Chapter Chairmen’s Job Descriptions
For a list of chapter officer responsibilities, click here.
Ordeal
- During Conclave and Reunion, responsible for putting together ceremonial lists of participants. Getting materials (sashes and candles) and separating them into proper numbers for ordeal teams, and distributing them.
- Know how many teams you have and how they can be contacted.
- Get the new members involved with the ritual Teams.
- Coordinate the Ordeal ritual team meetings.
- Prepare Ordeal teams for the Ceremonial Team Competitions and Reunions.
- Responsible for summer site work. Organization and manpower along with plan of what to do. Work with Brotherhood chairman on this task.
- Encourages participation in ceremonial teams.
- Lead in creation of new ordeal teams.
- Reports to 2nd Vice-Chief.
Brotherhood
- During Conclave and Reunion, responsible for putting together Brotherhood Candidate lists for ceremonies. Getting materials (sashes and candles) and separating them into proper numbers for brotherhood teams, and distributing them.
- Prepare Brotherhood teams for the Ceremonial Team Competitions and reunions.
- Make sure we have brotherhood teams.
- Encourage brotherhood conversion and raise the chapters brotherhood conversion rate.
- Call past elangomats and get them to check up on their clans.
- Work with Elangomat chairmen to communicate with new members and to talk about the upcoming meetings and events.
- Run the Brotherhood ritual team meetings.
- Responsible for summer site work. Organization and manpower along with plan of what to do. Work with Ordeal chairman on this task.
- Reports to 2nd Vice-Chief.
Induction/Enrichment and Elangomat
- In charge of getting required number of elangomats for conclaves and reunions.
- Conduct training for all of the elangomats to help them better understand their job and responsibilities.
- Chapter has a ratio of 10 to 1, candidates to elangomats at the conclave and reunion.
- Makes clans list prior to event.
- Work with the Troop Rep. and Brotherhood chairmen to contact the new members and get them involved.
- Call all elangomats and have them call their clans to promote events.
- Keep elangomats involved; it is a year long job.
- Get new Ordeal members to achieve Brotherhood.
- Contact and get new elangomats for the Fall Reunion and Spring Conclave.
- Stress that being an elangomat is a year long commitment!
- Reports to 2nd Vice-Chief.
Program
- Organize and conduct four quality programs at chapter meetings in Nov., Feb., May, and Aug.
- Find a program and place to hold the meeting at least one month before the meeting.
- Make sure refreshments are served at all meetings.
- As meeting approaches, verify the program and place.
- Work with 1st Vice Chief in planning the February Fellowship Banquet.
- Reports to 1st Vice Chief.
Service
- Organize and lead service projects.
- Fill in service projects forms to be turned in at LEC.
- Come up with at least two new service project ideas.
- Plan and get approval from lodge for all service projects.
- Promote all service projects.
- Work with Ordeal and Brotherhood chairmen on summer site prep. serive projects.
- Assist candidates and elangomats on their workdays.
- Reports to 1st Vice Chief.
Troop Representative
- Get and keep an updated troop representative list.
- Make sure the troop rep reports to troop members.
- Call troop reps when asked by secretary.
- Achieve 100% troop reps; a troop rep for every troop.
- Work with elangomat chairmen to promote meetings and other OA functions to the new members.
- Reports to Secretary.
Webmaster
- Maintain Web Site.
- Responds to and forwards email.
- Post chairmen and officer updates.
- Keep the Pathfinder web site up to date.
- Change the appearance occasionally to attract visitors.
- Keep links current.
- Post upcoming events on the Shawnee Lodge web site.
- Reports to Secretary.