MAX K. ARINDER

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

RELATED to LEGISLATIVE SERVICE

• Chief of Planning and Support for the Mississippi Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review from 1981-1996
• Executive Director of the Mississippi Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review since 1996
• Delegation Leader, The United States / Hong Kong Legislative Staff Exchange, 2000
• Team Member, United States / Argentina Seminar on Building Legislative Institutions, 2002
• NCSL Officers Exchange, Federalism in the United States, Italy, 2002
• Coordinator, America’s Legislators Back to School Day, 2000-2002
• Staff Chair, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2003-2004
• Staff Vice-Chair, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2002-2003
• Executive Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, 1998-2002
• Futures Consultant, Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee (LSCC), 2000-2001
• Chair, Task Force on Legislatures of the Future, LSCC, 1998-1999, 1999-2000
• Drafting team, “Legislatures of the Future: Implications of Change,” Task Force on Legislatures of the Future, LSCC, 1998-2000
• Drafting team, “A Practical Guide to Futures Study,” Task Force on Legislatures of the Future, LSCC, 1998-2000
• Drafting team, “Model Code of Conduct for Legislative Staff,” Professional Development Task Force, LSCC, 1996
• Staff Chair, Assembly on State Issues, 2001-2002
• Staff Chair, Special Subcommittee on AFI/ASI, 2001-2002
• Drafting team, AFI/ASI Merger Proposal, 2002
• Member, Strategic Planning Task Force, LSCC, 2001-2002
• Instructor for Basic Skills Seminar in Program Evaluation for the National Conference of State Legislatures, 1995-2002
• Vice-Chair, 1995-96; Chair, 1996-97, Fiscal, Oversight and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee of the Assembly on State Issues of the National Conference of State Legislatures
• Legislative Staff Management Institute, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, 1993
• Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee of NCSL, 1991-1993; 1998-2002
• Executive Committee, 1989-93, National Legislative Program Evaluation Society
• Secretary, 1990-91,
• Vice-Chair, 1991-92,
• Chair, 1992-93
• Host committee for two training conferences--one for NLPES (Jackson, MS, 1988) and one a joint meeting of NLPES and LSSS (Jackson, MS, 1997)
• Host committee for an Assembly on the Legislature conference (Jackson, MS, 1993)
• Panelist or moderator for numerous professional panels since 1983 at meetings of the National Conference of State Legislatures, the Assembly on State Issues, and the National Legislative Program Evaluation Society