Apply to serve on an FMA reference committee

FMA Staff

Eligible FMA House of Delegates (HOD) members who would like to serve on our 2026 reference committees are invited to submit applications. The deadline is 5 p.m. ET on May 15. 

Each reference committee is composed of at least five voting members of the HOD who are not FMA officers or FMA Board of Governors (BOG) members. Committee members are selected by the FMA Speaker and Vice Speaker to conduct open hearings on proposed resolutions before they are presented to the full HOD at Annual Meeting.

Once a reference committee has received direct feedback on the resolutions being considered, the committee members deliberate privately to make a group decision about each resolution before presenting their recommendations in a detailed report to the HOD. A resolution that passes the House and is adopted by the BOG becomes FMA policy. 

Online testimony will open to delegates at 2 p.m. on June 26 and close at 9 p.m. on July 9. Delegates may submit testimony on any properly filed resolution. Delegates who choose to submit testimony must indicate their support or opposition of each respective resolution. 

Reference committees will meet in executive session during the week of July 13-17 to create their reports. The reports will be published online before Annual Meeting begins on July 31. 

Delegates will have the opportunity to debate the committees’ recommendations during in-person reference committee hearings on Aug. 1.