Revised August 1, 2002

Responsible to: Chapter President, Members of the Chapter’s Executive Board, and Members of the Mt. Baker Chapter of SHRM/NHRMA.

Function: The Vice-President of Programs is responsible for contacting and arranging for speakers to address the monthly general membership meetings.

Duties:

1. Prepare a draft schedule of program meeting dates and possible programs for presentation to the Board. This would be after the year-end Board Retreat planning session where the new chapter Board discusses potential topics.

2. Solicit chapter members to serve on the program arrangements committee.

3. With the assistance of the President-Elect, organize and implement any chapter-sponsored or co-sponsored workshops. Chair the workshop committee meetings and delegate tasks.

4. Obtain speaker bio and prepare outline or summary of all monthly luncheon presentations for publication in the newsletter and/or website and forward them to the Communications / Public Relations Coordinator and/or Web mistress.

5. Arrange for any items such as overhead, tables, etc. that the monthly speaker would need for their presentation.

6. Introduce monthly speakers at the general membership meetings.

7. Forward names and addresses of speakers to the Secretary so he/she can mail out thank you letters.

8. Maintain notebook of monthly meeting presentations and handouts as documenta-tion of the types of programs offered, documentation for HRCI Recertification credits received and for Chapter Achievement Plan points.

9. Attends meetings of the board, the executive board, and general membership on regular basis in order to keep informed of chapter activities and to report on areas involving programs.

10. Represents the Chapter in the Human Resources community and actively promotes the awareness and support of its activities.

11. Immediately upon leaving the office of VP Programs, and no later than the January board meeting, forwards all materials and/or information related to the position to the incoming Vice President of Programs.

12. Uphold SHRM Code of Ethics and the Chapter By-laws.

Qualifications: Must be a member of SHRM and possess up-to-date knowledge in the general areas of Human Resource Management.