STANDING RULES

Conferences
Florida TSA shall have two Student Leadership Development Conferences. A Leadership Training Conference in October and a State Conference in April.

Meetings Board of Directors
Florida TSA Board of Directors shall have three planning meetings. One prior to the October Leadership Conference, one during the period between December and February and one to plan the upcoming year, in May. Additional meetings shall be scheduled to conduct business at the yearly Florida Association for Career and Technical Education and Florida Technology Education Association Conferences.

Meetings State Officers
Florida TSA shall provide State Officers with two meetings for the purpose of planning student activities for Conferences. One prior to October and one prior to the April Conferences.

Florida TSA shall provide travel reimbursement for State Officers to attend State Officer Meetings.

Publication
Florida TSA shall provide a student newsletter to be published three times a year as determined by the Student Leadership & Board of Directors, with provision for one copy to each member and two for each Registered Chapter, 30 per Group Chapter.

Florida TSA shall provide at the discretion of Florida TSA Board of Directors Chairperson an Advisors Update Newsletter three times a year to provide communication between the Board of Directors and the Adult Chapter Advisors.

Level III and IV Competition
Florida TSA shall operate and support a Level III and IV Competition to meet the needs of special needs students.

National Conference Travel
1. Florida TSA shall provide $200.00 (1/01) for travel for each State Officer to attend the TSA National Conference.

2. Florida TSA shall provide travel expenses for State Officers to attend the National Leadership Development Conference in the maximum amount of $3000.00 as per the State Officer Candidate application policy (5/02).

Travel Reimbursement for Board of Directors
Florida TSA shall, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, reimburse for travel to attend scheduled Board of Directors Meetings to include mileage, hotel accommodations and meals at the current state rate. If a board member chooses not to travel via car pool, that member will only receive one half of the mileage rate. (9/99)

Materials
Florida TSA shall provide instructional materials for Student Leadership Conferences as directed by the Board of Directors.

Professional Development
Florida TSA shall provide a Professional Development Workshop for Adult Advisors during the FTEA State Conference to provide training for Advisors, Prospective Advisory and to provide the Goals of TSA in Technology Education.

Conference Site Determination
Florida TSA shall select conference site locations to provide a rotation of conference sites throughout the State to meet the membership patterns as determined by the Board of Directors.

Keynote Speakers
Florida TSA shall provide expenses to obtain a Keynote Speaker for Student Leadership Conferences to include, but not be limited to, Speaker's fee, travel and room/per diem allocations.

Scholarships
Florida TSA shall provide Student Scholarship designated as The Ralph Steeb Scholarship in the amount of up to $1,000.00 (1/04) per student, per year. One dollar ($1.00) of each paid registration for the annual state Leadership Training Workshop and State Conference will be transferred to this fund (1/94).

Florida TSA shall provide a Student Scholarship designated as The Frank Zeitler Future Educator Scholarship in the amount of up to $1,000.00 (1/04) per student, per year. One dollar ($1.00) of each paid registration for the annual State Leadership Training Workshop and State Conference will be transferred to this fund (01/03).

Alumni
Florida TSA shall provide the Florida TSA Alumni Association with complimentary conference registration, hotel accommodations and benefits to attend State Leadership Conferences, to provide services to Florida TSA as directed by the Board of Directors.

State Pins (5/93)
Florida TSA shall design and purchase state pins to be sold annually at the state conference.

Affiliation Packets (5/93)
Florida TSA will mail affiliation packets to schools for two years past the last affiliation year of each school.

Honor Society (1/94)
Florida TSA shall present at the State Conference, sashes to all qualified Honor Society recipients.

President Elect. (5/95)
Florida TSA shall provide travel reimbursement for the student president elect to attend the May board meeting.

National Officer Candidate Committee (9/95)
The Chairman of the Board of Florida TSA shall appoint a committee of four (4) to review National Officer Candidate Applications. This committee shall include the State Program Director as appointed by FL DOE.

Registration Refund (1/97)
Florida TSA will not refund conference registration fees.

Motions From Ex-Officio Members (1/97)
The State Program Director as appointed by FL DOE is permitted to make motions during Board meetings.

Code of Conduct Policy (5/97)
Florida TSA shall develop and enforce a Code of Conduct and Affiliation policy.

Non-Conference Hotel Policy (5/98)
Any chapter that attends the Leadership Training Workshop or State Conference, but chooses not to stay at the conference hotel, will be required to pay a fee of $25.00 per attendee.

Competitive Event Ties (5/98)
If there is a tie in competitive events, all place trophies will be awarded, and duplicate place trophies will be awarded.

Recognition Awards (1/01)
Florida TSA shall annually present recognition awards at the annual State Conference. These awards will be aligned with the recognition awards presented by National TSA.

Level 3 & 4 Plaques (5/02)
Florida TSA shall present at the State Conference a plaque to one school showing an increase in Level III involvement and one school showing an increase in Level IV involvement.

State Officers Conference Registration (01/03)
Registration fees will be waived for current State Officers for the Florida TSA sponsored annual conferences.

Voting Conflict of Interest (05/04)
Tom Cummings and Roger Barnhart will abstain from any Board of Directors’ vote pertaining to the compensation or contract for Cindy Barnhart.

Board of Directors Attendance (01/06)
Board member attendance at all meetings and conferences in their entirety is required.  Missing more than two days of board activities in a fiscal year may result in removal from the board, subject to the approval of the current Board Selection Committee.