What is the House of Society Delegates?

The House of Society Delegates (HSD), established in 1966, is the organizational body within the Society comprised of a delegate and alternate delegate from each state society, the chair and vice-chair of the National Student Congress, and the chair and vice-chair of HSD. HSD meets once a year for two days just prior to the SAF National Convention.

What are the Goals of HSD?

The HSD was established to serve as:

• a means for members (as represented by their delegates) to work in partnership with Council and national office staff on SAF and professional affairs, and to identify and forward forest policy issues for national office consideration;
• a channel of communication between state societies, National Student Assembly (NSA), Council, and national office staff;
• a forum for exchange and discussion of ideas and information to improve SAF and the forestry profession at the national, state, chapter, and student chapter levels.

What is the Role of the HSD Officers?

The HSD chair prepares the agenda for and moderates the annual meeting and conference calls, and keeps HSD recommendations updated. The chair also attends all Council meetings as a nonvoting participant. The HSD chair serves a one-year term.

The chair-elect serves as head of the nominating committee, assists the chair during conference calls, and assists with parliamentary procedure during the meeting. The chair-elect serves a one-year term then serves as HSD chair for one-year.

What Do Delegates Accomplish at an HSD Meeting?

At the HSD meeting, delegates:

• review and recommend priorities for the policies and programs of SAF, including new or proposed programs, and discuss the long-range goals of the Society;
• recommend to the Council proposals for making SAF more effective in carrying out its responsibilities to its members, the profession, and society;
• recommend to the Council an agenda of forest policy issues for national consideration;
• facilitate the exchange of information among state societies and with national office staff, Council, and national committees and task forces.

Who are the past chairs of HSD?

1966     William H. Larson 1967     William Rutherford, Jr. 1968     Benjamin B. Stout 1969     Ben M. Swendsen 1970     Paul W. Easterbrook 1971     T. W. Curtin 1972     Robert H. Clark 1973     Spencer T. Moore 1974     Curtis H. Bauer, Jr. 1975     Kenneth L. Delfino 1976     R. Rodney Foil 1977     David W. Molinaro 1978     Stanley E. Blinks 1979     A. Temple Bowen, Jr. 1980     Donald R. Theoe, CF 1981     William H. Banzhaf, CF 1982     Dennis C. LeMaster 1983     Malcolm R. Dick, Jr. 1984     Albert J. Childs, Jr. 1985     Thomas Ostermann 1986     J. Patrick McElroy

1987     John J. Vrablec 1988     Quentin P. Mack 1989     Robert A. Stine 1990     Kent P. Connaughton 1991     Zane J. Cornett 1992     Clark W. Seely, CF 1993     Steven D. Laursen 1994     Stephen D. Hobbs 1995     Tom L. Thompson 1996     Valerie A. Luzadis 1997     David A. Cleaves 1998     Timothy A. Kaden, CF 1999     Michael A. Virga, CF 2000     Stephanie A. Brown, CF 2001     Rod E. Brevig, CF 2002     Michael B. Lester, CF 2003     Gary Schneider, CF 2004     Nancy Peckman, CF 2005     Rod E. Brevig, CF/CFA 2006     Charles Lorenz, CF 2007     Craig Vollmer, CF 2008     Ken Jolly 2009     Gary Vander Wyst