Committee Leadership Handbook

This Handbook is designed to help Committee Chairs, Co-Chairs, Vice-Chairs and Co-Vice-Chairs navigate their leadership terms.  It was created with input from the AIPLA Board of Directors, past Committee Leadership and AIPLA Staff.  The information contained in this section is updated regularly by AIPLA Staff. 

*Click here to see Committee FAQs**

1.  Association Leadership

a.  AIPLA Board of Directors List
b. AIPLA Committee Leadership List

2. Headquarters Staff Contact Information (click here)

3. Guidelines for Being a Good Committee Chair

a. Committee Best Practices Outline
b. Timeline for Obtaining CLE Credit for Committee Educational Sessions
c. Tips for Committee Voting and Obtaining a Quorum

4. Formatting Resolutions for Presentation to the Board of Directors (click here)

5. Committee Reports Guidelines for the AIPLA Bulletin (click here)

6. Past Action Manual (click here)

7. AIPLA Strategic Plan (click here)

8. Website

a. Webpage Guidelines
b. Maintaining and Updating Committee Microsites
c. Committee Microsite Manual
d. Social Networking Platforms Terms of Service (Wiki's, Blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.)

9. Networking & Collegiality

a. Mentoring Guidelines
b. Finding Your Worker Bees: The TSC Liaison Program
c. Get Involved flyers

10. Advocacy

a. Fostering Advocacy at the Committee Level
b. Distinction Between Active Voting and Information Only Committee Membership
c. Procedure to Identify Issues for Legislative Initiatives

11. Educational Programming: Committee Involvement

a. Road Show Kit*
b. Stated Meeting Kit*
c. Committee Educational Sessions (CLE)

12. Policies and Procedures for Requesting USPTO Speakers (click here)

Additional Items:

AIPLA Articles of Incorporation

AIPLA By-Laws

Committee Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (click here)

*These items are not available to download online.  To obtain either the Road Show or Stated Meeting Kits, contact meetings@aipla.org.