OFFICER APPLICATION

Sorry for being a little late on posting the application.. but here it is!

Ecology Club Officer Application 2016-2017

Essays

1. As an officer, you will be individually responsible for your own event. Propose an activity you would initiate and coordinate if selected.

Please keep your response under 250 words.

2. As an officer, it will be your job to discern necessary areas of improvement. Select an existing project or a problem from the list or suggest your own problem. Discuss ideas for improvement.

• Participation in out of school events

• Accomplishing projects

Please keep your response under 250 words.

3. What position do you feel you are most suited for and why?

Please keep your response under 150 words.

4. In what way and how do you promote ecological awareness?

Please keep your response under 150 words.

Officer Responsibilities

With your dedication next years Ecology Club will be the best ever.

I. President

Presides over all (officer + member) meetings. (2 students will be selected to be Presidents)

• Coordinates general meetings.

• Coordinates committee projects.

• Coordinates activities and agendas.

• Establishes master calendar with all club event and meeting dates.

• Submits Project Approval Forms and verifies all projects are approved.

• Communicates final project list via CAB conference to all club sponsors.

• Maintains office and project folders.

• Works with other officers, overseeing and ensuring project success.

• Contacts local businesses and community leaders.

• Secures items for each month’s general meetings.

II. Vice President

• Works with President to ensure successful committee projects.

• Oversees attendance procedures and order at general meetings..

• Attends all Inter-Organizational Council (IOC) meetings. Prints a copy of all minutes for IOC.

• Submits articles and interviews to newspapers (CBHS ‘Circuit’, Our City Weston, Weston Gazette, Sun Sentinel).

• Preside over meetings in the President’s absence.

• Oversees all club projects. The Vice President will be individually responsible for several events over the course of the year.

• Helps to create new opportunities for member service.

III. Secretary (1 or 2 students will be selected for Secretary)

• Updates service hours list in a way that members can check their hours

• Takes minutes at all meetings.

• Accesses spreadsheets to update the following information attendance and service hours.

• Prints several copies of roster before general meetings to take attendance.

• Coordinates officer meetings.

• Submits announcements to the front office regarding club events.

• Helps VP with attendance at general meetings.

• Oversees an individual club project.

• Sends thank you cards/gifts as needed.

• Sends out general emails and/or reminds.

IV. Treasurer

• Maintains club financial records and assists with all financial paperwork.

• Orders club shirts and induction keepsakes.

• Ensures that payment is sent for all club purchases.

• Oversees the entire process of collection of club dues.

• Submits all project proposals, fundraiser proposals, and t-shirt proposals to the bookkeeper/Mr. Caruso.

• Checks to complete any outstanding Financial Reimbursement Forms.

• Submits complete Reimbursement packets to Bookkeepers.

• Orders any necessary office supplies.

• Helps VP with attendance at general meetings.

• Oversees club fundraisers.

• Oversees an individual club project.

V. Historian

• Designs and updates club webpage.

• Oversees an individual club project.

• Updates social media pages to reflect project or event information, photos, and upcoming dates.

• Works with publicist to ensure students in school are aware of pertinent info by means of fliers, banners, chalk art, posters, and CBTV.

• Takes photographs at all clubs meetings and events (or verifies that another officer/member is doing so.)

• Helps VP with attendance at general meetings.