WHAT IS AND WHO’S WHO IN THE NCAC

The Neskowin Citizen Advisory Committee is an advisory body to local, state and federal government agencies and citizens. The NCAC is an all volunteer organization dedicated to promoting communications between the citizens and government bodies on land use and other relevant community issues.

Executive Board members, subcommittees and task force roles:

Chairperson: Nancy Vandell

  • Conducts NCAC membership and Executive Board meetings

  • Be the official spokesperson of the NCAC

  • Coordinates officers' actions

  • Selects representatives to attend meetings and hearings

  • Coordinate activities of subcommittees and task forces

  • Sets the meeting agenda items

  • Respond to NCAC email questions and comments (see Policy 18 and Reference 1)

  • Be an authorized signer on the bank account and assist the treasurer as requested.

Vice-Chair:  Alex Clark

  • Serve as chair in the Chairperson’s absence

  • Assist the Chairperson and the other officers as needed

  • Chair the Monitoring Task Force

  • Plan speakers and/or programs for Membership meetings

  • Work with the Outreach and Communications Task Forces to promote the NCAC through communicating programs and speakers

Treasurer:  Chris Silkowski ncac1treasurer@gmail.com

  • Coordinate with other officers the preparation of the next fiscal year’s budget for approval by the membership at the annual membership meeting in June

  • Receives and deposits funds of the NCAC in a timely manner

  • Pay for approved expenditures in a timely manner

  • Prepare and present a written treasurer’s report at regular membership meetings

  • Prepare an annual financial report to the membership that includes gross receipts an disbursements for the year at the annual membership meeting

  • If required by the Executive Board, ensure that financial records are audited by a volunteer selected by the Executive Board at the end of each fiscal year

Secretary:  Candice Miller ncac1secretary@gmail.com

  • Ensure that the minutes of membership and Executive Board meetings are recorded

  • Ensure the maintenance of records of the NCAC as described in the PP&Rs:

    • NCAC membership list

    • Minutes of all NCAC meetings

    • Financial Reports

    • General history of the NCAC

    • NCAC By-Laws

    • Any other related public documents

    • List of all subcommittees and subcommittee members

    • List of all task forces and task force members

  • Hold ultimate responsibility for NCAC communications, but delegates communications tasks to the Communications Task Force

Parliamentarian:  Michael Beachley

  • Has parliamentary experience acceptable to the membership

  • Serves as the advisor and counsel to the Chairperson on issues of policy and procedure, and application of the Bylaws

  • May facilitate discussions of ethical issues with officers and members

  • Advice from the Parliamentarian is not binding

  • Remains neutral on all issues before the membership

  • Relinquishes position before making any motion or entering into debate on any motion

Bylaws Subcommittee: Wyatt Angelo (Chair) ncacbylaws@gmail.com

  • Responsible for reviewing the NCAC Bylaws and recommending changes suggested by the officers, members and/or the subcommittee members themselves

  • Review the NCAC Bylaws annually and prepare reports to the NCAC membership with recommended actions to be taken, when appropriate

  • Responsible for the maintenance of the PP&R. Updates to the PP&R shall be recommended by the Bylaws Subcommittee and approved by the membership.

Communication Task Force

The purpose of the Communications Task Force is to assist the Secretary with the communications and information technology needs of the NCAC as outlined in the PP&R.

Outreach Task Force: Susan Schomburg (Chair)

Reports to the Executive Board and have the following specific tasks:

  • Recruit applicants for offices, subcommittees and task forces

  • Perform outreach to the Neskowin community to increase:

    • Membership in NCAC

    • Community awareness of the role of NCAC

Monitoring Task Force: Alex Clark (Chair)

  • Shall proactively seek information from local, county, state and federal governmental agencies that might impact the area served by the NCAC. Examples include water, sanitary, and parks.

  • Shall maintain and verify all information in the Contact List in the Reference Section of the PP&R.

All duties and descriptions for all positions and task forces can be found in PP&R (Reference 5 & 6).


If you have any questions please see the FAQ page or if you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to contact the NCAC Officers at info@neskowincac.org