As a volunteer organization, NSP is no more and no less than its membership. NSP benefits from having active members who collaborate through Teams to address areas of collective interest. Our “Teams” are groups of three or more members who meet regularly to achieve an agreed NSP member goal. New teams are created whenever three or more members create the team. Our teams choose all of our NSP actions and events, and our members are encouraged (but not required) to support these actions and events. Since our members choose our actions and events our members tend to show up in support of our actions and events. Check our Team pages and events to learn more! [Note: add links to the corresponding pages]. 

The NSP Organizing Team (OT) consists of four members who are elected to term-limited positions (lead organizer, assistant lead organizer, secretary, and treasurer), representatives from all active teams, and at-large representatives. The OT serves NSP by performing tasks such as coordinating logistics, facilitating general membership meetings, managing the NSP social media platforms, renting meeting space or ensuring the availability of a suitable online meeting platform, tracking donations, serving as a point of contact for other organizations, and other tasks that will support the work of our general membership and the member-set agenda. The OT strives to create open, safe communication venues, both in person and online, to hear members’ needs and priorities and be guided by them. The OT meets monthly and reports back to the membership after each meeting. OT meetings are open to all members.”