Penobscot Valley Branch of AAUW

Duties of the Leadership Team (LT)

The Leadership Team (LT) is made up of the following members:
Treasurer, Secretary, Membership Vice President, EF/LAF Chair, Newsletter Editor, Diversity Chair, Public Policy Chair, International Relations Chair,  and a Liaison for Communications for National and State.  

The positions of President and Program Vice President are not assigned to any one individual, but rotate among  LT members.   During the time a LT member fills the position, she is called "CONVENER."

As a GROUP the LT:

Decides who will function as CONVENER at each LT meeting and coordinate the MEMBERSHIP meeting which follows.

Creates a MASTER LIST of items that must be covered at:

1)  SPECIFIC monthly LT meetings; and
2)  SPECIFIC membership meetings:  For example,
    Set and present overall budget for coming year 
    Announce members of Nominating Committee 
    Present Nominating Committee report 
    Vote on slate of officers 
    Install officers 
    Decide topics for and number of MEMBERSHIP meetings for coming year 
    Set target budget for each MEMBERSHIP meeting for the coming year 
    List which LT members will head TRIADS for coordinating the year's MEMBERSHIP 
        meetings

Recruits members for special projects such as:
    Achievement Citation Award
    Help for special projects
    Branch recognition application for Association award

As the CONVENER, an LT Member:

Coordinates the Leadership Team meeting
    Determines location of LT meeting
    Reminds LT members of location, date, and time of meeting, several days prior
    Convenes the LT meeting

Prepares an agenda for the meeting including: 
        Reports from officers
        Any items from the Master list for that month
         Other business
        A brief overview of the plans her TRIAD has made  for the next scheduled 
               MEMBERSHIP meeting
         Announcing President of next month’s LT meeting 
        Announcing items on Master list for NEXT month’s LT meeting

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