Chapter President

1. Motivate executive board and members through his or her enthusiastic attitude towards PRSSA.

2. Preside at all membership and executive board meetings.Chapter activities.

 3. Delegate responsibilities of officers and committees.

4. Direct overall operations of Chapter.

5. Recommend and establish goals and objectives for the Chapter with the approval of the membership, faculty and Professional Advisors.

6. Assist the treasurer in collecting annual dues and assume responsibility for providing accurate information on the accompanying dues form to be forwarded to PRSSA National Headquarters on November 1 and again on March 1.

7. Stay in contact with the PRSSA National Committee.

8. Help direct and organize major events held by our Chapter

9. Prepare Agendas and have them sent out before meetings to other officers to review and add additional information. 

Vice President

1. Motivate members through his or her enthusiastic attitude towards PRSSA.

2. Perform all duties of the Chapter President if the president is absent or unable to perform his or her duties.

 3. Assist the president in coordinating and directing committee activities and Chapter operations.

4. Perform duties as may be delegated by the president.

5. Serve as a counselor to the president by recommending goals, objectives, programs, etc.

6. Coordinate and disseminate information about PRSA New Professionals and Associate Membership for graduating PRSSA members.

7. Research and book speakers for chapter meetings.  Also coordinate other professional development sessions including resume enhancement sessions, panel of speakers, tours to agencies, etc. 

 Director of Internal Communications

 1. Motivate members through his or her enthusiastic attitude towards PRSSA.

 2. Record the minutes of all executive board meetings, general membership meetings and handle the appropriate distribution of these minutes.

3. Maintain a record of Chapter members, including a permanent home address and school address of each member.

4. Serve as keeper of the Chapter’s charter and other permanent documents, including the Chapter Handbook. 6. Notify PRSSA Headquarters and sponsoring PRSA Chapters of changes in Chapter officers or advisors.

5. Handle all Chapter correspondence.  (List serv announcements etc.) 

Treasurer

1. Motivate members through his or her enthusiastic attitude towards PRSSA.

2. Work with the Chapter President in preparing the annual budget.

3. Collect Chapter and national dues at the times specified in the PRSSA National and Chapter Bylaws and, with the assistance of the president completely and accurately prepare the PRSSA dues form that accompanies national dues when they are forwarded to PRSSA Headquarters.

 4. Provide financial reports periodically to the Chapter membership.

5. Collect fees for any Chapter special events and fundraisers.

 6. Disburse Chapter funds with proper approval.

 7. Provide safekeeping for all Chapter funds and keep accurate financial records.  

Director of Public Relations

1. Motivate members through his or her enthusiastic attitude towards PRSSA.

2. Maintain and update PRSSA Facebook group and any other social networking site with meeting dates/times, events, links, etc.

 3. Produce or oversee the Chapter Web site.

4. Produce or oversee Chapter news on the national Web site www.prssa.org.

5. Post announcements for Chapter meetings throughout campus.

6. Coordinate press releases, feature articles, advertising and brochures relating to the Chapter.

7. Handle all campus and area press issues.

 8. Help promote recruitment and retention with slide/tape presentations, brochures, fliers and other appropriate aids. 

 Historian

1. Motivate members through his or her enthusiastic attitude towards PRSSA.

2. Maintain and record history of Chapter for accurate record keeping from year to year.  

3. Coordinate photography for the Chapter, the Chapter’s scrapbook and press releases.

February 13– PR for Publications Panel

February 27– PRSSA Meeting— Member dues are due

March 19– PRSSA Meeting

March 29– Rockstock

April 2– PRSSA 2008-2009 Officer Elections

April 16– End of the Year Social

The first Rockstock planning is underway! Beerworks is signed on to be our presenting sponsor and will host the official after party! If you have a Rockstock ticket, you will get in free to the party. City Paper, Redbull, Millerlight and Takeout Sweaters are also sponsors. The event will be on March 29 at the Visitors Center Bus Shed from 7-11. The bands include After August, Overstood and Valkyrie. This is going to be an amazing event in support of Mima Music.  If you are not involved yet, it is not too late! Also, check out our new Rockstock Website and join the event on Facebook. Please start spreading the word to all of your friends!

