There are several expectations that are common to all Board positions.  All Board members are required to attend monthly meetings and keep themselves updated regarding the membership and the activities of the organization.  They also work together to assist each other on a variety of projects, and committees in response to the issues and directives of the membership.  Other duties are specific to the position held on the Board.  The following summary is designed to provide a general description of those duties and responsibilities: 

 

President:  The president is responsible for the representation and general management of the affairs of the organization.  This includes presiding at meetings and ensuring that all orders of the Board and the members are carried into effect.  The president represents or supervises ACRID’s representation on boards and committees of consumer and stakeholder organizations.

 

Vice-President:  The vice-president works in coordination with the president.  In addition to assisting other board members and committees as needed, in the case of the president’s absence, the vice president assumes those duties. 

 

Past - President:  The past-president provides continued experience and support to the Board.

 

Treasurer:  The treasurer is responsible for the monies and accounts of the organization.  The duties include keeping ACRID’s financial records, transactions and obligations current.

 

Recording Secretary:  The recording secretary is the record keeper of the organization.  The duties include recording, maintaining and distributing meeting minutes, motions, and votes.  The recording secretary also keeps the webmaster up to date, and responds to or directs emails to the appropriate board member.

 

Administrative Secretary:  The administrative secretary’s duties are divided between the office and the resource library.  Duties in the office include the day to day business of mail, phone/fax messages, and the maintenance of ACRID files and archives.  The resource library requires arranging time for the lending and returning of items and expanding the inventory of resources available to members.

 

Fundraising Portfolio:  The director of this portfolio is responsible for initiating and coordinating fundraising events.  The marketing of ACRID merchandise and maintaining information about our many volunteers are also part of the duties of this portfolio.

 

Membership Portfolio:  The portfolio requires this director to work with AVLIC to process and maintain current membership information.  The duties include being a liaison with AVLIC, maintaining membership documents.

 

Professional Development Portfolio:  The responsibilities of this director are to coordinate workshops and dinner lectures throughout the year.  Duties also include hosting a week-long summer institute in alternate years of the AVLIC conference.

 

Special Events Portfolio:  This director coordinates events such as the AGM, general and special meetings, and the volunteer appreciation party.  Other duties include maintaining a calendar of events being hosted by other community organizations.

 

Public Relations Portfolio:  This director is responsible for representing, promoting, and sharing information about ACRID and the profession of interpreting.  The duties include attending information sessions at sign classes, booths at career fairs, and liaise with other organizations within the community.

 

Publications Portfolio:  The director of this portfolio is responsible for the production and distribution of the newsletter and the directory.  Other duties would include overseeing the printing of any other promotional materials such as the ACRID brochure.

 

Provincial Liaison:  This portfolio was developed to maintain communications with our members throughout the province.  The duties of this director are to liaison with communities across Alberta to ensure the issues and needs of all our members are brought to the Board’s attention.

 

 

            This document is intended to summarize the main responsibilities of each position on the Board.  For a more detailed description, please feel free to contact the member currently holding that position.