Each committee has one or more staff members who serve as liaisons and perform a variety of tasks, including:
- Contacting individuals to offer them committee appointments
- Providing orientation for each new committee member and chair about their responsibilities and work schedule. This may include a committee manual (in print or electronic form), and will include a committee roster, access information for the committee listserv and private-access Web site (where appropriate), minutes of previous committee meetings, background on recent committee activities, information about key people with whom the committee or chair is likely to interact.
- Developing and maintaining committee descriptions, procedural information, and minutes and activity reports for committees on the EDUCAUSE intranet, as well as updating committee information in the EDUCAUSE committee management database
- Working with the chairs of the committees to ensure that committee responsibilities are fulfilled and meeting agendas are set
- Providing administrative assistance to the chair in setting up and conducting meetings
- Facilitating communications between committees and EDUCAUSE management