[Ntso] Officer Elections for NTSO, 2005-2006 year

[Andrea Woodlief]

Hello Everyone,

In case we haven't met my name is Andrea Woodlief, and I am filling in for 
the job of secretary for NTSO during the remainder of the school year.  I am 
sending out a reminder that officer elections for the 2005-2006 school year 
will be coming up during the first week of April.   All of the current 
officers are invited to run again, or run for a new office.

Officer positions are open to anyone who is a member of NTSO.  For those 
students who are interested in running for an office please send Francis or 
myself a short bio (between 200 and 300 words) and a picture (if you don't 
have a picture, then Francis will have a digital camera to take pictures) so 
we can post these on the website and create an informational handout for the 
next meeting.

All candidates will be invited to speak and introduce themselves at our next 
meeting.  Below is a list of responsibilities for each officer, and 
eligibility requirements from the NTSO constitution.

If you have any questions please contact Francis Fennessy at 
roughneckbooks at hotmail.com or myself at andrea_woodlief at hotmail.com.

See you at the next meeting! :-)

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President - In charge of communications, coordinates meeting times, prepares 
official paperwork and keeps deadlines, mediates meetings and keeps group 
focused and on track, works with group to create goals for the coming year, 
makes sure group works within the confines of the mission statement, 
appoints representatives to additional committees as needed, keeps in 
contact with other non-traditional organizations across the country through 
ANTSHE listserv or other means, keeps in touch with student senate.

Vice President - In charge of membership and organization programming and 
advertising, works to inform the campus community about non-traditional 
students the Non-Traditional Student Organization and the services we 
provide, assists president with committees, works with business manager on 
yearly organization budget and programming funding, and responsible for 
making sure event log is kept up to date.

Business Manager – Non-Traditional Student Organization representative to 
student government meetings, is responsible for finding a suitable proxy 
when needed, responsible for presenting NTSO concept and budget at necessary 
meetings, tracks organization spending, assists with programming budgets, 
orders all supplies for organization.

Secretary - Takes meeting minutes, maintains listserv and web site, assists 
in poster design and generation for events, responsible for printing out 
fliers and ordering additional business cards, tracks office supplies and 
requests new ones when needed, creates correspondence (thank you letters 
etc), puts together mailings at the beginning of each semester for new 
students, requests mailing labels from registrar’s office for mailings, 
makes sure fliers are posted appropriately.

Eligibility
Any member of the student body who is over 25 years old, a parent, married, 
been out of school for years or just does not fit in with younger students 
may apply for membership.

All undergraduate student leaders must be students at SHSU and meet and 
maintain a 2.00 grade point average. All graduate student leaders must be 
students at SHSU and meet and maintain a 3.00 grade point average. Any 
student leader may be subject to removal from office by the organization 
and/or the organization’s advisor should the student leader fail to maintain 
the requirements as prescribed or the duties of office.

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Andrea L. Woodlief
NTSO Secretary

"Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first."  
~Murphy's Law~