Responsibilities for each office

The District Representatives shall serve a one-year term.

District representatives duties include:

• attend Executive Board meetings;
• work toward the achievement of MCSS objectives and strategies;
• serve on one of the Strategic Plan Action Teams;
• become familiar with the MCSS By Laws and Policies;
• assist in identifying community resources in their districts;
• serve to communicate issues and opportunities to their constituents in their districts;
• submit pertinent District news article to the council’s official publications;
• represent their districts in advocacy efforts;
• attend the MCSS Annual meeting and assist at state conferences;
• submit a State of the District report at the final Executive Board meeting of the school year;
• Serve on various State level committees and testify at various hearings on pertinent social studies issues.

The President Elect shall serve one-year term as President Elect, one-year term as President, one-year term as Past President:

The President Elect duties include:

• submit goals and objectives at the beginning of his/her term which may by carried over into their term as president;
• assist the president as directed by the Executive Board;
• perform duties of the President in the President’s absence;
• fill an unexpired term of President in the event that a vacancy should occur;
• serve on the State Conference Program Committee;
• perform such duties and have such powers as are provided in these By-Laws or a directed by the President and/or the Executive Board.

The NCSS Delegate at large shall serve a two-year term.

The NCSS Delegate at large duties include:

• serve as a member of the MCSS Executive Team and the Executive Board;

• attend meetings of the House of Delegates of the NCSS and prior briefings;

• be the liaison between the House of Delegates of NCSS and the state council;

• arrange for caucuses of all delegates from MCSS prior to the meetings of the House of Delegates;

• in conjunction with the Executive Director , President and President Elect fulfill obligations to the Great Lakes Regional Coordinating Committee including summer planning meetings; perform such duties and have such powers as are provided in these By-Laws or as directed by the President and / or the Executive Board.

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