Aloha mai kakou, The Hawaii Chapter of The Wildlife Society has been up to some good stuff this year, including co-sponsoring a wildlife Nerd Nite in Honolulu, giving out student awards at the Hawaii Conservation Conference, and hosting an Endangered Species Act Section 7 workshop to help augment the skills of Hawaiis wildlife professionals. We have lots of other great ideas for volunteer service trips, field trips, more workshops, student-professional mixers, etc. But to make those happen,we need your help and expertise! Luckily, its that time of the year to nominate a slate of directors for the Hawaii Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Being a board member is a fun and rewarding way to be involved in helping up-and-coming wildlife professionals, meeting new contacts and peers, and helping to create a vibrant community of wildlife and conservation professionals in our state. If you would like to nominate someone or yourself, please reply to this e-mail with your nomination’s name and contact information by January 9th, 2015. Nominees do NOT need to be current members of The Wildlife Society (though will need to join the chapter and national organization if elected). Students and professionals are welcome. Terms are for one year. The slate of directors will assign nominees from the nominations of the general membership and the current executive officers. Feel free to nominate as many individuals as you see fit and you do not need to indicate a position for your nomination. Once the board of directors has been elected, the executive officer positions will be determined amongst the directors. Mahalo and we look forward to hearing from you! Board of Directors The Wildlife Society, Hawaii Chapter -------------------------------------------------- Here is the list and descriptions of officer positions for nomination: President The President will preside at all meetings of the members and of the Board of Directors at which the Chairman is absent. Subject to the control of the Board of Directors, the President will have general charge and care of the business and property of the chapter, will appoint and discharge employees and agents of the chapter and determine their compensation, will vote the stock of other companies which is owned by the chapter and will do and perform such additional duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors. When authorized by the Board of Directors to do so, the President may delegate to one of the Vice Presidents the whole or any part of the general management and care of the business and property of the chapter, including the employment and discharge of agents and employees. Vice-President It will be the duty of the Vice Presidents to assume and perform the duties of the President in the absence or disability of the President or whenever the office of President is vacant. Each Vice President will do and perform such additional duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors. Treasurer The Treasurer shall oversee the financial and accounting matters of the chapter, including custody of all money, valuable papers and documents of the chapter, which shall be kept for safekeeping in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors, and the Treasurer shall see that the funds of the chapter are expended as directed by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer will cause to be kept a book or books setting forth a true record of the receipts and expenditures, assets and liabilities, losses and gains of the chapter and will, when and as required by the Board of Directors, render a statement of the financial condition of the chapter. If required to do so by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer will give a bond in such amount and with such surety as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office. The Treasurer will also do and perform such additional duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors. In the absence or disability of the Treasurer, the duties of the office will be performed by the Secretary or by an Assistant Treasurer. Secretary The Secretary will be ex officio secretary of the Board of Directors, will give or cause to be given all required notices of meetings of the members and the Board of Directors, will record the proceedings of meetings of the members and the Board of Directors in a book or books to be kept for that purpose, and will perform such other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Board of Directors and by the President. The Secretary will have custody of the seal of the chapter. In the absence or disability of the Secretary, the duties of the office will be preformed by the Treasurer or by an Assistant Secretary. Subordinate Officers The powers and duties of any subordinate officers will be as prescribed by the Board of Directors. We are also looking for members to fill other roles, such as web/social media coordinator, membership coordinator, and conservation affairs coordinator. These may be board members, but also may be a general chapter member. If you are interested, please submit a board of directors nomination or a simply reply to this email expressing your interest. Web/Social Media Coordinator: Responsible for finding and posting interesting content on chapter facebook page, updating chapter webpage. Membership Coordinator: Keep track of Hawaii chapter membership list, send updates and reminders to those whose membership may be nearing expiration, work with board to increase membership or come up with ways to engage participation of current membership. Conservation Affairs Coordinator: Keep track of current issues that may be of interest to TWS-Hawaii or require action (e.g., comment letters, etc.), coordinate with TWS-HI board of directors and national Conservation Affairs Committee to keep them informed of issues that they make want to take action on.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 06:27:03 +0000
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