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How to Join a Committee

Committees, subcommittees, and Workgroups (hereafter ‘committees’) are a major part of NCIL’s organizational structure and are a voluntary way for NCIL members to provide input into NCIL advocacy, operations, and programs. To be eligible to serve on a committee, one must be a paid individual member or an associate member of a paid member organization. An associate member is a staff or board member at an organization with a current NCIL membership. 

To join a committee, you must be logged into the member center and submit an application. Please note that some committees do have participant limits or selection criteria. 

Join a Committee through the Member Center: 

First, review the committee descriptions. Then:

  1. Log In
  2. Sign in with your username and password. For help, contact ncil@ncil.org.
  3. Scroll down the page until you see a group of tiles.
  4. Click ‘Access & Join Committees’ to join a committee of choice.
  5. Select Join Group. Your request will go to NCIL staff for approval. 
  6. Once approved, you will receive a notification via email to be able to access the group in the member center.

To Access a Committee You Have Joined:

  1. After signing in to the member center, scroll down the page until you see a group of tiles.
  2. Click “Access & Join Committees” to view the joined committee(s).

To view the calendar, discussions, documents, and members:

  1. Click the committee you are affiliated with.
  2. Click the icon that looks like three horizontal lines. You will then be able to view calendar, discussions, documents, and committee members.

View Calendar:

  1. Click group calendar to view meeting dates, reminders, etc.

Group Discussions:

  1. Click on start a new discussion. 
  2. Enter content for the title and your discussion comments.
  3. Add a document if one is associated with the discussion.
  4. Click “Add New Discussion” to submit.
  5. Members can reply to discussions by clicking the title of choice and then “reply to this”.

View Group Documents:

  1. Click Group Documents.
  2. Select the magnifying glass to search for documents, or select the document network symbol for a list of documents.

View Committee Members:

  1. Click Group Members 

To Manage Notifications by Email:

  1. Click Manage My Options.
  2. Check or uncheck discussion notification emails.
  3. If checked, select email schedule: daily, weekly, or monthly.
  4. Do not display me in members of this group is to hide yourself from the group.
  5. Click update to approve.

Remove Yourself from a Committee

  1. You can remove yourself from the group by selecting withdraw from the group.