INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
    The Information Technology Committee shall normally consist of four active members, and the NASSH web master.
     
  OPERATING CODES
  I. Purpose
   
  1. To oversee the design and maintenance of the NASSH website
  2. To make recommendations to the NASSH Council regarding the uses of technology, computing and media for the purposes of disseminating research and information about sport history
  II. Structure
   
  1. The Information Technology Committee shall consist of four active members of NASSH and the web master.
    1. The editor of the NASSH Directory of Scholars
    2. The editor of the NASSH Proceedings
    3. The NASSH web master
    4. Two people appointed by the President
  2. Appointed members of the Committee shall serve for two years, with the elected and appointed positions to be staggered to provide continuity.
  3. The Chair, elected from among members of the Committee, shall be chosen for the next year during the Committee's annual meeting on the day before the NASSH Convention.
  III. Duties of the Committee
   
  1. To oversee the design, content, and ongoing development of the NASSH official website (NASSH.ORG).
  2. To liaise with the web master, Publications Board through the Proceedings Editor, and with the Secretary Treasurer regarding material to be placed on the website.
  3. To recommend policies regarding the promotion of, and encouragement for, the use of technology for NASSH for the purposes of disseminating research and information about the organization and about sport history.
  4. To recommend to the NASSH Council, two names in order of preference, for the position of NASSH web master, following the procedure outlined in item VII A below.
  5. To oversee the activities of the NASSH web master and ensure that information about NASSH and its officers, publications, annual conference, membership, news, etc. are posted, current, and that the site be created and maintained in a user-friendly manner
  IV. Responsibilities of the Chair
   
  1. To arranging the agenda for Committee meetings
  2. To make full and accurate accounts of significant correspondence and actions taken by the Committee.
  3. To prepare and present the annual report to the meetings of the NASSH Council and Annual Business Meeting.
  4. To advertise and oversee the appointment of the NASSH web master and to supervise the work done to the NASSH website.
  V. Meetings
   
  1. The Committee shall meet on the day preceding the Opening Sessions at the Annual Convention.
  2. The Chair shall attend the NASSH Council meeting following the Committee meeting, on the day before the opening of the Annual Convention.
  VI. Reports
   
  1. The Chair shall present an annual report to the NASSH Council and Annual Business Meeting
  VII. Policies
   
  1. Appointments
    1. Web master
      1. The hiring of the web master for a renewable two-year term corresponding with NASSH elections shall be recommended by the IT Committee to the NASSH Council after a thorough search process has been made.
      2. When open, the position shall be announced at the NASSH Annual Business Meeting, in the NASSH Newsletter, and on the NASSH website.
      3. The desired qualifications of the web master shall include: NASSH membership; evidence of website construction and maintenance; and the willingness to update information on the site on a monthly basis