• Travel - yes, required to attend the Annual Conference and maybe called upon to visit bid sites for future conferences
• Programming - no
• Communication by phone, mail, fax, E-mail or on-site meetings

PURPOSE:
To invite Association member institutions to host the annual conference. Bids will be made for two years in advance, alternating between North and South, with Fresno and San Luis Obispo acting as North and South "swing" institutions. Additionally, sites East and West include Hawaii and Nevada

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for the solicitation and dissemination of bid information to the Association member institutions interested in hosting the Annual Conference two or more years in the future

• Lead the committee in soliciting bids from member institutions and coordinate a presentation to the Time and Place and Executive Committees by the bidding institutions the day prior to the official opening of the Annual Conference. The Executive Committee will select the conference site and the Vice President and Time and Place Chair will make the announcement at the Annual Conference Business meeting

• Attend the bid presentations, traditionally held the day prior to the official start of the Annual Conference

• Conduct an annual interest survey throughout the Western region and submit their findings to the Vice President prior to the Winter Executive Committee Meeting (February)

• Inform committee members that it is expected that they attend the Annual Conference

• Submit an informative article or update per issue of the WACUHO WAVES newsletter

• Submit a brief abstract in January to the Program Committee Chair(s) for inclusion in the program notebook. Prepare and submit an annual report to the Vice President by May 1st which summarizes the committee's activity during the year.