BWS FY10 Leadership:
The FY10 officer slate is posted below. Feel free to contact any of the officers if you have questions or inquiries. You may also email the leadership at
leadership@swe-bws.org
BWS Executive Council Description
The
BWS Executive Council
transacts the business of the Section, ensuring that the objectives and
purposes of the Society and the Section are pursued. This includes
providing programming for the Section members, providing outreach to
students within the community, formulating and changing Section policy
and procedures, and approving the Section budget. Officers of the
Executive Council include the President, two Vice Presidents, two
Secretaries, Treasurer, and Section Representative(s). The number of
Section Representatives is determined by the size of the Section, and
is between 1 and 4; in Fiscal Year 2008 BWS had four Section
Representatives. Voting members of the Executive Council include the
officers listed. Chairs of committees or activities are non-voting
members of the Executive Council. The Executive Council appoints the
nominating committee chairperson and approves the appointment of the
other committee chairpersons, as recommended by the President.
The President
coordinates all activities and executes the business and policies of
the Section . The President is the face of the Section in public, and
executes the business and policies of the Section. The President is
also responsible for appointing the chairperson of all committees, with
the exception of the nominating committee chairperson, who is appointed
by the Executive Council.
The Section Representatives
act as the official contact between the Board of Directors and the
Section. Section Representatives vote for the Section on all matters
before the Council of Representatives (COR) as well as before the
Region, and report back to the Section on matters reported in the
minutes of meetings of the COR and the Region. When necessary, Section
Representatives assure authorized alternate(s) are selected to
represent the Section at these meetings.
The Vice Presidents
act as officer contacts for those committees put under her supervision
by the President, as well as perform the duties of the President in her
absence or at her request. One Vice President focuses on the
furtherance of the professional development of Section members, as
approved by the membership. This includes providing activities and
programs to encourage and assist members to establish goals for and to
attain high levels of education and professional achievement, as well
as readying themselves to return to active work after an extended
absence. The second Vice President focuses on the Section’s career
guidance and outreach goals, including providing information and
counseling on engineering careers for students in grade K-12, providing
counseling and possible financial assistance to women engineering
students, and to maintain and disseminate information on available
engineering scholarships.
The Treasurer collects,
safely keeps and distributes the funds of the Section. The Treasurer
keeps and exact account of all receipts and expenditures for submission
to the Society Treasurer at the end of the fiscal year, and presents a
financial report at meetings of the Executive Council and Section
membership, as required. The Treasurer also answers inquiries on
financial matters and makes recommendations to the Executive Council on
financial strategy.
The Internal Communications Secretary
records, prepares, maintains and distributes minutes of each official
meeting of the Section or Executive Council. The approved minutes are
then submitted into the Section archives. The Internal Communications
Secretary notifies the Section and Executive Council of meetings and
activities, and sends out ballots for elections and for amendments to
the Bylaws. This Secretary maintains the current official membership
records of the Section, and also contacts and assists prospective
members in applying for membership in the Society.
The External Communications Secretary
coordinates public relations efforts to ensure community knowledge of
the Section, its purpose, and events. This include providing publicity
to advance the Society’s objectives and Section goals, as well as to
send news accounts of Section activities to SWE, other professional
engineering organizations or affinity groups, and external
publications.