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of Delegates
Purpose
The Council of Delegates (COD) held its first meeting in December, 1992 as the result of a national ARVC strategic planning process that began in 1991 and was completed in April, 1992. The first meeting was called a "Convention of State Associations" and all state campground associations were invited to attend, regardless of the state relationship with the national association. The purpose of the Convention of States was to establish a body representing state associations within ARVC and to provide an opportunity for the states to directly establish the Council under their own terms.
Composition
The COD includes two representatives from each affiliated state association and one representative from each cooperating state association. The first delegate from any state association must be a campground operator; the second individual from an affiliated state may be the state executive director or another park operator. In addition, Delegates must be selected as part of an official state association action and cannot simply be appointed by any individual state leader.
Responsibilities of the COD
- To evaluate the operations of the National Association
- To publish an annual report on its evaluation and the state of the association
- To review and recommend the association annual core program
- To establish criteria for affiliated and co-operating state associations
- To enhance the lines of communications between the state and national association and to promote a true spirit of cooperation and partnership
- To provide a formal opportunity and mechanism for all state associations to play a direct role in our national association's decision making process
- To provide resolutions and recommendations to the national association's Board of Directors for its evaluation and incorporation into the Board's decision making process
The Council elects a chairman, vice chairman and secretary who are responsible for providing necessary COD leadership.
Current leaders of the COD are:
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Chairman:
Karl Littman, CPO
Candy Hill Campground
165 Ward Ave.
Winchester, VA 22602
540/662-8010
540/327-6820 FAX
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Vice Chiar:
Jay Sporl, Sr, CPO
Seashore Campsites
720 Seashore Road
Cape May, NJ 08204
(609) 884-4010
(609) 884-1173 fax
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Secretary:
Janet Keen, CPO
Keen Lake Camping
155 Keen Lake Road
Waymart, PA 18472
(570) 488-6161
(570) 488-7077 FAX
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