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Run for Office

To learn more about the opportunity to become a class officer, please review the following open positions.

PRESIDENT

This person should be active in the Alumnae Association and class activities. She should be organized! Her primary role is to keep classmates informed about the College and class activities. This is done via at least one class communication per year.

Duties:

Attend Alumnae Leadership Council
Produce class letters
Conduct annual executive board meetings (may be conference calls)
Appoint committee chairs
Oversee Class Meeting at reunion
Fill executive board vacancies
Act as ex-officio member of all class committees except nominating committee
File annual report with Office of the Alumnae Association

VICE-PRESIDENT

This person should be outgoing and social. Her primary role is to keep classmates connected to one another via mini-reunions.

Duties:

Attend Alumnae Leadership Council
Organize mini-reunions
Assume role of president if she resigns or can no longer perform her duties
File annual report with Office of the Alumnae Association

SECRETARY

This person must enjoy writing. Her primary role is that of class crier.

Duties:

Attend Alumnae Leadership Council
Write quarterly class-notes for Wellesley magazine (500 words)
Record minutes of executive board sessions and Class Meeting at reunion, and send copies of minutes to the Office of the Alumnae Association for inclusion in the permanent class file.

TREASURER

This person must be good with numbers. Her primary role is to manage class finances. The class treasury supports class activities — mailings, mini reunions, memorials, executive board conference calls, travel expenses for Alumnae Leadership Council delegates — and in some cases, provides seed money for the class record book and reunion. The treasurer does not fundraise for the College (dmj-d - just the class ;-))

Duties:

Attend Alumnae Leadership Council
Manage class treasury and bank account
Send dues notice to classmates each year and maintain class dues records
Oversee class expenses and conduct any necessary financial transactions
Facilitate use of treasury funds for class gifts
Maintain list of class life members and send updates to the Office of the Alumnae Association on an annual basis
File annual financial report with the Office of the Alumnae Association

Run for Office

Hello Class of 1998 Classmates:

Are you interested in being a class officer? If so, please email either Mala Shah or myself, Dorothy Jones-Davis if you are interested in running for any of the Class Officer positions, or if you would like to nominate another classmate. Please read the Class Officer descriptions to learn more about the open positions.

Remember, class officers play an important role in keeping their classmates connected to the college and to each other. Each officer serves a five-year term which begins at our next reunion. Class Officers are invited to attend Alumnae Leadership Council at Wellesley twice during their term, in their first and fourth years. The cost for attendance is usually shared by the class (who pays for travel), and the College (who plays for lodging). And, of course, The Alumnae Association staff provides training and support throughout the five-year term.

Hope that all is well for all of you,
Dorothy
Your Class Secretary and co-nominating chair

ANNUAL GIVING REPRESENTATIVE

This person must be organized and well known by her classmates, and either have some fund-raising experience or be interested in and/or comfortable with fund-raising. Her primary responsibility is to manage the class' annual giving and reunion campaigns, which include: communicating fund-raising news and needs to classmates, soliciting annual gifts for the College, increasing donor participation, and managing a team of annual giving assistants that she recruits. The nominee should demonstrate an understanding of the importance of annual giving through consistent financial support of the College.

Duties:

Attend Alumnae Leadership Council and other volunteer conferences, as appropriate
Support Wellesley College financially every year
Manage class annual fundraising campaign
Recruit annual giving assistants
Contribute to class and appeal letters and report gift results during Class Meeting at reunion
Appoint additional fundraising volunteers