Leaders Needed: Elections for the school year!

[IU Geocaching]

Leaders Needed: Elections for the school year!
Interested in taking a more active role in Geocaching Club next year? Looking for a great opportunity to add to your resume? We are looking for nominations for next year's officer team!

The term is from fall 2012 to spring 2013, with new officers elected in April for the summer/following school year. We're a fairly new group, so it doesn't matter if you haven't participated much before. All we’re looking for are creative and motivated students that enjoy exploring the outdoors!

Nominations are open from now until April 14th. Elections will be held online from April 15-21st

How to Apply
If you're interested in a position, please fill out the application form by following this link: http://dft.ba/-OfficerApplication. The application consists of basic information (name, email, and position) and the following two questions:

1. Please list past leadership experience that makes you a viable candidate for an office position:
2. What goals, ideas, and or programs would you like to pursue in your officer position? Why?

Benefits
Being a leader in the Geocaching Club is a great way to network and meet new people. This is a wonderful opportunity to grow your leadership skills and it looks great on anyone’s resume. Being an officer, you’ll get hands on experience with planning events, outreach opportunities across the Bloomington community, and get to know Bloomington in a way you’ve never seen it before.

Questions?
If you have any questions or comments at all, please email iugeoc...@gmail.com. We look forward to exploring the outdoors with you!

Position Descriptions

President Responsibilities:

• Lead Leadership Team in planning events
• Official representative of Geocaching Club at IU to other clubs and organizations
• Can appoint special officers, leadership roles and committees as needed
• In charge of registering Geocaching Club at IU as a student organization every year
• In charge of relationship with Student Activities Office
• Setting organization goals (short and long term)  with help of Leadership Team
• Keeping advisor current on organization activities
• Developing Leadership Team meeting agendas

Vice-President Responsibilities:

• Presiding over events when president is not present
• Facilitate and organize new member recruitment and development
• Arranges date, time and place of meetings
• Maintains a list of all members and attendance at events
• Arranges carpools to events
• Supervise any committees formed
• Leads outreach and advocacy programs

Business Manager Responsibilities:

• Creating and managing budget
• Maintaining records of organization spending and reimbursements
• Maintains an accurate record of paid dues, if dues are collected
• Fulfill the financial obligations with Indiana University and within club in order to maintain status as a student organization
• Manages equipment owned by the organization

Webmaster Responsibilities:

• Maintains web, printing, and e-mail accounts for the club
• Updates club’s calendar online
• Manages e-mail list
• Manages or delegates Facebook and social media presence
• Collects photographs from events to put online
• Taking and distributing meeting notes if needed
• Post announcements of the club in all the social pages owned by the club

Marketing Chair

• Designs flyers, banners, and displays for our events and Caching After Class
• Leads Leadership Team in event promotion and publicity

Outreach Chairs (2 people!)

• Partners with event coordinators from other organizations to plan opportunities for us to teach geocaching at various community events, conferences, and organizations
• Plans our weekly Caching After Class events during the early fall and late spring (Remember there's 2 people and you can delegate to others!)
• Recruits and manages volunteers for outreach events

Alex Lemont & Will Petrovic
Co-Presidents of the Geocaching Club at IU