Standing Committees
CMAHC Standing Committees are created to develop and oversee solutions to long-term CMAHC needs related to the management and operational issues of the organization. The committee functions are long-term in nature so membership will be rotated as needed. Standing Committees always need a reserve of Members wishing to serve.
Annex Revision and Update
The Annex is one of the most popular parts about the MAHC. This Standing Committee spreads the work of updating the MAHC through the entire three-year update cycle.
Objectives
Objectives
- Expand and improve the science- and evidence-based language in the Annex that is key support for MAHC adoption and MAHC users.
- Review the MAHC Code and Annex to determine if existing Annex content needs updating and, where no Annex information is provided, if content is needed.
- Identify subject matter experts to update and/or write new Annex sections.
- Manage completion of Annex language by subject matter experts
Methods
1. Committee members with subject matter expertise to review the MAHC Code and respective Annex content.
2. Upon review, identify:
- MAHC sections that lack Annex information but need discussion/explanation;
- Annex discussion that exists but does not contain explanatory content; it only re-states a MAHC requirement.
- Mark for deletion if additional explanatory information is not necessary, or
- Identify content needed.
- Existing Annex information that needs additional explanation and/or updating.
3. Identify, work with, and manage subject matter experts delivering complete updates, revisions, and new content.
- CDC and CMAHC will explore ways to update the Annex during inter-conference periods to best support MAHC adoption needs and MAHC users.
4. Standing Committee work will continue through all inter-conference periods to more regularly update the Annex and reduce the impact of the short time between CMAHC conferences and CDC releasing the next MAHC edition.
Planned Outcomes
1. MAHC Annex to be updated during intra-conference periods.
MAHC/ISPSC Consistency
Objectives and Outcomes
- Identify design criteria inconsistencies between the MAHC and the ISPSC, evaluate the most appropriate science/data-based information, and make recommendations for revisions to the MAHC or ISPSC, as appropriate.
Methods
1. Committee members to identify inconsistencies between the ISPSC and the MAHC design standards.
2. For identified inconsistencies:
- Determine which code contains the most appropriate, technically accurate information, and/or the best elements from each code.
- Evaluate science, best practice and potential for performance-based criteria for item.
- Make recommendations for revisions to either the MAHC, ISPSC, or both so the most appropriate, technically accurate information is included.
- Include necessary, supporting information, as specified by the respective organization's code update process.
- Identify individual(s) to prepare, submit and advocate for the proposed code update using the respective code(s) process.
3. Publish alternate viewpoints and rationale whenever decisions are not unanimous, this may include alternate viewpoints considered, but not accepted.
4. Standing Committee work will continue through all inter-conference periods to be able to regularly identify inconsistencies
Vote on the Code - Triennial Conference Organization
Assists with planning the next triennial conference and developing a Standard Operating Procedure to assist future conference organizers. Planning could include: obtaining estimates for breaks/food; identifying facilitators and creating guidance documents for various conference activities including caucus sessions; seeking sponsors for food, livestreaming; etc. Develops a member evaluation form and conducts post-conference evaluation for reporting back to the Executive Director.
Codes and Standards
1. Ensures that the MAHC references the latest versions of appropriate existing standards in both the Code and Annex (e.g., plumbing code, NEC, ANSI, fire code, etc.) rather than re-creating them.
2. Identifies discrepancies with other codes and works to include the most appropriate information or advise other codes on needed components or updates they might consider.
2. Identifies discrepancies with other codes and works to include the most appropriate information or advise other codes on needed components or updates they might consider.
Financial Sustainability
1. Develops a CMAHC business model with the CMAHC Executive Director, Board of Directors, and other partners.
2. Articulates the business reasons for supporting the CMAHC, why it is an advantage from a leadership, public health, aquatics sector, and business standpoint,
3. Engages membership and potential sponsors and promotes sponsorship in 2017 and renewal of current sponsors for the 2018/19 cycle
4. Explores other business models and revenue streams that can help the CMAHC grow and be financially sustainable.
2. Articulates the business reasons for supporting the CMAHC, why it is an advantage from a leadership, public health, aquatics sector, and business standpoint,
3. Engages membership and potential sponsors and promotes sponsorship in 2017 and renewal of current sponsors for the 2018/19 cycle
4. Explores other business models and revenue streams that can help the CMAHC grow and be financially sustainable.
Industry, Public Health, and Consumer Support, Education, and Advocacy
Focuses on new and innovative ways of educating key constituencies about the importance of the MAHC and the key role the CMAHC plays in keeping the MAHC updated and useful.
NOTE: Each group could be a sub-group or stand-alone as needed.
NOTE: Each group could be a sub-group or stand-alone as needed.
Industry Support
1. Tasked with engaging the aquatics sector to speak with Health Departments about using the MAHC and lending support for health department efforts.
2. Focuses on messaging and helps recruit local aquatics sector assistance for health departments considering use of the MAHC
3. Mobilizes knowledgeable local industry members to attend and speak about the MAHC at public meetings as needed.
2. Focuses on messaging and helps recruit local aquatics sector assistance for health departments considering use of the MAHC
3. Mobilizes knowledgeable local industry members to attend and speak about the MAHC at public meetings as needed.
Membership
1. Develops new and innovative plans for signing up new members across all membership categories
2. Develop new plans/guidance for engaging current CMAHC members.
2. Develop new plans/guidance for engaging current CMAHC members.
New Technology
1. Identifies new innovations and emerging technology, aquatics features, water and air treatments, designs, and devices (city slides, climbing wall, etc.), etc. that are not currently addressed in the MAHC
2. Identifies experts to develop design criteria and/or performance-based operational criteria for these new innovations and technologies that keeps the MAHC up to date with the latest innovations.
2. Identifies experts to develop design criteria and/or performance-based operational criteria for these new innovations and technologies that keeps the MAHC up to date with the latest innovations.