Membership Secretary Opening
This executive board role will become available at the end of the year, and it is a wonderful way to get more involved in the club! I will be stepping down next year due to increased travel and personal commitments after serving for two and a half years. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with the board and helping to keep our membership rolls up to date. I am happy to help train my successor, and I will be around enough to help out occasionally next year, so you will have good support.
Would membership secretary be a position you could fill? It is an especially significant role and many times the first contact our new members have with the club. I have enjoyed it immensely and have gotten to know and help numerous new and returning members. Here is the official job description: ✎
Process new members’ applications; maintain the membership files; prepare occasional reports of membership to be presented to the board and to the membership. This is a one-year term elected in December for January through December.
The job itself, aside from attending the monthly board and general meetings, could take between one and five hours per week, or roughly one day per month. There is a lot of flexibility in terms of when you get the work done. The process is extremely automated on the club’s website but does require a little investigative work at times. For instance, sometimes we have a returning member whose membership has lapsed, and the website assigns them a new rider number. This can be changed. You have ALL the power! If you are comfortable with computers, I can train you as an administrator on our website.
A good working computer/laptop and printer are also a must. This position is a good match for people who enjoy a little bit of office work. I print member ID cards, information to be included in the new member packet, envelopes for sending out renewal cards and new member packets, and club rosters when requested, although these are mostly done as PDFs. Another role of the membership secretary has been checking the club’s PO box at the downtown post office. I only do this once a month, because almost everything is now done online.
Please consider this important position and let me know your interest. The rewards are great! Please contact me at 917-620-9785, or [email protected], if you would like to know more.
Christi Horton, Outgoing Membership Secretary