Committees
2013 IHEA-USA Committee Rosters & Assignments
Nominations and Awards
Tim Lawhern, WI - Chair
Roy Griffith, CA
Mark Ostroski, DE
Jeff Hopkins, IL
Robert Ford, MD
Mike Hammer, MN
Marisa Futral, AL
Joe Huggins, AR
- Distribute nomination forms and criteria for officers of the board to members 90 days in advance of the annual conference. The Nominations Committee will collect all nominations from members at least forty-five (45) days in advance of the annual business meeting held at the annual conference. The Nominations Committee will submit the nominees to the Secretary of the Board for distribution to the members at least thirty (30) days in advance of the annual business meeting held at the annual conference.
- Re-evaluate the awards. The nomination form should reflect the award for which the nomination is being received instead of a generic form for all awards. A process should also be set up for the inclusion of future awards.
- Distribute award nomination forms and criteria to membership at least 120 days in advance of annual conference, solicit nominations for those awards, evaluate and rank completed nomination forms, submit recommendations to Executive Board for final votes/decisions no later than 45 days in advance of conference.
By-Laws and Resolutions
Melissa Neely, NY - Chair
Larry Morrison, IN
Wayde Cooperider, MT
Tim Coleman, WV
Carl Klein, WA
Jon King, WI
Walter Lane, GA
Travis Casper, NC
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Develop a list of recommended corrections and additions including the clarification of the membership fee structure and definition of administrator to clean-up the new IHEA-USA Bylaws.
- Seek further input from and communicate any proposed changes to membership in advance of the 2013 IHEA-USA conference for possible ratification and adoption at the 2013 IHEA-USA business meeting.
Standards and Evaluation
Thomas Baumeister, Chair
Kent Barrett, KS
Susan Langlois, MA
Mike Streeter, NE
Jason Kool, SD
Chris Saunders, VT
John Sturgis, LA
Dave Dodson, VA
- Review the current IHEA-USA Standards, solicit input from membership, and develop standards and delivery methods that maintain reciprocity between all member states.
- Explore ways to increase participant’s (student’s) access to states’ courses and provide recommendations to the Executive Director and Board to share with the subcommittee developed by the Council to Advance Hunting and Shooting Sports Participation to review Hunter Education Course accessibility issues.
- Incorporate "Best Practices" for delivery of hunter education programs into current core standards.
- Review and certify new and/or revised Hunter Education programs and curricula as submitted to IHEA-USA. Develop policy and specific guidelines for review of general public documents (books, visual media, etc) that would have the IHEA-USA endorsement.
Instructor Advisory Committee
John Sears, IA, Chair
John Roybal, CO
Carl Edmiston, AK
Louis Stithem, NE
Jose Gonzalez, NY
George Haas, MA
Roland, Ricky, FL
Wayne Davis, GA
- Explore opportunities to conduct multi-state Instructor Rendezvous/Academies.
- Develop training aids and list instructions on how to make training aids on our website.
- Provide list of additional training aids that the committee would like to see developed.
- Expand individual memberships. Increase the number of instructor memberships. Explore additional value added benefits and instructor discounts that IHEA-USA can provide.
- Provide list of potential committee project requests to board through committee chair for support and funding considerations.
Conference Planning
Steve Hall, Chair
Robert Ramirez, TX
Billy Downer, SC
Tony Legg, MO
Jeff Hopkins, IL
Assist IHEA staff in the planning, conducting, and wrap-up of the 2013 (San Antonio, TX) IHEA-USA Annual Conference and planning, conducting the 2014 (Charleston, SC) Conference.
Hunting Incident Investigation Academy
Allen Crouse, IA - Chair
Pam Steelman, FL
Keith Byers, GA
Steve Seitz, GA
Rod Slings, IA
Mike Van Durme, NY
Tim Lawhern, WI
Plan and conduct the 2012 Hunting Incident Investigation Academy in West Virginia. Finalize the Academy planning document. Select location and dates for 2013 Academy.
