The Council Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary collectively comprise the Council Officers. Officers must be current or past Chapter Representatives, Chapter Officers, or FNPS members in good standing.
Council Chair
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Represents the Council on the FNPS Board of Directors and FNPS Board Executive Committee and attends monthly meetings or assigns a proxy.
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Prepares and submits Council reports to the FNPS Board of Directors and FNPS Executive Committee.
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Reports Society and FNPS Board news to Council members.
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Sets the Council meeting schedule and agenda and leads Council meetings. The Council will meet no fewer than 4 times per year and no more than 10 times per year.
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Develops Council strategies and goals and assigns Council or other resources to further the Council goals.
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Ensures compliance with Board bylaws.
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Trains his/her successor.
Council Vice Chair
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Assists the Council Chair and collaborates on Council strategies and goals
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Acts on behalf of the Council Chair in his/her absence.
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Maintains a current list of Chapter Representatives
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Heads the Orientation and Training subcommittee
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Sends Welcome letter and helps new Chapter Representatives obtain login information
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Schedules and organizes Chapter Representative orientation and training.
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Trains his/her successor
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Council Secretary
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Assists the Council Chair and Vice Chair as requested.
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Emails meeting instructions and agendas prior to all full Council meetings and posts meeting announcements as directed.
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Records minutes (including all motions and votes) of all full Council meetings, emails minutes to all Council members and posts the minutes on the Council website and Forum,
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Updates attendance spreadsheet on Google Drive and reports volunteer hours for Council meetings.
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Makes or requests updates and revisions to the Council website.
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Publishes, emails and posts all election notifications and other Council reports and polling results,
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Posts and updates Council entries to the FNPS Calendar.
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Heads the Administration subcommittee and ensures the Council Guidelines are reviewed and recommendations for revision are referred to the Council for approval.
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Trains his/her successor.