* The Membership Chair shall transmit, at least quarterly, the membership report to the Regional Directors for distribution to the local organizations. Young Careerist Chair and Committee Qualifications
• Be knowledgeable in BPW
• Have ability to communicate
• Be able to plan the YC program with the state president
• Coordinate program to coincide with state convention
• Be career minded Specific Duties *. Encourage recruitment of young people into membership
• Organize and coordinate the Young Careerist program
• Promote activities that involve the participation of young people
• Establish continuity in the YC program See Chapter XVII of this handbook for the guidelines pertaining to the YC program. Individual Development Chair and Committee Qualifications
• Be knowledgeable in BPW
• Have ability to communicate
• Be able to plan the ID program with the state president
• Coordinate program to coincide with state convention Specific Duties
• Organize and coordinate the Individual Development program See Chapter XX of this handbook for the guidelines pertaining to the ID program. Special Committees and Task Forces The state president is empowered to appoint such special committee chairs and committee members and task forces as necessary to implement the approved state program. These appointments are subject to the approval of the executive committee. If attendance at interim board meetings or state convention is required for special committee chairs or task forces, it is the responsibility of the executive committee at the pre-board or pre-convention meeting to provide for reimbursement of registration and / or stated meals, subject to the availability of state funds. For information concerning financing the above, see chapter on financial policies. Bylaw Chair and Committee Qualifications
• Be knowledgeable about BPW
• Be knowledgeable about parliamentary procedure
• Be familiar with state bylaws, BPW Foundation policies as related to state participation, and model local organization bylaws
Specific Duties
• Review state bylaws and handbook for changes needed to conform to BPW Foundation policies and license agreement.
• Review submitted amendments, edit for composition, and arrange in logical order for presentation to the board of directors and convention
• Prepare proposed changes for printing in the state publication to go with the call to convention
• Keep copies of all changes at state convention yearly in a notebook to be passed to each bylaws chair so that a history of changes can be maintained
• Prepare copies of the state bylaws and handbook for distribution to members and / or publication on the website, www. bpwtn. com.
Public Relations Chair and Committee The state public relations committee shall direct all publicity for the state including the state convention. It shall, also, be the duty of the committee to interpret the state program through available communications media; to direct press, radio, and television services of the state and to encourage wider use of these media. The state public relations chair should urge all local organizations to contact businesses in their locale to present the BPW story to the public. The public relations chair will establish criteria for the public relations award as set out in Chapter XIV. State Awards.
25 August 2010