As someone who's been a part of the club for years, but has lately developed even more enthusiasm for the hobby and the club, I would like to run for event coordinator. You can count on my project management experience (and general organized nature) to keep our meetings and parties well coordinated!<br>
<br>Alison<br><br><br>On Monday, October 29, 2012, Alison Rosso <<a href="mailto:argo.green@gmail.com">argo.green@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Is it possible for someone to be President for two years in a row?<br>> I'd like to nominate Joe for our 2013 President, since he has done<br>
> such a great job this year!<br>><br>><br>> On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Liquid Poets President<br>> <<a href="mailto:president@liquidpoets.com">president@liquidpoets.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> Hey Poets,<br>
>><br>>> Board elections will be conducted at the December meeting which means we<br>>> need some nominations! We will be accepting nominations for all positions.<br>>><br>>> Personally, I would like to see self nominations. I want to encourage<br>
>> people with the desire and motivation to contribute their ideas or talents<br>>> to the greater membership, however, you can also nominate other people. We<br>>> have many talented people in the club with varied skill sets that could be<br>
>> doing more for our club if they chose to, I hope they will.<br>>><br>>> We will also be accepting nominations (via email) up to 1 week from the<br>>> meeting. The deadline is Nov 7th, at midnight. Once all the nominations<br>
>> have been collected, we will have a 1 week period (until Nov 14th at<br>>> midnight) to retract your name from the list if you do not want or are<br>>> unable to fulfill the duties of the position. The complete list will then<br>
>> be sent out to the membership and online voting will commence. Online<br>>> voting will continue until the meeting on December 6th. We will also have<br>>> voting at the meeting for those that do not participate online. Finally, we<br>
>> will tally the votes at the meeting and announce the 2013 Board.<br>>><br>>> Just as a quick reminder, I'm going to give a quick description of the<br>>> positions on the board.<br>>><br>
>> President - this position is responsible for leading the club at meetings<br>>> and through the year. They will work closely with other board members as<br>>> well as delegate to non-board members to get things done. They will be<br>
>> responsible for announcing meetings and other news pertinent to the<br>>> membership. They represent the club and are responsible for outreach and<br>>> welcoming new members. They are responsible for the Monthly news letter to<br>
>> the membership. Finally, they are responsible for calling together the<br>>> board for meetings which traditionally happen quarterly but is at the<br>>> discretion of the president. Ultimately, this is not a difficult or time<br>
>> consuming position it mainly is a communication position and is nice if you<br>>> can provide some energy and excitement about and/or behind the club.<br>>><br>>> Vice President - this position is responsible for backing the president in<br>
>> all of the previously mentioned duties, especially when the President is not<br>>> able.<br>>><br>>> Events Coordinator - this position is responsible for coordinating with all<br>>> the other breweries in town to provide a annual meeting schedule. They are<br>
>> the contact between the club and the breweries for club meetings. They are<br>>> responsible for confirming meeting arrangements in the week/s prior to the<br>>> meeting. They are also responsible for coordinating all other events that<br>
>> the LPs get involved including, Summer BBQ, Xmax Party, and other Beer<br>>> events.<br>>><br>>> Competition Coordinator - this position is responsible for conducting,<br>>> coordinating, planning, and arranging all things competition for the LPs.<br>
>> The main event is the LP Slam that happens in June. The Muse cup will now<br>>> be part of the Poetry Slam next year so this is the main event for the<br>>> position. This is a very time consuming position and will require effort,<br>
>> however, it is very important for the club.<br>>><br>>> Treasure - this position handles the finances of the club. They are<br>>> responsible for cutting checks to the appropriate people when necessary.<br>
>> They also are the person who deals with the bank. This position require an<br>>> organized and reliable person. They are responsible for doing all the book<br>>> work also - making sure all the pluses and minus add up.<br>
>><br>>> Board-at-large (4) - these positions are advisory positions for the other<br>>> positions. They represent the rest of the membership at the board meetings.<br>>> They often are involved with committees and sub groups to get other things<br>
>> done behind the scenes such as website work, etc<br>>><br>>> This is a very rough list of the responsibilities and in no way complete.<br>>> The important thing to remember is that this is a volunteer group and the<br>
>> only way things get done is by volunteering your time.<br>>> ______________________________________________<br>>><br>>><br>>> Our next LP meet> _______________________________________________<br>
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