Please remove me from this list. Vendors and customers - feel free to keep in touch. On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 7:10 PM, John Wickham <jwickham@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Every two years, the Board approves officers to serve for the following > two-year term. President Nguyen has appointed me to serve as chair of the > Nominations Committee and I'm looking for other members of the Society to > serve on the Committee with me. Our job is to prepare and recommend to the > Board a slate of officers to manage the programs and affairs of the > Society. The Board will approve the slate by November. That gives us about > five months to form the committee (which is approved by the Board), accept > nominations, interview candidates, and decide on the slate. > > If you are interested in serving on the Nominations Committee, please > contact me at jwickham@sbcglobal.net. > In addition, if you are interested in serving on the Board, there are five > positions to be filled: President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, > and Membership Coordinator. Here are descriptions of the positions for your > consideration. Not looking for candidates just yet, but I wanted to remind > everyone of the position descriptions. New terms start at the beginning of > 2018. > > A. The President shallpreside at all meetings of the association, act as > the chief executive officer,prepare agendas, and work with other board > members to ensure that everything isworking smoothly and all jobs are on > schedule. The president may also sign checksin emergencies. B. The > Vice-Presidentshall assist the President and act in the absence of the > President.C. The Secretary shalltake minutes at all meetings, be > responsible for correspondence as directed bythe President and the Board, > and maintain business files for the organizationand a list of all policies > approved by the Board.D. The Treasurer shallbe responsible for the > financial records of the organization. Thisresponsibility includes but is > not limited to writing expense checks, depositingfunds received, collecting > fees owed, maintaining the PayPal account,maintaining a check register and > preparing (or causing to be prepared) any taxor organizational forms > required by the state or federal government. Thetreasurer will submit to > the Board a year to date treasurer's report prior toeach Board meeting. The > treasurer shall prepare and submit an annual budget tothe Board of > Directors, using input from the other officers and board memberswhere > needed.E. The Membership Coordinator shall record newmember’s applications, > confirm with new members that all information isaccurate, and communicate > this information to other members of the board. Themembership coordinator > will keep a database of member information for theorganization, send out > renewal notices, notify the officers when a membershiphas lapsed, and > assist in the publication of a membership directory. > If you have any questions or suggestions, please let me know. Thanks, > John WickhamLos Angeles, CA > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@mailman1.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ -- The Silent Seed Rare and Unusual plants from around the world. thesilentseed.com _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@mailman1.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/