[Discuss] VLUG 2007 AGM Plea

[Patrick]

On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:46:49 -0700
"Andrew Willard" wrote:

> Hi Everyone,

Good morning, Mr. President.  :-)

> As some of you know, VLUG has existed since 1998 and during those years there have been ups and
> downs, mostly ups which is great. However, at the present moment there are not enough people willing
> to stand as members of the Board Of Directors (BOD), and that has created a major problem which 
> requires immediate attention. In order to keep the club running in its current state, we need more
> members to step up and fill the vacant positions. If you would like to contribute a small part of 
> your time to a worthwhile cause, please put your name forward (to me by email) for the AGM on 
> November 13 and help save your club.

Well...  As said a while ago, I don't feel qualified for any of
the BOD positions [vacant or already filled], but would like to
help.  If possible I'd like to volunteer, get some of the
smaller, simpler jobs out of your way, so you can focus on other
things.  I hope others will do the same, and that we'll see some
good candidates for the vacant positions.

I'll write to you privately about this, in a little more detail.

> 
> 
> Thanks from the current VLUG BOD.

Hey, don't thank me unless I actually do something useful.

Patrick.

> 
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> The following are the Director positions and the responsibilities of
> each:
> 
> President:  Presides at all general meetings of the society and meetings of the directors. The 
> President is chief executive officer of the society and supervises the other directors in the 
> execution of their duties.
> 
> Vice President: carries out the duties of the president during the president's absence.
> 
> Secretary: Conduct the correspondence of the society; Issue notices of
> general meetings of the society and meetings of the directors; Keep
> minutes of the society and directors; Have custody of all records and
> documents of the society except those required to be kept by the
> treasurer and the Membership Director; Have custody of the common seal
> of the society; and File reports as required by the Society Act.
> 
> Treasurer: Keep the financial records, including books of account,
> necessary to comply with the Society Act; and Render financial
> statements to the directors, members and others when required.
> 
> Membership Director: Keep and accurate database of all current members
> of the society; Produce official membership cards.
> 
> Director At Large x2: Perform general society activities.
> 
> NOTE:  The president must have served as a director for at least one
> term, but this rule may be waived, for the forthcoming term only, by
> ordinary resolution at a general meeting.
> ________________________________________________________________________
> 
> We also have several non-director positions which are currently open for
> volunteers if someone wishes to help out the club in other ways:
> 
> Publicity Coordinator: Liaise with Directors and general membership on promoting the society; 
> Arrange promotional events; Maintain the current
> membership brochure.
> 
> Meeting Coordinator: Line up presenters or other activities for monthly
> meetings.


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