Obligations for Officers and Board Members

President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Club Historian, Program and Education Committee, Bird Walk & Spec Events, Newsletter, Publicity, Membership, Telephone
President
• Conducts membership meetings
• Arranges for (including location) and conducts executive committee meetings
• Represents or arranges for club representation at meetings of The Villages Clubs Council
• Represents or arranges for appropriate club representation for interviews, or other presentations when requested, by VNN, WVLG, The Daily Sun and all news organizations
• When requests are received from other clubs and or organizations arranges for presentations as appropriate
• Receives and responds or arranges for response to telephone calls, e-mails, letters, etc. concerning the club and birding in general.
• Writes or arranges for the writing of articles and inserts for each issue of Cheep Talk
• Coordinates the club’s participation in Christmas Bird Count with Ocklawaha Valley Audubon Society
• Coordinates obtaining volunteers for each of the club committees or special tasks

Vice President
• Performs all duties of the president when absent
• Coordinates the setting up club booth and display at the annual Outdoor Expo
• Coordinates the preparation of handouts for use at the annual Outdoor Expo
• Arranges for and coordinates booth coverage during the Outdoor Expo
• Arranges for any other club activities in the Outdoor Expo as needed

Secretary
• Takes minutes at all executive committee and annual membership meetings and any other special meetings called by the President
• After approval of minutes by the President distribute minutes to executive committee members and committee chair persons
• Maintains the club’s Canon photocopy machine and electric stapler
• Photocopies work as requested by executive committee, other committee’s, or as needed for the membership
• Sends reminder notices, announcements, etc. to members via Email or regular mail as necessary
• Coordinates with the telephone committee on notification of walks, meetings, events for those without Email

Treasurer
• Maintains the financial records of the club
• Maintains the club’s checking account
• Receives membership dues from the membership committee
• Pays all club bills upon receipt
• Provides a monthly report of receipts, expenditures and debts to the Executive Committee
• Prepares report for publication in Cheep Talk
• Prepares a yearly budget for approval by the club’s Executive Committee

Club Historian
• Maintains a historical record and archives of the clubs activities and has available at general club meetings


Program and Education Committee
• Works with Village’s Facilities Director (Janet Strong) in obtaining a meeting room for each of the clubs meetings on an annual basis
• Responsible for developing a program and agenda for each general club membership meeting
• Makes arrangements for all general and special club meetings to include dates, time, place and any equipment and/or supplies needed.
• Prepares floor plan for each meeting and deliver to the tech in charge of the facility
• Responsible for developing and arranging for the presentation of workshops for club membership
• Maintains meeting supplies, including table skirt and brings to each meeting

Bird Walk and Special Events Committee
• Responsible for developing bird walk plans for all walks, and special events for presentation to the executive committee for approval
• Responsible for obtaining a leader for each approved bird walk and special event
• Responsible for obtaining a coordinator for each approved special event
• Obtains any necessary permits required for conducting bird walks or special events
• Stores and maintains Walkie-talkies for use on bird walks and special events
• Prepares directions (or maps) to birding sites, arrange for photocopying and distribution the morning of trips.
• Maintains emergency cell phone for use by walk and special events leaders
• Prepares calendar of events and submits to Newsletter Committee for publication in Cheep Talk
• Maintains and makes available donated binoculars for bird walks and special events
• Responsible for maintaining the list of birds seen on each trip, list of birds seen each year, and total birds seen since the inception of the club

Newsletter Committee
• Obtains and write articles, and inserts as necessary for publication in Cheep Talk
• Prepares each issue of Cheep Talk for printing and mailing
• Arranges for the printing of Cheep Talk
• Maintains Cheep Talk mailing label list and prints mailing labels for each issue
• Mails each issue of Cheep Talk

Publicity Committee
• Prepares notices for publication of each bird walk or special event that are open to the general public
• Arranges for publication of articles and notices as necessary on club activities and upcoming events

Membership Committee
• Prepares and supplies application packages for new members.
• Prepares membership renewal forms prior to Annual Meeting
• Responsible for receiving member renewals as well as new member applications and for providing the membership dues to the treasurer for deposit
• Maintains up to date membership data base including Email addresses
• Supplies Email address and regular mail address list for those without Email to the club secretary and newsletter committee as necessary
• Obtains Village required waivers from all walk and special events attendees and maintains the file of obtained waivers
• Prepares and has name badges available at each general club meeting

Telephone Committee
• Notifies members without Email of changes in upcoming walks, and special events