Monday, November 10, 2008

Officer Duties

SNA elections are coming soon, so we are posting the officer duties here for all to look over. If you have any questions about the duties of a particular position, please feel free to leave comment or send an e-mail to one of your representatives.

Officer Duties

President

Ø Preside all meetings

Ø With approval of SNA Executive Council, appoint the chairmen of all ad hoc committees and hold each chairman responsible for the work of the ad hoc committee.

Ø Act as representative of student body when necessary.

Ø Act as co-chairman of the class reunion.

Ø Serve as acting SNA President at state and national functions.

Ø Responsible for communicating the actions and decisions of the SNA Executive Council to all members of LSON and the faculty and administration.

Vice President

Ø Serve as SNA president in absence of president, as needed.

Ø Chair the SNA community projects committee.

Ø Responsible for orienting new students to SNA activities and recruiting new SNA membership.

Ø Responsible for planning regular SNA meetings for all members and reporting information to students.

Ø Perform other duties designated by the President of the SNA.

Secretary

Ø Keep an accurate classified list of membership of the SNA, keep minutes of the organization on file for future reference, conduct the correspondence of the organization, and keep a list of policies of the organization

Ø Responsible for the proper posting of all notices of regular and called SNA meetings and the SNA Executive Council meetings, including the agenda for the meeting.

Ø Responsible for keeping attendance of Executive Council Meetings.

Ø Responsible for recording of the minutes of the SNA Executive Council meetings, distributing these to the SNA Executive Council members, and posting minutes on the SNA bulletin board.

Ø Responsible for the address and phone list of all nursing students to be distributed each Fall semester.

Ø Perform other duties designated by the President.

Treasurer

Ø Collect dues and appropriate revenue from student body projects, pay bills, and keep record of all money received or expended.

Ø Give verbal report at every meeting.

Ø Responsible for collecting dues at the first Fall meeting, and as needed.

Ø Notify SNA Executive Council of any person failing to pay dues and should keep an appropriate record.

Ø Send a letter to all nursing students prior to Fall registration explaining the amount of dues, when the dues will be paid, and how these dues are used.

Ø Responsible for preparing a budget and presenting it to the SNA Executive Council for approval by the first of October.

Ø Perform other duties designated by the President or the SNA.

Special Activities Director

Ø Responsible for planning all social functions of the SNA, including being in charge of obtaining entertainment, refreshments and decorations.

Ø Responsible for appointing committees as needed.

Ø Perform other duties designated by the President or SNA.

Historian

Ø Responsible for keeping a scrapbook of the activities of the SNA.

Ø Chairman of class reunion

Ø Perform other duties designated by President or SNA.

Breakthrough to Nursing

Ø Responsible for promoting career opportunities in nursing for traditional, nontraditional, and minority students.

Ø Responsible for implementing a peer mentor program for incoming nursing students.

Ø Perform other duties designated by the SNA.