The President creates an agenda for and presides at each monthly Board of Director's Meeting. The President attends all Chapter Meetings and announces any new business or old business to the membership. The President responds to questions from members, other Board Members and vendors. The President signs-off on all membership applications for ALA and makes certain that accurate membership records are maintained. The President works with the Regional Directors, Officers and the headquarters staff for the recognition of the Chapter and its members and is responsible for maintaining contact with those individuals in order to keep members apprised of activities. The President is asked to make a concerted effort to attend the annual and regional conferences as well as the Chapter Leadership Institute.

The Vice-President/President Elect's prime responsibility is to assist the President in fulfilling his/her duties and to act in place of the President when the President is unable to do so. This officer is preparing to assume the position of the President the subsequent year. The Vice-President/President Elect is responsible for selecting and scheduling topics and speakers for all Chapter meetings and for the seminars held each year. The Vice-President/President Elect coordinates all travel, payment, audiovisual needs and other details with each speaker. The Vice-President/President Elect introduces each speaker at the Chapter meeting and seminars. This officer chairs the educational committee consisting of all section chairs and holds two education committee meetings per year.  The Vice-President/President elect is encouraged to attend as many national and regional conference meetings related to Chapter leadership as possible.

Chapter Manager

The Chapter Manager handles general correspondence to the membership.  The Chapter Manager proofreads and assists in the preparation of Chapter Awards.  The Chapter Manager prepares labels for luncheon attendees, sends directions to attendees, greets attendees at meetings, maintains RSVP lists for luncheons and handles correspondence with those who owe fees for not canceling an RSVP for a luncheon.  The Chapter Manager assists the Secretary in locating venues for chapter luncheons.  The Chapter Manager prepares tags for drawings, maintains a list of those who have won scholarships and coordinates reimbursements with the winners.  The Chapter Manager acts as the Chapter’s contact for members and vendors.  The Chapter Manager takes and prepares Board meeting minutes and sends them to the Region 2 Directors and to ALA National.  The Chapter Manager assists in the preparation of E-Letters.  The Chapter Manager assists the Webmaster with maintaining accurate email addresses for members.  The Chapter Manager maintains databases on past and current members and vendors and maintains various chapter records including past award submissions.  The Chapter Manager assists the Membership Director with Membership Renewals.  The Chapter Manager maintains job descriptions of board members and assists board members in succession planning.  The Chapter Manager attends annual CLI meetings.  The Chapter Manager assists each board member as needed upon the approval of the President and/or Vice President.

The Treasurer handles all the financial matters for the Chapter. This position is responsible for collect membership dues, accounts receivable, accounts payable and files the tax return for the organization. The Treasurer helps in preparation of the Chapters annual budget.  The Treasurer receives all RSVP's for the Chapter meetings, creates name tags for each attendee and collects payment from each attendee. In some years, the Treasurer is also responsible for the Chapter's salary survey.  This position provides the Board monthly financial data and also arranges for the yearly audit of the Chapter's financials by a qualified accountant.

The individual who holds this position coordinates all details regarding new members of the Chapter. These duties include answering questions from prospective members, sending out membership packets to prospective members, reviewing submitted applications, forwarding dues payments to the Treasurer, forwarding membership applications to the President for sign-off and coordination with the Association of Legal Administrators to maintain correct membership lists. This Director updates the Board and the Secretary each month with information regarding the new members joining the Chapter. This Board Member also coordinates the new member luncheon, including the location, menu, invitation list, speakers and agenda. This Director is assisted with this project by a committee of Chapter members.

The individual who holds this position coordinates all details regarding the production of the newsletter. This Director works with the Board of Directors to identify a featured member for each quarterly newsletter, coordinates contributions from each Board Member and committee chair by the deadline for the issue, solicits articles from speakers and coordinates the writing of the article with the publisher of the newsletter. This Director provides the publisher with an updated mailing list and oversees newsletter distribution.

The individual who holds this position is responsible for all aspects of the Business Partner Luncheon and will be responsible for coordinating with the President and ALA the nomination of the Chapter for the Chapter awards for which the Chapter qualifies on an annual basis. With regard to the Business Partner luncheon, this Director secures the location, invites the vendors, coordinates the location of each exhibitor on the floor, contacts vendors for the donation of door prizes, selects a menu and otherwise coordinates all aspects of the vendor luncheon. This Director is assisted by a committee of Chapter members to organize the annual business partner luncheon. With regard to Special Projects, this Director will identify Chapter awards for which we are eligible, will propose submission of the Chapter for the award to the Board and will prepare the submission on behalf of the Chapter. This Director will also identify goals to the Board that will enhance the members experience and qualify the Chapter for other awards. This Director may be asked from time-to-time to assist other Board Members or Committee Chairs with other projects.

The individual who holds this position is primarily responsible for the design, functionality and content of the Chapter website as well as supervising the Chapter electronic communications.