The 2018 BCSRT Educations Road Shows and Annual General Meetings (AGM) are finishing up for the year in November and there are three BCSRT Board of Directors positions coming to term this year. At this time, we would invite you to make your nominations for each. The following positions are up for nomination:
Director of Finance – 2 Year Term
Key Responsibilities:
- Keep accurate records of all assets, liabilities, and financial transactions of the Society.
- Ensure the deposit of all monies and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Society.
- Provide regular reports on the financial status of the Society to the Board of Directors.
- Along with the other members of the Executive Committee*, manage the annual budget of the Society.
- Along with the other members of the Board of Directors, explore opportunities to increase revenues for the Society.
- Prepare, with assistance from the Board of Directors, the budget of the Society for the upcoming fiscal year.
- Be one of the two signing officers for cheques drawn on the account of the Society (with one other Executive member, to be determined at the first Board of Directors meeting of their term of office).
- Be the cosignatory to the annual financial statement of the Society (with the BCSRT President); will prepare for presentation to the members at the Annual General Meeting of the Society.
- Become familiar with the accounting software used by the Society. *If necessary, costs for training on the particular software in use will be covered by the Society.
- Receive and distribute all grant applications to the Board members.
- Assist with management of the website as needed.
Perform other duties as necessary and appropriate for the management of the Society.
Director at Large: Community – 2 Year Term
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as a liaison between the Board and the community membership.
- Engagement of community members with regards to, but not limited to, BCSRT education events.
- Attend meetings of the Board of Directors, as well as meetings of the Society (annual general meetings, special general meetings).
- Participate in short and long range planning for the Society.
- Assist with the development of strategies for membership recruitment/retention and communication.
- Assist with planning/coordinating special events, including BCSRT community Education/BCSRT roadshows for members.
- Serve on or chair ad hoc committees as assigned.
- Manage social media outlets for BCSRT (Twitter/Facebook/Instagram).
- Assist fellow Board Members as required/assigned.
- Perform other duties as necessary and appropriate for the management of the Society.
- Assist with management of the website as needed.
Director at Large: Education – 2 Year Term
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as a liaison between the Board and the membership and act as a coordinator for Education/BCSRT roadshows and online BCSRT education opportunities.
- Attend meetings of the Board of Directors, as well as meetings of the Society (annual general meetings, special general meetings).
- Participate in short and long range planning for the Society.
- Assist with the development of strategies for membership recruitment/retention and communication.
- Assist with planning/coordinating special events for members.
- Serve on or chair ad hoc committees as assigned.
- Assist fellow Board Members as required/assigned.
- Assist with management of the website as needed.
- Perform other duties as necessary and appropriate for the management of the Society.
Feel free to nominate someone for one or all of the positions. Please let the person you are nominating know that you are doing so. Nominees must be members of the BCSRT in good standing. As with previous years, nominees will be contacted following the nomination process to see if they will let their name stand for election. Voting will occur via online survey and successful candidates will be announced at Lower mainland Roadshow/AGM in November.
Please send all nominations to Kuljit Minhas at (president@bcsrt.com) by October 12th, 2018
Sincerely,
BCSRT Board of Directors
British Columbia Society of Respiratory Therapists
P.O. Box 4760, Vancouver, BC, V6B 4A4, Canada
www.bcsrt.com
