A Recommended List of Local Officer Duties
President
Creates and types agenda for each meeting
Gives Advisor agenda on disk two days before a meeting
Presides over each meeting
Prepares Fall Copy of the Chapter's Program of Work and submits to State Office by due date
Vice President
Assists President
Presides over meeting if President is absent
Makes all arrangements for meeting place, speaker, etc.
Directs all committee work
Secretary
Prepares all correspondence (Letters, thank you, etc.)
Takes roll at each meeting
Takes minutes of each meeting
Gives Secretary's Report (Minutes) at all meetings
Types minutes within two days of each meeting
Gives copies of minutes to President & Advisor
Treasurer
Keeps financial records up to date
Gives financial report at monthly meetings
Reporter
Writes newspaper articles about chapter
Meets all Print Deadlines for the OKDECA Newsletter or Deadlines for OKDECA Website
National DECA publication, Dimensions
Sends news and photos to local cable TV channel, local news
Takes photos of all DECA events
Turns photos in to Historian
Historian
Prepares Program of Work (POW) scrapbook according to DECA guidelines
Turn in finished POW Sections by Advisor's deadlines
Submit POW Scrapbook to state office by deadline
Attend State CDC competition interview about Chapter's POW
Parliamentarian
Keeps order in meetings (control talking)
Be able to settle questions of parliamentary procedure as they arise
Chaplain/Motivator
Prepares/gives inspirational speech or story at meetings
Promotes the general welfare of DECA
All chapter officers are encouraged to communicate with their parallel officer on the State Action Team to increase communication between the local and state level |