The Council Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary collectively comprise the Council Officers.
Officers must be current or past Chapter Representatives.
Council Chair
- Represents the Council on the FNPS Board of Directors and FNPS Board Executive Committee to provide an essential link between the Council and FNPS.
- Prepares, with input from the Council and Council Officers, and submits Council reports [Report Guidelines] to the FNPS Board of Directors and FNPS Executive Committee.
- Reports Society and FNPS Board news to Council members.
- Sets the Council meeting agenda and ensures it is posted or sent to the Chapter Representatives.
- Leads Council meetings to create and maintain a pleasant and productive meeting environment.
- Develops strategies and assigns Council or other resources to further the Council goals.
- Monitors and ensures achievement of Council agendas and compliance with Board bylaws.
- Trains his/her successor.
Council Vice Chair
- Assists the Council Chair.
- Acts on behalf of the Council Chair in his/her absence.
- Heads the Orientation and Training subcommittee and schedules and organizes Chapter Representative orientation and training.
- Trains his/her successor.
Council Secretary
- Assists the Council Chair as requested, including:
- Suggesting agenda items based on previous meeting unfinished business;
- Emailing meeting instructions and agendas prior to all full Council meetings;
- Starting online meetings.; and
- Disseminating polls and report requests.
- Records minutes (including all motions and votes) of all full Council meetings and publishes a timely record on the Council website, with email, Forum, and Facebook notifications.
- Keeps track of full Council meeting attendance and updates attendance spreadsheet on Google Drive.
- Makes or requests updates and revisions to the Council website.
- Updates instructions and provides assistance to facilitate the use of all adopted communication.
- Monitors, records, and publishes poll and reporting results.
- Posts and updates Council entries to the FNPS Calendar.
- Keeps a record of subcommittee heads and their members.
- Heads the Administration subcommittee and ensures an annual review of the Council Guidelines is conducted and recommendations for revision are referred to the Council for approval.
- Trains his/her successor.