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SLA Welcomes You to Your Role as Chapter President/ President-Elect Presented by: Linda N. Broussard Moderated by: Libby Trudell, Chapter Cabinet Chair Objectives for Call Introduce you to Leadership and staff liaisons Brief you on your role Introduce you to Leadership Resources
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SLA Welcomes You to Your Role as Chapter President/President-Elect Presented by: Linda N. Broussard Moderated by: Libby Trudell, Chapter Cabinet Chair
Objectives for Call • Introduce you to Leadership and staff liaisons • Brief you on your role • Introduce you to Leadership Resources • What’s On the Horizon? • Answer your questions • Discuss ideas
Liaisons • Libby Trudell, Chapter Cabinet Chair • libby.trudell@thomson.com • Susan Fifer Canby, Chapter Cabinet Chair-Elect • sfiferca@ngs.org • Linda Broussard, Chief Community Officer • lbroussard@sla.org • +1.703.647.4938
Your Resources • www.sla.org/leaders • Chapter and Division Recommended Practices • Communication with Your Peers and International Headquarters • Leadership discussion list • Governance discussion list • Chapter Cabinet Community of Practice • Leadership and Staff Liaison • Leadership Department - leadership@sla.org
Direct Chapter Leaders to Their Training • Encourage all to participate in the Click U Live leadership training…or review replays
A model for your Chapter Practices…Everything You Wanted to Know…Almost
Responsibilities of President • Communications • Speak or act on matters within your official responsibility • new or controversial matters should be referred to SLA President or CEO • Represent chapter’s views to Chapter Cabinet • Always copy President-Elect on correspondence
Responsibilities of President • Appointment Duties • Chairs of Committees • Auditor
Responsibilities of President • Meeting Attendance • All Chapter meetings & Annual Business Meeting • Chapter board meetings • Chapter/Joint Cabinet meetings at Annual Conference and Leadership Summit • Leadership Training • SLA Board meetings
Responsibilities of President • Reporting Duties • REQUIRED • Annual Report due 1 December • Annual Financial Report due 31 January • Necessary • Officer/Committee Chair roster • Periodic requests
Responsibilities of President • General • Chair executive board and advisory board • Know your chapter governing document and practices • Read communications • Prepare budget in consultation with treasurer • Serve as ex officio member of all committees except nominating
Responsibilities of President • General cont’d. • Recommend to Board actions to improve services to members of chapter • Review all Board documents • Communicate to members via bulletin, web or other communication vehicles • Interview scholarship candidates or delegate to a member • Transfer files
Responsibilities of President-Elect • Serves as a member of the Executive Board • Substitutes for President • Attends meetings (same as for President) • Learn • Recruits Advisory Board members • In some Chapters, the President-Elect has responsibility for program planning; consider appointing a committee • Other duties as assigned
Responsibilities of Both • Use every means possible to recruit and retain members of YOUR SLA • Check Leadership Knowledge Center • Contribute ideas, too • Chapter Idea Bank (wiki)
Communications • Leadership Connections • Leadership Discussion List • Governance Discussion List (optional) • Chapter Cabinet Community of Practice • Chapter Cabinet Meetings • Board Documents
Leadership Resources • Order reports • Order mailing labels, e-mails • Leadership Knowledge Center • Certificate of Insurance • SurveyMonkey • Membership recruitment brochure and template for YOUR chapter
Leadership Resources • Business Cards • Certificate Template • Communications Tools, including discussion lists for your chapter and chapter board, wikis, blogs, etc. • Teleconferencing via WebEx
What’s On the Horizon • Learning Labs • Preparing for realignment of the association and your chapter • Green initiative • Planning for Centennial celebrations • The online membership database for your chapter • Poster session of Best Practices at Annual Conference
Thank You for Your Time Have a great year! See you at Leadership Development Institute in Seattle