
What it takes to be a State Officer...
Officer Roles and Requirements:
*Find out more about each roll by clicking on the position title.*
Everyone:
-
Maintain National Membership status
-
Remain in good standing in local chapter
-
Maintain enrollment in High School associated with local chapter
-
Attend all trainings, functions, and activities as assigned
-
Maintain open communication with the State Director and fellow officers
-
Demonstrate respect for the privacy of fellow board members personal information
-
Maintain appropriate use of all social media accounts
-
Represent SkillsUSA in a continuous, respectful manner
-
Immediately forfeit my Alaska SkillsUSA office if I am involved in any activity that is detrimental to SkillsUSA, my school, or my reputation including being arrested, charged with a felony, bullying, etc.
President:
-
Presides over general organizational meetings
-
Calls special meetings for emerging situations
-
Facilitates executive board meetings
-
Appoints committee chair people and delegates authority as required to complete tasks
-
Serves as spokesperson for the organization and represents organization at official functions
-
Provides encouragement and motivation to fellow officers and members
-
Coordinates executive officer transitions
-
Remains fair and impartial during organizational decision making process
Vice President:
-
Presides over general organizational meetings
-
Calls special meetings for emerging situations
-
Facilitates executive board meetings
-
Appoints committee chair people and delegates authority as required to complete tasks
-
Serves as spokesperson for the organization and represents organization at official functions
-
Provides encouragement and motivation to fellow officers and members
-
Coordinates executive officer transitions
-
Remains fair and impartial during organizational decision making process
Treasurer:
-
Serves as chairperson of the finance committee
-
Proposes and manages fund-raising activities
-
Assists State Director with planning yearly budget
-
Maintains accurate financial records for approved executive board expenditures
-
Reports on the organization’s financial status and calls President's attention to any items requiring action
-
Provides encouragement and motivation to fellow officers and member
-
Remains fair and impartial during organizational decision-making process
Historian:
-
Maintains State Web-Site with updates on:
-
Past and Present Officer “spotlight” profiles
-
News articles, pictures or related material depicting current state and chapter activities
-
Historical information as available
-
-
Opens all business meetings with a motivational “thought of the day” reflecting the current SkillsUSA
theme -
Assists Reporter in development and presentation of slide show of state and chapter events at state
conference -
Provides encouragement and motivation to fellow officers and members
-
Remains fair and impartial during organizational decision-making process
Reporter:
-
Maintains State Web-Site with updates on:
-
Dates and times of current and upcoming state and chapter events
-
Director or president messages
-
-
Prepares promotional information for publication articles or broadcast
-
Arrange for SkillsUSA participation in local radio and/or TV programs
-
Assists Historian in development and presentation of slide show of state and chapter events at state
conference -
Provides encouragement and motivation to fellow officers and members
-
Remains fair and impartial during organizational decision-making process
Secretary:
-
Assumes the duties of the president in the absence of the president and vice-president
-
Maintains complete and accurate account of proceedings of the executive council’s business meetings, the meetings of officers , and general business meetings
-
Serve as chairperson of the membership committee
-
Verifies National Eligibility of
-
-
State Competition winners
-
Reports on the minutes of meetings and call President's attention to any unfinished business
-
Counts the vote on either side, when a vote is by raising hands or standing
-
Maintains correspondence directed to the group; answer all correspondence promptly and file all correspondence for future reference
-
Collects and records reports of all committees and all written solutions.
-
Provides encouragement and motivation to fellow officers and members
-
Remains fair and impartial during organizational decision-making process
Parliamentarian:
-
Maintain a working knowledge of parliamentary law
-
Maintain the ability to settle controversial issues based on parliamentary law and not on biased opinion
-
Serve as a source of parliamentary information
-
Call attention to any error in procedure that he/she observes
-
Serve as Chair of the Constitution Committee and direct constitutional updating and revisions
-
Keep in his/her possession necessary reference to check if a decision is questioned including:
-
Robert's Rules of Order, Revised
-
Official Guide for SkillsUSA
-
National, State, and Local Constitutions
-
Parliamentary Procedure at A Glance (supplied by state office)
-
-
Provides encouragement and motivation to fellow officers and members
-
Remains fair and impartial during organizational decision-making process