Approved 6/04/02

1. All committees will be created at the pleasure of voting members or the executive committee.
   
   
2. After the formation of the initial committee, the executive committee must approve any additional committee members before they can be allowed to vote on committee issues.
   
   
3. The executive committee and/or membership will establish a charge for each appointed committee. If the committee wants to make a change in this initial charge, they must come back to the full membership for approval.
   
   
4. Regular reports of committee action and progress must be provided to Food Producers. Until the time that Food Producers has taken an official position on the committee’s action, no report can be published, presented or distributed unless approved and/or directed by Food Producers membership/executive committee. No reports in the name of Food Producers should be shared with anyone outside the corporation until final approval has been given by the membership.
   
   
5. There needs to be clear definition of the role and responsibility of the committee for the chairman and the Food Producer staff member at the time that committee is established.
   
   
6. If possible, each committee established will be given a time frame for activities related to completion of the assigned task.
   
   
7. The chairman of each committee must be a designated representative from an organizational member.
   
   
8. Any expenditure for committee activity must be approved in advance by the executive director in accordance with the budget previously approved by the members.