The ATA Chronicle - May/June 2021 - 4

FROM THE PRESIDENT

The Vital Work of
ATA Committees

I
TED R. WOZNIAK
president@atanet.org

f ATA divisions are our
members' " home within
a home " -the place they

task is completed and a final

video meetings), but driven

report is issued.

some committees to take on

Five of the 18 committees

go to be with other " family

are mandated by ATA's

members " who work in the

Bylaws: the Executive,

same fields and language

Finance and Audit,

pairs-then ATA committees
could be considered their
" offices " -the place they go
to work on behalf of ATA.
ATA has 18 standing
committees with 163
member volunteers who
work on a wide range
of issues of importance
to the Association and
its members. Standing
committees are
" permanent " because
they have indefinite
lives. In contrast, special

Ethics, Membership, and
Nominating and Leadership

new tasks.
Here's a brief recap of
some of the vital work
done by just a few of
ATA's committees.

Development Committees.
As is evident from their
names, these committees
are responsible for issues
that are common to
most associations.
As can be expected in
an association of ATA's
size and scope, the vitality
and activity of specific
committees can ebb and flow
over time due to internal
and external changes. The
pandemic has undoubtedly

committees are temporary

been one such change. It

in nature and automatically

has not only changed how

cease to exist when their

committees work (e.g., online

The Business Practices Education
Committee attracted over

200 registrants
and 100 live
participants
during its first virtual
Brainstorm Networking
meeting on March 31!
Certification: One significant
example of a pandemicdriven change is the
Certification Committee's
initiative to provide online
remote certification exams,
which will have a major and
permanent impact on the
Association. The committee
is currently testing a remote
delivery system and hopes
to conduct its first remote
exam sitting before the end
of the year. If successful,
this will greatly expand the
availability of certification
exams as candidates will no
longer have to travel and
incur additional expenses to
take the exam.

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