We are having an optional holiday social Wednesday December 5 at 5:30. We hope everyone can make it! If not, good luck with finals and have a wonderful break. See you next semester where we will be gearing up for the music festival!

Many of you are searching for internships for the Spring or the Summer. Take advantage of our resources!

PRSSA’s Job Center.

College of Charleston’s Cistern Online.

Good luck!

PRSSA Spring Music Festival Committees and Contacts
Sponsorship Committee:
- research sponsor
-compile data sheet on sponsors
-create sponsorship packet
-pitch ideas to possible sponsors
Contacts:
Jackie Kollmar (973) 985-7979
jtkollma@edisto.cofc.edu
Emily Peck (678) 360-5125
eepeck@edisto.cofc.edu

The committees are listed below. If you missed the meetings last week, contact one of the officers to be placed on a committee. We will be meeting with our committees for a short time on Wednesday at the meeting!

PR/Media Relations:
Kelly Kuo, _kkuo@edisto.cofc.edu_
Carey Johnson, _cjohnson3@edisto_
Rivata Letzer, _rletzer@edisto_
Katherine Sutton, _kmsutton@edisto_
Courtney Cochran, _clcochra@edisto_

Marketing:
Amandalynn Jones _amandalynj@gmail.com_
Candice Summers, _cfsummer@edisto_
Emilie Halliday, _erhallid@edisto_
Lauren Hatch, _lehatch@edisto_
Mary Catherine Kennedy, _mckennedy@edisto_

Vendors, Venue:

Melisa Kavanagh, _makavana@edisto_
Eddie Moye, _ejmoye@edisto_
Alexis Neustatter, _amneusta@edisto_
Stephanie Abraham, _saabraha@edisto_

Sponsorship:
Kayla Parker, _klparker@edisto_
Kelly Hillyer, _khillyer@edisto_
Lauren Greene, _lggreene@edisto_
Olivia Gossett, _ogossett@edisto_

Artist, Talent:
Carly Reiner, _creiner@edist_
Catherine Butler, _catn87@aol.com_
Erika Shaub, _rika9787@gmail.com_
Lauren Shoefstall, _lashoef@yahoo.com_

Since our next planned social is for Wednesday, October 31– we decided to reschedule due to the holiday. Our next meeting will be Wednesday, Nov. 7! Be ready to pick a committee!

Please join our facebook group: COFC PRSSA 2007-2008! It is a wonderful way to let you know of any upcoming events!

The next meeting will be Wednesday,  November 7.  Attendance is mandatory at this meeting if you want to be in a committee for the music festival.  Please look over the list below and come with a first and second choice in mind.

• Sponsorship Committee: research possible sponsors, create sponsorship packet, pitch to sponsors, follow up with sponsors, and make sure the sponsors are getting everything negotiated in the contract
• Marketing Committee: Create and design promotional materials, market ticket sales, sell the tickets, design t-shirts and tickets
• PR/ Media Relations Committee: create news pitches, pitch to various media, write press releases, develop a press kit, write band biographies, act as media liaisons
• Finance Committee: keep record of all the money, create a budget for what each committee can spend, develop a spread sheet for each committee
• Artist Talent Relations Committee: form relationships with different bands, listen to cds and vote on who will perform, act as stage directors
• Vendors/ Venue Committee: deal with any legal issues, research possible vendors, police’ bouncers, design the layout, research companies to rent the stage/lighting/sound

All of these committees are vital to the success of an amazing event! If you would like to be a committee head, please email your resume to either Jackie or Emily Coleman.

Please remember to be thinking of names for the festival!