Officer Responsibilities

President: Responsible for calling, setting agenda and presiding at meetings of the Society.  Chief operating officer concerning all activities of the Society. 

President-elect: Coordinate society scientific meetings and programs and aid president in fulfillment of Society operations. 

Secretary: Take and write-up minutes of all society meetings including branch and executive minutes and disseminate to executive officers and to the society newsletter editor.  Communicate with the national society and aid the database manager and treasurer in keeping society records.  Deposit meeting minutes and all communications with the society archivist. 

Treasurer: Responsible for all financial activities of the branch.  Keep society funds in a special Society account, write and distribute checks to pay for society obligations.  Keep a record of paid up members of the society and transmit to the database manager.  Together with the secretary, newsletter editor and webmaster, solicit Society dues.  Keep Society financial records available for auditing.  Send copies of branch financial transactions and paid up members to the national society as requested.  Give financial reports at executive meetings and as requested by the president and president-elect.  Deposit copies of all records with the Archivist. 

Counselor and Alternate Counselor to ASM: Act as liaison between national and branch societies.  Attend national council meetings.  Represent washington branch interests at the national level. 

Members at Large: No specific duties.  Represents the membership at large at executive meetings of the society.  Volunteer for and take on specific tasks as requested by the president and executive committee. Organize and host specific scientific meetings, liaison between universities and student chapters, solicitation of funds from industrial sponsors. 

Other Officers and/or Committee Activities (voluntary) are not elected positions.  These include: Archivist, awards, nominating, program, science fair, newsletter editor, webmaster, database manager, industrial affairs coordinator, meeting host and university chapter student coordinator.