Elected Officers' Duties

President

  • Serves as chairperson of the Executive Committee and ex-officio member of all committees
  • Appoints chairpersons of standing committees, and—as authorized by the Executive Committee—of ad-hoc committees
  • Coordinates and monitors all chapter projects
  • Serves as chapter delegate to the national Fall board meeting

President-elect

  • Serves as chairperson of the Nominating Committee
  • Presides at chapter general, business, and executive board meetings in the absence of the president
  • Serves as chapter delegate to the national Spring board meeting
  • Serves as a member of the Budget and Finance Committee

Secretary

  • Takes minutes at all business and executive board meetings
  • In the event of nomination of an unslated candidate for elected office, issues an election ballot to the membership and receives and counts the marked ballots
  • Informs the executive director of AMWA and editors of AMWA publications about chapter activities, elections, and meetings

Treasurer

  • Maintains a checking account
  • Keeps proper financial books, pays all bills, and makes all deposits With either the president or president-elect, co-signs each check
  • Prepares a brief report to be read at each chapter meeting on the latest receipts, expenditures, and bank balances.
  • Submits to the AMWA treasurer by August 1 a formal Chapter Financial Statement (listing income and expenses of the past year) and a Chapter Budget (proposing income and expenses of the forthcoming year)
  • Chair of the Budget and Finance Committee