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About Our Committees
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Permanent Committees:
Legislative Committee:
(most informative committee)
- Requires occasional travel to Austin State Capitol, usually at your
own expense, between January and May of each year.
- You can sit in on open legislative sessions.
- Influence the current issues that pertain to the food industry.
- Network with State Legislators and Senators.
Scholarship Committee:
(most rewarding committee)
- Requires travel at your own expense, to Texas Tech University in
Lubbock and/or Texas A&M in College Station. You may be asked to go to
one or the other university or both and always it is based on your
availability.
- Interview student applicants for Scholarships.
- Present the students with their scholarship at our annual meeting.
Scholarship Auction Committee:
(most fun and the hardest working committee)
- Organize the main event for the TFPA which is raising funds for
scholarships at our annual meeting.
- Organize and collect live and silent auction items.
- Work with our Auctioneer prior to the live auction.
- Downside: you will miss many of the speaker sessions during the
annual meeting as you prepare the auction.
- Upside: you get to yell and point at people during the live auction.
Membership Committee:
(most connected committee)
- Growing our membership by soliciting new members.
- Keeping members current with dues, contact information, etc.
- Serve as Hosts for the New Member Reception at annual meeting.
Ad Hock Committees:
Finance Committee: (most
serious committee)
- Oversees investment changes in the Scholarship and Operating funds.
- Communicates with our Investment Advisor.
- Recommends investment opportunities and changes as necessary.
- Makes sure all investments comply with our investment policy.
Associate Committee:
(most automatic committee)
- If you are an associate member, you automatically belong to this
committee.
- You have two board positions on the Board of Directors.
- You have a planning meeting at every TFPA annual meeting.
- Serves as a pool for potential speakers at our annual meeting.
Website Committee: (most
creative committee)
- Keeps TFPA website current, changing and informative.
- Posts legislative information.
- Keeps Calendar of events up-to-date.
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If you are a member or an associate member interested in being part of any
committee, please contact the committee Chair directly.
All numbers and e-mail addresses are listed in your current
Membership Directory.
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