Elected Positions in the SIG Leadership

Refer to the Contacts page for information on the current SIG leaders and Volunteer Positions for information on the many volunteer opportunities.

Co-Manager

Term: Two years
Time Commitment: Varies based on the time of year and the number of additional volunteers signed up to help you achieve all these goals.

As a Society-level SIG manager, you are responsible to SIG members, the Society office, and the STC board of directors. As a SIG manager, you are responsible for fostering the following activities:

• responding to members' needs, offering them opportunities to volunteer, network, and gain leadership experience
• planning a successful program of activities that promote professional development
• keeping members informed of SIG activities
• publishing a newsletter
• maintaining a Web site that contains SIG information
• providing an online forum and discussion group
• communicating with chapter-level SIGs and serving as a resource for them
• communicating with STC officials and committees
• submitting status reports to the Society
• reviewing your SIG's mission statement annually and setting goals for the year
• facilitating or providing for discussions for the following activities at the annual STC conference: the SIG networking luncheon, the annual SIG business meeting, and the progression session
• submitting a budget proposal and conducting SIG activities within the approved budget.

Treasurer

Term: One year
Time Commitment: a few hours per month

As treasurer, you are responsible for the following activities:

• managing the SIG budget
• coordinating with the Society office regarding financial matters
• tracking expenditures
• completing additional treasurer duties as assigned by the SIG co-managers.

Secretary

Term: One year
Time Commitment: several hours per month

As secretary, you are responsible for the following activities:

• taking minutes at the quarterly membership meetings and at the monthly volunteer meetings
• posting these minutes to the Web
• completing additional secretarial duties if necessary as assigned by the SIG co-managers

Membership Manager

Term: One year
Time Commitment: a few hours per month

As membership manager, you are responsible for the following activities:

• downloading the monthly membership report from stc.org
• sending by e-mail a welcome letter to new or reinstated members
• updating the announcement e-mail list subscription list, which sends e-mail to every member of the SIG.
• administering the e-mail discussion list, which sends e-mail discussions to every member who subscribes. The membership manager works with members and with the software to ensure that a subscribed member receives the e-mails properly.
• announcing upcoming volunteer meetings
• completing additional membership duties as necessary as assigned by the SIG co-managers

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