Overall Responsibility 

• Work closely with chair stream to manage the assets of the Region in accordance with the regional operating procedures and national bylaws and standing rules.

• Act as an advisor on fiscal issues for conferences (including conference grants), events (i.e. Advocacy Day travel grants) and regional business in general.

• Prepare an annual budget and present it to the Regional Team for approval.

• Maintain appropriate financial records and prepare annual or quarterly reports to the Regional Chair and Team as specified in the regional operating procedures.

• Ensure that regional fundraising conform to the NAFSA Guidelines for Fundraising.
  Attends team meetings- both in person and via conference call and all national trainings.

• Carries out individual assignments made by the Regional chair.

• Make payments and issue reimbursements on behalf of the region to team members and outside constituents.

• Give financial report to the Regional Team/members at the following meetings/events:

  1. Region VIII Spring Team Meeting

  2. Region VIII Team meeting at the annual national conference

  3. Region VIII Update at the annual national conference

  4. Town Hall / business meeting at the Region VIII conference 

Overall Responsibility 

• Attend and participate in regional team meetings in the spring at the conference location (Spring Team Meeting), national conference, and pre-and post meetings at the regional conference.
• Serve as a responsible member of the regional team, keeping KC interests in mind.
• Maintain an ongoing file of KC activities: a resource/information file.
• Serve as a liaison between regional KCISSS-KC members and the KCISSS national team, stimulating a two-way flow of information.
• Participate in virtual discussions of national KC network(s).
• Disseminate information of interest to KCISSS members through articles in the regional newsletter and e-mails to individuals within the KCISSS in Region VIII.
• Serve as resource to KC constituents in the region; elicit feedback on issues.
• Coordinate appropriate KC portion of the regional conference program.
• Initiate special activities. Encourage integration of KC with other NAFSA
• KC’s through cross- KC programming.
  • Solicit proposals, identify and cultivate potential session chairs and topics.
  • Assist Workshop Coordinator with identifying Workshop facilitators.
  • Review and work with session chairs to ensure that session descriptions are clear and concise and reflect intended content.
• Chair/host a KC meeting at the regional conference.
• Sit in (at least briefly) on each of your KC’s sessions to get a feel for how they are going. Take notes, if appropriate for comment or future planning.
• Get a head count of attendees.
• Organize and read through Session Evaluation Forms for your KC’s sessions to nominate sessions for Regional Highlights at the national annual meeting.