Monday, April 23, 2007

Descriptions of Executive Chair Positions from our Constitution

Article V - The Board:

  1. There shall be five non-voting chairpersons composing the Board.
    1. Administrative Chair
    2. Finance/Marketing Chair
    3. Communications Chair
    4. Publications Chair
    5. Alumni/ae Relations Chair

(* The Administrative, Finance/Marketing, and Communications Chair must be at the same school. *)

  1. The Administrative Chair of the Board and the ECCSF will enforce the common rules of order during meetings, will supervise the other four nonvoting chairs, will formulate the agendas, will maintain a calendar of semester events, and formulate a budget in conjunction with the Finance/Marketing Chair to be presented to the Forum at the first conference of the academic year.
  2. The Finance/Marketing Chair will keep full and accurate account of receipts, disbursements, and deposits of ECCSF funds. He/she will be responsible for ethical soliciting of funds. The Forum, at its discretion will define ethical soliciting.
  3. The Communications Chair will record the proceedings of all Board and ECCSF meetings, maintain adequate records of ECCSF activities, conduct correspondence as shall be required and forward all minutes of all meetings to the Forum.
  4. The Publications Chair will be responsible for the timely publication and distribution of Sol del Este and all other ECCSF publications to all member schools.
  5. The Alumni/ae Relations Chair will act as a liaison between the ECCSF and its alumni/ae network. He/she will update the alumni/ae directory as well as provide the ECCSF with a list of potential alumni/ae sponsors.
  6. The Board shall act as a facilitator for majority decisions. The Board shall consider any questions referred to it by the members of the Forum. In order for voting to take place among the Board, a quorum consisting of 3/5 of the Board must be present. In the case of a tie in the Forum, the entire Board has one vote.