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What are the benefits of being an officer for NYU Toastmasters?

It’s an opportunity to display and develop your leadership skills (and fast-tracks your earning a Toastmasters International Competent Leader designation)
You’ll play a significant role in shaping our club’s culture and identity
You can grow your professional network beyond NYU by participating in Toastmasters International events and trainings for officers
NYU pays your membership dues for half a year

What’s involved?

Officers serve for a one-year term beginning on July 1st, 2017 and ending on June 30th, 2018
Officers meet 3-4 times per year, depending on what’s happening and what needs doing
Officers are required to attend one formal training (Winter and Summer) put on by Toastmasters International, usually held on an evening or weekend
Other responsibilities depend on your role and are outlined below

Roles

More detailed information about all Toastmasters roles can be found at http://d4tm.org/club-administration/club-officer-roles

President – Calls and presides over officer meetings, makes announcements at meetings, is a liaison with other local clubs, Toastmasters International, etc. (1-4 hours per week)
VP Education – Ensures meeting roles are filled and ensures members are making their way through their ten prepared speeches, may help newer members find mentors within the club (2-3 hours per week)
VP Membership – Processes membership applications at renewal time and throughout the year (about 3 hours per week at membership renewal times (twice a year); otherwise commitment varies from 0-2 hours per week)
VP Public Relations – Promotes the club within the NYU community to administrators, staff and faculty (number of hours per week depends on what you want to do to promote the club)
Secretary – Keeps minutes at officer meetings, keeps files containing meeting agendas and other archival information (0-1 hour per week)
Treasurer – Keeps track of how much money we’ve submitted to Toastmasters International, how much credit our club has, and any other money matters (NOTE: Currently our club does not have a budget as we charge only what is due to Toastmasters International) (0-1 hour per week)

What’s the election process?

Any active member, including current officers and including brand new members who have just submitted an application, may self-nominate for the roles listed above. Get in touch with any nominating committee member (names below) by Thursday, May 4th to let us know which role(s) interest you and a sentence or two about why you are interested. The nominating committee will be soliciting nominations between now and May 4th.

The nominating committee will present a slate of candidates at the May 11th and May 18th meetings.
A ballot will be emailed to members on Friday, May 19th.
Ballots will be due back by 5pm on Friday, May 26th.
New officers will be announced on Tuesday, May 30th.

What do I need to do?

If you’d be interested in talking about becoming an NYU Toastmasters officer, please get in touch with any member of the nominating committee by Thursday, May 4th: yolanda.rayside@nyu.edu, Queen Walker at qw8@nyu.edu, katta.tan@nyu.edu or brenda.mitchell@nyu.edu.