1st Vice President
Main Duties
As my predecessor told me when I first entered office , the actual duties of the office of First Vice President are quite flexible .
At a minimum , the First Vice President has to update the Membership and Promotional Video Contest Rubrics for the new school year , judge the Membership Contest and Promotional Video Contest , and run some sort of National Classics Week celebration or event . Apart from that , the office is very open . You might want to run Classicalia , or other events with the rest of the board , like Convocatio , and you can ( and should ) create your own new projects . Do what you think would be most effective to promote membership in the JCL , whether you want to target small states without JCL chapters , help already-established chapters grow more , or something else .
How to Prepare
Sophie Heitfield
Make sure you know what you want to do and have a concrete plan . It ’ s very easy to get caught up in a ton of different ideas , but you won ’ t have time to do everything ! Pick out a few projects you really care about and work on them consistently . Having some sort of leadership experience in the JCL , as an officer on your state or local board , is also great practice , but it ’ s definitely not necessary .
Again , the office of First Vice President is pretty much what you make of it — we don ’ t have to publish the Torch every season or create a scrapbook , but that means that you can take your goals , and your platform , in a lot of different directions , so get creative !