This is what I have been sending via email to those expressing interest in serving on the Board of Directors. As far as time commitment, we meet once per quarter, for less than 90 minutes. In between meetings, certain tasks may be requested. Officers have the highest workload. As we will be having a booth at Sydney, the workload will be higher prior to the Convention, but that will affect current Board members, not new Board members.

Board members are responsible for the guidance and fiscal responsibility of the Fellowship. Board members are expected to set an example for regular Fellowship members. Board member are also expected to promote the RMB Fellowship, and assist in recruiting and retaining members of the RMB Fellowship. Please confirm your interest in being nominated to serve on the Fellowship Board, and I will put you on the list of nominees. (I will be sending this exact information to all others who wish to run for the Board.)

Here is Board information from our By-Laws:

Officers

Officers of the Rotary Means Business Fellowship shall include:

1. Chair

2. Vice-Chair

3. Secretary

4. Treasurer

5. Past Chair

The officers shall be appointed by the Board of Directors. Candidates for officer are permitted to self-nominate. Officers shall serve a one-year term. Officers are permitted to serve more than one term, if reappointed by the Board.

Duties of Officers

Chair

Preside at Board and general membership meetings

Primary public liaison

Liaison to Rotary International

Prepare Board and general membership meeting agendas

Signer on bank account

Vice Chair and Membership Director

Chair activities as listed, in the absence of the Chair

Other duties as requested by the Chair

Develop programs to recruit and retain members

Maintain membership rolls, both current and past

Initial contact on any membership problems

Signer on bank account

Secretary

Record and maintain file of all Board minutes

Sign legal documents

Prepare annual report for membership

Publish and/or edit newsletter

Manage all communications to membership

Treasurer

Manage all Fellowship funds, including bank accounts, investments

Manage accounts receivable and accounts payable

Collect dues

Manage and direct Finance Committee

Prepare financial report for Board of Directors no less than once per fiscal quarter

Prepare annual financial report for general membership

Signer on bank account

Past Chair

Provide continuity for the Board of Directors

Other duties as volunteered, or as assigned by the Chair

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of the Rotary Means Business Fellowship may be any number from five to eleven. The Board must take a roll-call vote to change the quantity of Directors. The Board of Directors shall be elected by the general membership of the Fellowship. Directors shall serve two-year terms, and those terms should be staggered to allow continuity within the Board.

Please email me at chair@rotarymeansbusiness.org if you would like more details, or if you would like to nominate yourself.