Officers

Guidelines for elections

Election terms for the leadership team are 12 months. If an emergency election is required to replace an officer, then the term for the newly elected officer will cover the remainder of the term plus 12 months.

The President can only serve for 12 months in that position unless they took office via an emergency election. After a full term the president may take a different office other than President and must remain away from the office of President for at least 12 months.

January elections cover the positions of Vice-President and Secretary while July elections cover the President, Membership committee chairman and Treasurer. If there is a tie in the general membership voting the current Leadership Team votes again to resolve the tie.

Any member running for office must have been a member for at least 6 months by the time they take office in order to qualify. Each candidate must have a satisfactory attendance record. Officers are entitled to have their membership fees waved while in office, but are still required to pay the monthly dues. North Georgia Referral Network officers are expected to provide leadership by example.

Leadership team

Duties of the President

• Develop and maintain meeting agendas.
• Conduct chapter meetings.
• Oversee all aspects of North Georgia Referral Network operations.
• Assist Leadership team members in establishing and meeting goals.
• Schedule and conduct Executive and Leadership team meetings.
• Participate as North Georgia Referral Network representative at outside events.

Duties of the Vice President

• Fulfill responsibilities of President if he/she is unavailable.
• Act as Executive Team liaison with education and communications Directors.
• Coordinate documentation of North Georgia Referral Network policies and procedures.
• Evaluate ongoing member status and participation levels.
• Serve as a voting participant of the membership selection team.
• Assist President in keeping meeting on schedule and adhering to established agenda.

Duties of the Secretary

• Document North Georgia Referral Network meetings.
• Maintain membership roster.
• Maintain accounting of referrals and 2 for 20s.
• Official presentation timekeeper.
• Serve as a voting participant of the membership selection team.
• Insure that meeting supplies are available as needed.
• Oversee the creation and maintenance of North Georgia Referral Network website.

Duties of the Treasurer

• Maintain all North Georgia Referral Network financial accounts and records.
• Maintain accounting of member’s closed business.
• Serve as a voting participant of the membership selection team.
• Oversee monthly member prize drawings

Duties of the Membership officer

• Maintain, issue and collect membership applications
• Oversee process of verifying applicant references
• Oversee recruiting activities
• Develop, maintain and distribute membership welcome kits
• Oversee activities associated with membership selection process
• Verification of applicant references.
• Present applicant recommendation to executive team.
• Conduct new member voting activates.
• Serve as a voting participant of the membership selection team.

Duties of the Education Director

• Oversee and present education segments of each meeting.
• Oversee selection and processing of monthly guest speakers.
• provide education related recommendations to Executive team
• Please see the addendum for more information on the officer’s responsibilities.