Join your GDC colleagues, listen to some great music and hear what the Atlantic chapter has been up to this past year.
Friday//January 22nd//6-8:30pm
Garrison Brewery//1149 Marginal Road//Halifax
Jazz Guitarist//Peter Davison
Cash Bar
This is an election year so we need your voice. See the GDC Atlantic website (www.gdc.net/chapters/atlantic) for Executive position descriptions. If you're interested in serving your local chapter on the Executive another individual must nominate you. Nominations in writing will be received until Tuesday, January 19th by 5pm. You can email nominations to: .
Current nominations are in for President, Vice President, Secretary, & Treasurer. These positions will be put to a vote at the AGM.
The Executive will appoint other officer and chair positions for areas such as membership, events, and communications. We welcome volunteers for positions to be filled.
GDC Atlantic Executive Positions
President
The president is the principal representative to non-members, members and the general public. He/she inspires, directs and contributes to the activities of the executive, committees, subcommittees and members. The president plans and proposes medium and long-term goals; assesses the performance of participants; strengthens ties with relevant organizations; is the principal contact with government; and casts the deciding vote in any tie.
Past President
The past president serves in general to assist the president. He/she is the principal source of continuity in procedures and programs; contributes to the medium and long-term goals; contributes to the ties with relevant organizations; contributes to the contact with government; and oversees the education and publishing programs.
Vice President
The vice president serves in general to assist the president. He/she solicits, manages, records and acknowledges contributions of materials and services by members and non-members; administers the portfolio, ethics and arbitration review subcommittees and other committees as deemed appropriate by the president.
Secretary
The secretary is responsible for the administrative operations of the chapter. He/she maintains the bylaws and its appendices; is responsible for all formal notices to members; administers communications with particular reference to publishing and mailing; administers activities of other committee activities as deemed appropriate by the president and as chapter needs warrant.
Treasurer
The treasurer is responsible for the financial affairs of the chapter. He/she maintains current financial records; administers the activities of the internal auditors; contributes to the planningof program budgets and reviews adherence to them; administers and pays the national society dues; issues cheques for accounts payable; and administers any cash receipts from chapter activities.
National Representative
The national representative is responsible for the communications between the chapter, the national society and other chapters. He/she administers the election of delegates and their efforts; administers chapter submissions to the national society; ensures that all relevant materials prepared by the chapter are distributed to the national society and other chapters; ensures that all materials prepared by the national society and other chapters are distributed to the appropriate persons and files, and are represented in the chapter archives; represents the chapter at national society biennial meetings.
We hope to see you there! It's your Society and your opportunity to have input into this year's plans.
RSVP by January 19th to:
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