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Dear Friend of the Anne Arundel County Literacy Council,

The Executive Board seeks to identify any individuals who are interested in serving as an Officer on the Executive Board starting in June 2010.  This note is to ask for your help in nominating such persons.

We seek nominations for all Officer positions.  You may nominate either yourself or another person.  It is not expected that any of the incumbents will return to their current positions for the next two year term.

Here is a brief description of the duties and responsibilities of the officers:

President – responsible for setting the agenda of the council, runs monthly meetings, assigns resources, etc.

Vice-President – runs meetings in president’s absence, grooms to be president, responsible for reaching out to members.

Treasurer – handles all accounting and tax matters for the council.  The Treasurer has the use of an AACLC laptop for the duration of their term.

Recording Secretary – records minutes of the monthly meetings, handles various correspondence

Corresponding Secretary – writes letters to people and organizations outside of the council

Past-President – an unelected position, the president from the previous two year term moves to this position. It helps to ensure continuity within the organization. Traditionally this position has been held by the previous President, but in actuality, since it is an ex-officio position, it can be held by any previous board member.

As was announced at the Annual Social, there is also a motion to amend the bylaws to allow for two additional board positions. Those two new board positions are those of Tutor Representative and Student Representative.

The full motion and the proposed changes to the bylaws can be found here:

http://icanread.org/motion-to-add-the-positions-of-student-representative-and-tutor-representative.htm

Unless there is a vocal opposition to the motion, it is expected that the motion will pass.  In anticipation of the motion’s passage, we are also seeking nominations for the positions of Tutor Representative and Student Representative.

We just celebrated our 33rd year. The council can only continue with the renewed efforts of volunteers like you at all levels of the organization, including the Executive Board. New faces, new ideas and new energy is what is needed right now.

If you’ve ever wanted an expanded role in your community or a chance to make a difference on a wider scale – then I want to encourage you to join us on the Executive Board.

Please respond by email or telephone with information that will be helpful to:

vinnygoldsmith@gmail.com (301-452-7906)

Thank you.

In addition to the 2010 Board Elections, the Executive Board would like to put forward for consideration the following motion adding the positions of Student Representative and Tutor Representative to the Executive Board.

Motion to amend the bylaws of the Anne Arundel County Literacy Council, Inc. as adopted January 26, 1995.

Amend ARTICLE V Elections C. by adding the new elective offices of Tutor Representative and Student Representative.

Existing language:

C.  The elected officers shall be president, vice president, recording secretary, treasurer and corresponding secretary.

Proposed amended language:

C.  The elected officers shall be president, vice president, recording secretary, treasurer, corresponding secretary, tutor representative, and student representative.

Amend ARTICLE VI  Duties of Officers by inserting new Sections F. and G. in front of the existing Section F. and renaming the existing Section F. as Section H.

Existing language:

F. All officers shall (a) perform the duties prescribed in the parliamentary authority in addition to those outlined in these bylaws and those assigned from time to time, and deliver (b) to their successors all the official materials within 30 days following the election of their successors.

Proposed amended language:

F.  The tutor representative shall be a current active tutor of the Anne Arundel County Literacy Council, attend board meetings, and participate in all activities of the board.  The tutor representative is intended to provide the board with perspectives from the organization’s tutors.

G.  The student representative shall be a current active student of the Anne Arundel County Literacy Council, attend board meetings, and participate in all activities of the board.  The student representative is intended to provide the board with perspectives from the organization’s students.

H.  All officers shall (a) perform the duties prescribed in the parliamentary authority in addition to those outlined in these bylaws and those assigned from time to time, and deliver (b) to their successors all the official materials within 30 days following the election of their successors.