Greetings All - I would like to invite each of you to consider joining the stellar Leadership Circle of the San Andreas Chapter, SLA. We have several positions coming open in 2010. I will share a bit about the positions and invite you to reach out to one of the members of the Leadership Circle to answer any questions and discuss interest you may have in serving.
Open Board Positions:
President-Elect - The primary responsibilities of the P-Elect are to observe the workings of the Leadership, the President especially of course, and to monitor and encourage membership.
This is the first of a three year term. Year two is, of course, that of President. The President oversees the general operations of the Chapter, ensures that Chapter duties to the Association are fulfilled, presides over business meetings, and represents the Chapter at the Leadership Summit and the Annual Conference. It is a very exciting year. The President is enabled to bring vision to the Chapter. The rest of the Leadership are available as consultants and facilitators. The President has the resources of all the Leadership to fulfill their duties. In my experience it is a joy to witness and participate in the collective accomplishments of this group.
The third year of service is that of Past-President. The Past-P is responsible for the Governance and the Awards committees, and for providing general "corporate memory" to the Leadership. Governance requires little activity unless there are changes to be made in the governing structure of the Chapter or requested by the Association. The Awards task is executed near the end of the year and requires calling for nominations and deliberating with a committee on the submissions. The Past-P also has responsibility for procuring the Awards and conferring them.
Secretary - The prime responsibility of the Secretary is to take meeting minutes at the Board and Leadership meetings. These minutes are drafted, routed to the Leadership for approval, and final Minutes are posted to the chapter's web archive through the webmaster. This is a two year post.
Incoming Program Director - The in-coming Program Director partners with the second year Program Director to learn the ropes. Historically the Chapter has held from 5-7 programs per year. The function of the Directors is to plan, schedule and execute programming for the Chapter. Typically, the Directors define program topics of interest, source a speaker, schedule the event, introduce and act as hosts to the speaker, and formally thank the speaker. The Directors work closely with the Hospitality Committee. (Hospitality typically arranges for a venue and food, collects registration and prepares badges and greets attendees.) This is a two year post as the in-coming role matures to the lead Director role.
Open Chair Positions:
Nominations Committee - The Nominations Committee convenes for perhaps 2 to 4 meetings late in the Chapter year. It's purpose is to nominate a slate of candidates for the coming Chapter year.
Professional Development Committee - The Professional Development Committee typically produces one key event per year. The purpose is to provide a learning experience for Chapter members. Unlike programming, which is generally informational, take-aways from a professional development event should include new or significantly enhanced skills, resources for enhancing job performance and/or for pursuing additional learning, and enthusiasm to take back to the workplace. Professional Development programs can be live or broadcast and may run for two hours or a half-day.
Public Relations - Public Relations is a new role in the Chapter. Its purpose is to promote the profession to our local communities via announcements about member activities and accomplishments.
These and numerous other committees also have non-chair positions, in case you would like to get your feet wet in Chapter leadership without actually holding a chair. Remember, the Chapter is yours and you can and ought to bring your influence to bear on what we are doing and where were are heading. Please take a moment to look at your chapter and ponder what new direction you would like to see for SA Chapter.
For a list of all Board and Committee positions, along with contacts to the current Leadership, please follow this link. http://san-andreas-sla.org/board.html
Leslie R. Fisher
2009 President, San Andreas Chapter SLA
Leslie DOT Fisher AT Gilead DOT com
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