Understanding Officer Roles and Responsibilities Desired Outcomes By

Understanding Officer Roles and Responsibilities

Desired Outcomes – By the end of this session, participants will have • Clarified the roles and responsibilities of chapter officers • Reviewed the commitment and skills that are needed to fulfill the responsibilities of chapter officers • Reviewed the chapter Nominations and Elections process

Consider this… If you had time…what chapter leadership position would you serve in? Why?

Basileus • Chapter’s president • Oversees all aspects of chapter operations and committees (except Nominations and Elections) • Presides over chapter meetings • Coordinates the monthly and annual agenda of the chapter • Official representative of the chapter to all partners and collaborators • With the advice and consent of the Executive Board, appoints committee chairs • Serves as Chair of the Executive Board Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little

First Anti-Basileus • Chapter’s vice president • In a chapter that sponsors undergraduate chapters, each subsequent Anti-Basileus is numbered accordingly • Develops and implements strategies for recruitment, retention and reclamation • Serves as Basileus in the absence or incapacity of the Basileus • Serves as the Membership Chair

Anti-Grammateus • Chapter’s secretary • Prepares and maintains the record of the chapter’s meetings • Maintains a directory of the financial membership • Manages internal and external chapter correspondences via traditional and electronic sources • Disseminates chapter information to the financial membership via traditional and electronic communication sources Skills include executive ability, collaborative in nature, typing abilities, experience with technologies.

Grammateus • Chapter’s financial secretary • Manages of the chapter’s finances along with the Tamiochus • Maintains the chapter’s financial membership records • Develops systems for the payment and receipt of chapter dues with the Tamiochus • Develops systems for the collection of chapter monies • Serves on Finance Committee

Tamiochus • Chapter’s treasurer • Manages of the chapter’s finances along with the Grammateus • Develops and maintains the chapter’s budget • Develops systems for the payment and receipt of chapter dues with the Grammateus • Develops chapter fundraising initiatives • Serves on Finance Committee

Epistoleus • Chapter’s historian and archivist • Maintains the chapter’s written and historical history and archives the chapter’s documents and memorabilia • Develops, maintains and supports the chapter’s media presence and public image • Writes and submits articles for The Aurora • Serves as Chair of the Public Relations Committee Skills in photography, marketing, computer graphics and/or public relations encouraged.

Appointed Office Eta Omicron Sigma Chapter

Appointed Offices • Appointed by the Basileus with the advice and consent of the Executive Board • Parliamentarian • Rhoer Coordinator • Programs Coordinator • Philo Coordinator