New Mexico State Association of Parliamentarians
Welcome to theNMSAP website!
NMSAP Convention March 30-31, 2012
Check the LaRegla for details!
February 2012 LaRegla Call to Convention
Smart Meetings 2012
Smart Meetings 2012, Saturday, March 31
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM, MCM Elegante Hotel, was attended by 20 NMSAP members and 24 interested persons from the Albuquerque community and Las Vegas, NM.
Dora BPA Parliamentary Team, 2nd place at the 2011 National Leadership Conference Competition, presented at Albuquerque Parliamentarian Unit Meeting
The meeting was scheduled for Monday, November 28, 2011 at the UNM Law School, Room 2405, at 7:00 PM. The public was invited to the educational program during the first hour. The team presented a sample meeting using 10 parliamentary procedures.
Congratulations to James Smart, LaPuebla, NM, the newest NMSAP member!
James has attended the Santa Fe Parliamentary Unit meetings because he is involved in his local rural water association. He serves as secretary of the Santa Unit.
Congratulations to Jessie Bass, Carlsbad SkillsUSA, 2011 student member of NMSAP Jessie took the NAP Membership Exam and became a member in August; his membership will not expire until December, 2012!
Congratulations to Adam Hathaway, the newest New Mexico PRP!! Adam successfully completed the NAP Professional Qualification Course in Houston in late June!!!
Congratulations to Katie Bickley, a new 2011 student NMSAP member!
Katie was on the Dora,NM parliamentary team of the Business Professionals of America (BPA) youth organization and took the NAP membership test while attending the National Leadership Conference of BPA in Washington, DC in May, 2011. She passed the test! Katie served as president of the team for the competition; the team placed 2nd in the nation!!!!
Congratulations to Katie, to the team, and to the adviser (Colleen Tollett)! We hope that other team members will take the NAP membership test online.
NMSAP was organized and chartered in July, 1965. The mission of the Association is to promote the following purposes of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PARLIAMENTARIANS®.
- to study, teach, promote, and disseminate the philosophy and principles underlying the rules of deliberative assemblies.
- to further the growing interest in parliamentary rules in both public and private schools.
- to bring into closer cooperation the parliamentarians throughout the world.
Members
The members live in all areas of New Mexico and come from varied backgrounds; they participate in a wide range of local, state, and national organizations. Each has come to have a sincere interest in gaining knowledge of rules and procedures that can help to make for effective and productive meetings.
All members of the New Mexico State Association of Parliamentarians are also members of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PARLIAMENTARIANS®. Each can also be a member of one or more of the local Units or, if they live great distances from the location of Units, they are Members-at-Large.
Membership in a local Unit gives each the opportunity to meet regularly with others to increase their knowledge of specific rules and procedures.
NMSAP Meetings
The NMSAP Board of Directors holds a meeting each fall to begin plans for the Annual Meeting. The Board holds another meeting preceding the Annual Meeting.
The Annual Convention is held in March or April. A public seminar is offered the second day of the Annual Convention.
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Dora BPA Parliamentary team Members are (left to right) Averi Skelley, Ashley Kanmore, Katie Bickley, Arlem Villegas, Ashley Butler, and Aubrey Butler.
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Albuquerque Parliamentarian Unit members Adam Hathaway, PRP, Marsha Thole, and Carolyn Brown judge 2012 FCCLA Parliamentary Competition
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2011 FCCLA Parliamentary Team in Competition |
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Daniel Ivey-Soto, PRP, NMSAP President, served on the 2009-2011 NAP Bylaws Committee and presented at the 2011 NAP District 6 Meeting in New Orleans |
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