Board Roles & Responsibilities

President

  • Keep order and organizational momentum
  • Chair Meetings and set agenda’s
  • Delegation
  • Motivator
  • Accountability

Vice-President

  • Serves as back-up for the president for events and other duties that the president cannot fulfill
  • Succession plan
  • Learn job of president
  • Look for future directors and a replacement for the Vice-president position

Past President

  • Source of experience for the president and vice-president
  • Able to fill-in where president and vice-president are not available
  • Governance

Treasurer

  • Financial accountability for the organization

Secretary

  • Record Minutes and report them.

 

Other Directors

  • Serve on committees as delegated by president (or volunteered)
  • Provide topics for workshops, presentations that are required in their sector of expertise
  • Provide information regarding their sector of expertise that is necessary for the chamber to address and/or promote
  • Recruit committee members to assist with the committee responsibilities and to involve more members in the chamber activities.

Marketing and Promotions Director

  • Manage Day-to Day Operations
  • Serve members and invite new members to join
  • Coordinate and plan programming necessary to serve the needs of the members
  • Communicate with the members regarding programming and other activities of the chamber of commerce local and at-large.
  • Secure a viable financial future for the chamber of commerce.
  • Carry out the actions directed by the Board.

Sell memberships and other products/services available to members.