Training and Resources Committee

Members:
Chris Coleman (chair)
Adam Dutra
Connie Milton
Liz Thompson
Annette Kiewietdejonge
Veronica Chiquillo
Joseph Cavaleri
Duties:
  • No defined term minimum.
  • Maintenance of CAC Seminar Abstracts.
  • Maintenance of Training Video Library.
  • Determine training needs of CAC via surveys or other means.
  • Review training requests and prioritize the proposals for funding from the Endowment fund.
  • Coordinate with the agency hosting Endowment funded training to ensure that the training meets CAC's needs.
  • Send a CAC representative to the CCI Advisory Board meetings.


Additional Non-committee Jobs

UC Davis Scholarship Representative: Ann Murphy
Duties:
Sits in on UC Davis’ review of potential Forensic Science students they deem qualified to receive money from endowment and is able to offer input on selections.

Treasurer’s Assistant: Laura Silva
Duties:
Aids Treasurer primarily in the collection of membership dues. Other duties can be assigned to this person if it is mutually agreed upon by the Treasurer’s Assistant and the Treasurer.

Webmasters: Mark Traughber and Eric Halsing
Duties:

  • Work directly under the current CAC Editorial Secretary.
  • Maintain CAC web site:
    • Post and remove files and links as necessary.
    • Work closely with study group and seminar organizers.
    • Upgrade site as needed.
    • Communicate with web host company as necessary.
    • Consult with Editorial Secretary and John Houde for content direction and advice.
    • The webmaster often represents the CAC as he/she interacts with members of the public and/or members of similar organizations. The webmaster should always do so in a timely, friendly, and professional manner.