I’m sure many of you joined AAUW as a way to participate in a community organization, so now’s your chance. Please consider volunteering for one of these positions – I’d love to have you on the board next year! Also keep in mind that we can have “Co-VPs” if that seems like an easier way to manage the work.

~ Membership VP: Provides member services and information.
What she really does: supports current members by providing membership information and
reminders; identifies opportunities to recruit new members (social media, community events,
branch events); welcomes new members; maintains the branch membership directory and the
Member Roster in the Community Hub at aauw.org; attends monthly board and branch meetings.
Helpful skills: outgoing & friendly; consensus building; good at planning and goal setting.

~ Communications VP: Provides visibility for AAUW Eugene-Lane’s mission and programs among members and external audiences. What she really does: coordinates all publications and media exposure for the branch and branch meetings (drafts monthly newsletter content, places public notices about branch meetings, determines if interim Reader Board communication is needed; social media accounts and postings, website content); maintains the branch e-newsletter list. With the president, monitors branch phone and email contacts; attends monthly board and branch meetings.
Helpful skills: organized; computer/website/email familiarity. Basic understanding of publications, social media, website management is desired but not crucial.

~ Secretary: Records minutes of board meetings and branch business meetings.
What she really does: records minutes of branch business meetings and board meetings, provides draft minutes to the board for acceptance/revision, keeps accepted minutes on file; periodically adds accepted minutes to branch archives; has a copy of current Bylaws and Policies and list of current officers and committees on hand at each meeting; may write letters or other communications at the request of the board.
Helpful skills: organized, detail-oriented, familiar with word processing applications (Microsoft
Word, Google Docs) and online document storage (Google Drive)