At 05:52 PM 9/10/99 EDT, you wrote: >In the past, what were the duties of the Secretary? > >Tina Vickery >Northeast/North Central County Coordinator Representative. > > >From Motion 99-2: a secretary be elected by the Advisory board from among the membership of said Board, with the duties and responsibilities of the Secretary to be as follows: 1. To post Board minutes 2. To number all motions 3. To declare the status of motions including quorum of votes and the point at which enough votes have been posted to decide the motion, plus the final tally of votes 4. To post Board announcements to all Regional Lists 5. To maintain the Advisory Board Passwords as a backup in order to pass them on to the next authorized National Coordinator, whether interim or elected Of course the current Board can modify these requirements. My suggestions as follows: 1. that the Secretary be someone from among the general membership, who may have some PP knowledge, who can work well with the NC / Advisory Board 2. that the Chair retain the duty to number and declare the status of motions 3. that language similiar to the following be included in the job description: Resolved, that the candidate shall be appointed Secretary by the Advisory Board and shall continue in that position for as long as he/she continues to enjoy the support of x portion of the Advisory Board. OR should it have some combination of NC and/or Advisory Board? Also not necessarily included in the Motion but some decision needs to be made as to which lists the Secretary needs to be either subscribed to or has need of posting privileges. Tim