• Work closely with treasurer throughout the year in seeing how expenditures match the budget for the year, keeping current at all times.
Foundation Chair and Committee Qualifications
• Be knowlegeable in administration, funding, and current foundation programs
• Have ability to communicate ideas and motivate members
• Have good judgment
• Be knowlegeable in bylaws— BPW policies and procedures
Specific Duties
• Encourage women to help women
• Make known the services available through the foundation
• Encourage members to become involved with the foundation
• Make the foundation an everyday reality to every member
• Assist in funding projects
• Plan programs on the foundation on a regular basis * Keep a record of contributions to BPW Foundation for granting state awards Issues Management / Legislation Chair and Committee Qualifications
• Have an intense interest and knowledge of legislative matters
• Be a registered voter
• Be willing to devote a large amount of time to legislation
• Have the ability to communicate ideas and motivate members Specific Duties It shall be the duty of the committee to implement the program for the current year. It shall also be the responsibility of this committee to develop a coordinated program, projects, and activities for the ensuing year in accordance with the program and objectives of BPW / TN. It is the responsibility of the legislation committee to keep abreast of all legislation that affects the progress of working women. To emphasize that respect for the law and a knowledge of the legislative process are necessary for meaningful citizenship.
• Inform local committee chairs on the state legislation platform
• Attend BPW Foundation legislative Policy and Action Event in Washington, D. C., if possible
• Educate the membership on pending issues well in advance of the bill coming to the floor
• Be willing to actively lobby local legislators and congressmen on platform issues
• Assist local committee chair:
• Urge every member to become active in a political party
• Encourage qualified business and professional women to undertake elective or appointive policy-making posts
• Maintain active and constructive channels of communication with elected representatives at state legislatures and in the U. S. Congress, by personal visits, telephone calls, telegrams, and letters
• Arrange forums at which speakers provide facts as a background for audience discussion
• Sponsor, with the cooperation of other groups,“ Hereʼs How Clinics” or“ Town Hall Meetings” on local issues and open them to the public
• Encourage local organization members to vote
• Establish a roster of qualified women in the community for use by officials for appointment to public office
• Conduct a candidate forum prior to elections
• Include articles on legislation and the ERA in issues of local organization newsletters
• Attend city council, county board, school board, and committee hearings Membership Chair and Committee Qualifications
• Have a thorough knowledge of BPW and what it offers the individual member
• Possess the ability to communicate with the membership
Specific Duties
• Offer local organizations ways to increase membership and retain members once they have been recruited
• Promote, expand, stabilize, and inform the membership
• Provide materials to local organizations on membership orientation in addition to the status of membership on local level
• Work closely with regional directors, district directors and local organizations, encouraging them to establish new local organizations
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