Delaware Valley RSCDS: Exec Committee

Serving on the Executive Committee

For those of you considering volunteering yourselves or someone else to Exec Committee, Alfred Hurd writes:

The Executive Committee manages the operations of the Delaware Valley Branch. Being a member involves taking real, but not heavy, responsibility. We decide how our assets (money, equipment, and people) will be employed, year by year, and work to make our various initiatives successful. Many who have participated assert that membership in the committee teaches career skills.

Although the cycle of events is reasonably stable throughout the course of a year, there are variations, problems, and suggestions that need thought and decision.

Basic to successful membership are a willingness to take responsibility for Branch activities, availability for meetings, and clear thinking.

Position responsibilities as stated in our Branch bylaws:

The Executive Committee shall have all the powers of the Directors. It shall conduct and direct the business of the Branch, and shall have complete control over all the activities in which the Branch shall from time to time engage. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Executive Committee shall have the power to...

1. Fix the classes of membership, with the dues and privileges of each class and approve or reject application for membership.

2. Authorize the expenditure of the money of the Branch.

3. Fix the time and place of their own meetings and of the Annual General Meeting of the Branch.

4. Employ necessary office assistance.

5. Make arrangements for Branch activities through special committees or otherwise.

6. Appoint persons to all unexpired terms of any Officer or Member of the Committee whose office shall become vacant through resignation, failure to elect, or otherwise, or to fill any newly created office.