BASPAG Leadership and Subgroups
Leadership
The BASPAG Executive Committee shall be composed of the Chairperson (Chair), a Chairperson-Elect (Chair-Elect), and Executive Secretary. Description of duties listed:
Chair : The BASPAG Chair facilitates, organizes, and maintains order in meetings of the Group and meetings of the Executive Committee. The Chair is expected to attend the HS-PAC meetings and serve as the BASPAG liaison to the HS-PAC. The Chair may choose to delegate another Executive Committee member to participate as BASPAG liaison to any internal or external professional advisory group or committee. The Chair shall cast a vote only in the event of a tie within the Group. The Chair shall appoint replacement Officers to fill vacancies within the Voting Membership.
Chair-Elect : The role of the Chair –Elect includes serving as Chair in his/her absent, and serving as the official liaison to professional advisory groups and/or committees and other groups as assigned by the Chair. The Chair - Elect shall vote for motions and other decisions presented to the group. In the absence of the Chair, the Chair-Elect shall exercise all the rights, including voting, and responsibilities that are granted to the Chair by the BASPAG Bylaws.
Secretary : The responsibilities of the Secretary include: informing the BASPAG membership (via listserv or email) of physical meeting locations and conference line information, establishment of an agenda in collaboration with the Chair and distribution of the agenda to members, preparation and distribution of minutes , and maintenance of reports, attendance, and official documents.
Subgroups
Awards
Administer BASPAG junior and senior officer of the year award and disseminate HS PAC/USPHS award nominations, to their membership. The Awards committee provides information to BASPAG members on PHS and non-PHS awards that Officers are eligible to apply for and provide advice on the PHS Awards process.
Administrative Management
Annually review/update the Uniform PAG Bylaw and SOP, solicit for new PAG members, manage the voting member nomination/selection process, and maintain the BASPAG Listserv and official membership roster.
Communications
Collaborate with the HS PAC Communication Subcommittee to communicate all HS PAC and PHS information and directly disseminate discipline-specific information to BASPAG. Maintain and update BASPAG website and responsible for developing BASPAG annual calendar of events for PAC calendar. The subgroup is responsible for developing quarterly electronic BASPAG newsletters and any other electronic media and/or marketing material as advised by the BASPAG Chair.
Data Evaluation
Responsible for working with the HITPAG and PAC Data Analytic subcommittee to develop, disseminate, and analyze the surveys and other data from BASPAG and provide a supportive and/or content expertise to the PAC Data Analytic subcommittee.
Stakeholder & Community Engagement
Manage activities within the communities. Manage relationships with the professional organizations and presentations at secondary schools and share community and stakeholder engagement lessons learned for other PAGs.
Technical Readiness
Determine what BASPAG knowledge and skills an officer needs in order to successfully deploy based on their qualifying degree or discipline. Serve as primary source of BASPAG information and training on response and deployment roles for the PAG, HS PAC and CC and disseminate information to the BASPAG on critical RedDOG readiness policies and information through the HS PAC Readiness Subcommittee and PAG/HS PAC Communication Subcommittees.
Training, Education and Mentorship
Provide BASPAG specific continuing education and trainings to include the use of outside speakers, collaborate with the mentoring subgroup to BASPAG-specific mentors and provide a supportive mentoring role to select a mentor based on several factors such as agency, gender, rank, discipline, geographic location, etc. as part of the broader HSPAC mentoring program.
