1. Constituent League Annual Report
NLN Constituent League Leadership Committee Webinar Series

2. Presenter Elizabeth Reyna
Director, Membership and Recognition Programs
National League for Nursing
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3. Annual Report: Overview
Reports are due to NLN at the end of January each year
Shows the state of the League
Determines status of League each year

4. Purpose
Ensure Leagues are meeting the Affiliation Guidelines & Standards
Evaluate each League’s Strategic Plan
Assess the financial health of each League

5. Affiliation Guidelines & Standards
Promote the products and services of the NLN
Promote faculty development and quality nursing education at the state/local level
Serve as a monitor for public policy issues at the constituent level
Identify, recruit, engage, and develop members for constituent and national leadership
Develop alliances at the constituent level to advance quality nursing education
Serve as a channel of communication among the NLN and the league’s members
Guidelines:
Adopt national uniform bylaws
Implement Affiliation Standards
Implement a COI policy
Adopt financial policies
Conduct a year-end audit
Meet state and national tax filing requirements
Adopt lobbying guidelines
Adopt NLN communication standards
Submit annual report
Standards:

6. Requirements
Submit an Annual Report with the following supporting documents:
membership list
prior year proposed & actual budget, coming year proposed budget
strategic plan from past year with progress noted
current year strategic plan
list of elected officers and board of directors with terms

7. Annual Report Template Sections
Major Accomplishment
Next Year Events
Next Year Strategic Plan
State/Regional Public Policy
Budget
Last Year Events
Leadership Roster
Last Year Strategic Plan
Membership Roster
Purpose of template:
Ensures all Leagues provide the same information
Most explicitly states the required information

8. How the template fits in
Affiliation Guidelines:
Promote the products and services of the NLN
Major accomplishment, public policy, events, strategic plan
Promote faculty development and quality nursing education at the state/local level
Serve as a monitor for public policy issues at the constituent level
Public policy, events, strategic plan, major accomplishment
Identify, recruit, engage, and develop members for constituent and national leadership
Strategic plan, major accomplishment, leadership roster, membership roster, budget
Develop alliances at the constituent level to advance quality nursing education
Major accomplishment, public policy, events, budget
Serve as a channel of communication among the NLN and the league’s members
Major accomplishment, events, strategic plan I

9. 2018 Template Changes
Public Policy – last question split to 2 questions for clarity
Events – now ask to include related goal
Strategic Plan – broken out by goal with questions
Membership – sponsorship included

10. Constituent League Leadership Committee Webinar Series Schedule
Finance: Accounting, Budgeting, & Tax Reporting
February 2019
Membership Basics: Recruitment, Retention, & Engagement
May 2019

11. Q&A

12. Thank you!