The following descriptions of responsibilities are provided for reasons of illustration only.
Responsibilities of all Directors
- Understand the role and responsibilities of their position
- Attend all meetings
- Actively promote the goals of organization
- Contribute to the agenda
President
The President is responsible for:
- at his or her option, acting as Chairperson of meetings of the Board of Directors and of the members. If the President declines to chair such meetings, the Directors shall choose one of their numbers to be Chairperson of such meetings.
- the general management and supervision of the affairs and operations of the Corporation.
- with the Secretary or other officer appointed by the Board for the purpose, signing all bylaws. During the absence or inability of the President, his or her duties and powers may be exercised by the Project Manager or the Communications Manager, or such other director as the Board may from time to time appoint for the purpose, exercises any such duty or power, the absence or inability of the President shall be presumed with reference thereto.
- ensuring that the Directors of the Board are aware of their responsibilities the Board in its compliance with applicable laws.
- setting the agenda for all meetings and, in cooperation with the Secretary, making it available prior to meeting date.
- ensuring that an appropriate director will preside over meetings.
- ensuring that all meetings are conducted according to the accepted rules of order.
- ensuring that ECOO maintains positive and productive relationships with other organizations.
- serving as the primary spokesperson for the organization.
- ensuring that a nomination committee is struck in preparation for the AGM.
- representing the organization to the media.
- representing the organization on Ministry or non-governmental committees.
- liaising with subject associations, non-profit and other organizations.
- being one of the signing officers and may be authorized to countersign cheques, correspondences, contracts or other documents on behalf of the organization.
Project Manager
The Project Manager is responsible for:
- the supervision ECOO Special Projects beyond the annual conference.
- providing oversight and development of Special Interest Groups and to report to the Board on their behalf.
- developing a process to refer new projects to the Board.
- providing timely reports to the Board about the progress of all special projects.
- recommending to Board the creation of ad-hoc positions to assist with special projects.
Communication Manager
The Communications Manager is responsible for:
- under the direction of the President, supervising all ECOO communications-related activities.
- communicating with membership as necessary (email etc…)
- developing and maintaining the ECOO web-site.
- providing timely news-releases as required.
- developing and distributing of ECOO published materials, eg. business cards, signage, advertisement, flyers.
- exploring and developing social media communication tools to promote ECOO.
- reviewing and developing branding for ECOO (e.g. logo).
Secretary
The Secretary is responsible for:
- maintaining records of all minutes of and resolutions from meetings of the Board and the membership.
- filing minutes of annual meetings of the membership in the official minute book of the Corporation.
- writing correspondence under the direction of the Board.
Treasurer
The Treasurer is responsible for:
- ensuring proper accounts of all funds received or disbursed are kept.
- issuing receipts for all funds received.
- depositing all funds received in a financial institution in the name of the Corporation.
- investing funds of the Corporation on instruction of the Board.
- keeping securities of the Corporation in a safety deposit box at a financial institution in the name of the Corporation.
- submitting to the Board for approval all accounts of an unusual nature.
- paying by cheque all accounts authorized by the Board.
- paying by cheque all the usual accounts of the Corporation.
- presenting an interim financial report in writing at each meeting of the Board.
- presenting annually a detailed and fully audited financial report for the preceding fiscal year.
- preparing for presentation to the Board annually a detailed budget at the first meeting of the fiscal year.
- preparing for presentation to the annual meeting of members the detailed budget approved by the Board.
