Mission of SCUP Regions: The regions facilitate programmatic exchanges, people connections, and volunteer and leadership development at the grassroots level.

Role
The regional representatives shall be voting members of the SCUP Board of Directors and shall be responsible for communications with members in their regions, membership recruitment and retention, programming, and other society activities as determined by the board of directors.  Regional representatives are elected by members of their respective regions and serve for a single three-year term.

For SCUP’s regions to deliver a consistently broad range of programs and services to its members there are several functional areas that must be addressed by regional leadership in collaboration with SCUP staff:

• Interpret needs and content issues voiced by members.
• Develop and implement programs reflecting needed content.
• Provide opportunities for networking.
• Develop sponsorship strategies to help underwrite the cost of delivering needed programs and services.
• Provide opportunities for leadership succession that nurture potential leaders for both regional councils and the national board of directors.
• Discuss, interpret, and implement board of directors’ policies.
• Ensure opportunities for volunteer activity within regional membership.
• Ensure adequate representation from, and knowledge content for, members from academic, budget/resource, and facilities planning areas.