What Our Secretary Does

Come what may, we will have elections next year for chapter officers. Our chapter has four elected officers and this month I will tell you what our secretary does. Our current secretary, Lois Landis, has exhausted her eligibility and is overdue for replacement. We need you to volunteer to run for election to replace her.

Lois attends the monthly executive board meetings and records and keeps the minutes of those meetings. In most chapters, the secretary also records the minutes of chapter meetings when business is conducted, helps with the annual report to national Mended Hearts, and prepares correspondence. But in our chapter, these other tasks are done by other people, as I will explain in later articles.

Like all our elected officers, Lois also does things that are not part of the secretary’s job. She helps as needed to fold and label the newsletters for mailing, she visits patients and their families, and she serves on the committee for the annual Celebration of the Heart. If you are elected secretary you won’t necessarily do the same things, but you will be expected to do your share. So roll up your sleeves, so to speak, and pitch in.