Another electable position would be a change to the bylaws and would have to be voted on and approved before someone could be elected. Members of the Board have voting rights on issues that come before the board, and this would have to be thought through when making this change. I am against an elected position for this for several reasons:
1) We have 4 electable board members, that can collapse to 3 (per the bylaws, treasurer and secretary can be merged if not enough people have run for office).
2) Many clubs find it difficult to consistently maintain even 2 officer positions. Having 5 officer positions would be an additional burden on the club.
3) I don't see the need for it. People can volunteer. People can be appointed to "do certain work", and the current positions can divide and conquer for these kinds of events.
When I took over there were only 3 positions (not enough people ran to fill 4). One of the things with the board that I wanted to do as Pres is start to grow the other roles. There was a time that I did membership cards, kept track of all the membership, did most all the planning for the meetings, and pretty much did the swap (with some great help, but I carried the major load). I've had to back way off because of work and school, but even before that I was transitioning the secretary for managing the meetings and smaller events, and managing our "check-out" equipment stuff. The Treasurer was transitioned to doing the membership cards, managing the paypal account and the bank account. Then Chris Stowers had to leave, and Brian stepped up (Awesome, by the way!), and then I ended up putting a bigger burden on him for the swap because of some changes that made me way to busy. Bottom line is I think among the board members + interested helpers, the Swap can be handled and the labor distributed. The Pres and VP need to Chair the Swap Committee, which can be populated with interested members, and duties delegated.
I don't have a problem with the new administration taking the steps to change the bylaws to add this position as an official office, but I would still be against it when the vote came around. For now we need to stick with the 4 official positions.
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