DUTIES OF COUNCILORS/ALTERNATE COUNCILORS
Councilors are elected to
represent the membership of the Northern California Section at the National
Council, the governing body of the Institute of Food Technologists. In
the event the elected councilors are unable to attend the National Council,
the Chair shall appoint alternate councilors to serve in their place. Those
individuals who are runners-up in the council elections form the pool of
alternate councilors from which the Chair may draw.
DUTIES
1 Serve as a member of the NCIFT Executive Committee
2 Attend all Executive Committee meetings
3 Attend and participate in the Council Meeting at the Annual Meeting. Travel to this meeting is the responsibility of the councilor.
4 Establish and maintain an understanding of the views and desires of the members of the NCIFT so they may be properly represented at the local and national levels
5 Participate in the election of Councilor Representative to the Executive Committee
6 Attend Regional breakfasts at the Annual Meeting to better understand what will be going on at the Council Meeting.
7 Notify officers of the Section of your interest in serving on national Committees.
8 Serve as a conduit between members of the Section and the NCIFT Executive Committee and National Council
9 Notify the Section Chair as to whether you will be attending the Annual Meeting.
10 Serve as a voting member
of the NCIFT Executive Committee.
TIMELINES
August 1
· Attend Executive
Committee meeting
October 1
· Attend Executive
Committee meeting
December 1
· Attend Executive
Committee meeting
February 1
· Attend Executive
Committee meeting
· The Section is notified by National IFT as to how many councilors they are entitled at the Annual Meeting
April 1
· Attend Executive
Committee meeting
May 1
· Notify the Chair
whether you will be able to attend the Annual Meeting
May 15
· Receive council
agenda from the National.
June 1
· Attend Executive
Committee meeting and/or pre-IFT special meeting
June 15-30
· Attend Annual Meeting
· Attend Councilors
breakfast (Saturday before meeting opens)
· Attend Council
Meeting (Saturday before meeting opens)