COMING IN MARCH—Election of Chapter officers
COMING IN APRIL—Election of City Council officers
Each chapter in Albuquerque City Council should hold an election for officers to lead for the 2009-2010 sorority year. If your chapter is career status, then you have only one meeting in which to do the election. It is extremely important that the In-Coming President and CC Representative elected be given to Peggy Jourden BEFORE the April 6th City Council meeting. These names are used for contact by the Nominating Committee which is chosen on the 6th for City Council Officers of 2009-2010. As you will recall, the April 6th meeting is for IN-coming and OUT-going chapter officers/representatives. After being in Beta Sigma Phi for more than 40 years, I have come to realize that when you are an officer of a chapter or in City Council, you are more energized to action than being a ‘chair sister’ going along for the ride. We should all take a turn at each of the offices. Maybe we could learn and be more forgiving of each others short comings.
Basic needed chapter officers are: President, Secretary and Treasurer. To broaden the scope and increase the input for decisions, we add Vice-President (membership), Corresponding Secretary (communications) and City Council Representative and Alternate (to voice our opinions and concerns for the city-wide organization.
The office of President has 2 very basic functions—planning for the new year --- presiding and directing the Chapter meetings leading the members to be the best that they can be and supportive to each other.
The office of Secretary is responsible for the reporting to International on the attendance at meetings, the minutes of the activities and any writing and replying to correspondence for the chapter.
The office of Treasurer is responsible for all financial activities of the chapter. Chapter member dues, payment of expenditures made on behalf of the chapter, City Council dues and fees and any other obligations of the chapter.
To broaden the scope and increase the level of activity within a chapter or City Council, the office of Vice-President is official chapter hostess and is presiding officer in the absence of the President and is chairperson of the membership committee.
The office of Corresponding Secretary is to address all issues of in-coming and out-going correspondence for the chapter/City Council as directed by the Executive Board.
Consider being an officer-BE INVOLVED and enjoy your SISTERHOOD.
Submitted by Janice Swope
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