Officer Responsibilities

President

• Presides over and conducts meetings according to accepted parliamentary procedure.

• Keeps members and discussion on track.

• Appoints committees and serves as an ex-officio member to each.

• Coordinates charter activities by keeping in close touch with the other officers, the membership, and the adviser.

• Calls special meetings as needed.

Vice President

• Assists the president in the discharge of duties.

• Presides at meetings in the absence of the president.

• Prepared to assume the duties and responsibilities of the president should the need arise.

• Oversees all committee work and management of assignments.

• Serves as an ex-officio member of chapter committees.

Secretary

• Prepares and reads the minutes of meetings.

• Provides the president with an agenda for each meeting.

• Attends to official correspondence and distributes meeting notices.

• Counts and records votes when taken.

• Prepares chapter reports.

• Works with the treasurer in keeping an accurate membership roll.

• Reads communications at meetings.

Treasurer

• Receives and acts as custodian of chapter funds.

• Collects all state & national dues, and is responsible for their disbursement by the appropriate deadlines.

• Keeps financial records neat and current.

• Plans, with the assistance of the chapter and adviser, appropriate fundraising activities.

• Handles the chapter's receipts and expenditures.

• Encourages efficient money management.

• Assist as in the preparation of annual statement of receipts and expenditures.

Reporter and/or Public Relations Officer

• Develops media lists for chapter mailings.

• Gathers, classifies, and stores chapter news.

• Prepares news releases and articles for publication in school and local newspapers.

• Assists with planning and arranging chapter exhibits.

• Prepares news and feature stories of the chapter's activities for the state newsletter, the Wisconsin

• FBLA e-Bulletin, and for the national publication, Tomorrow's Business Leader.

Parliamentarian

• Assists chapter members in understanding the basic purpose of parliamentary procedure.

• Is prepared to advise the presiding officer and other chapter members on parliamentary procedure.

• Has reference materials pertaining to parliamentary procedure available for each meeting.