President:
Working with the Executive Committee, shall actively seek
to advance all phases of the work of United Methodist
Women. She shall:
a. preside at all meetings of the unit, its Executive
Committee and serve as an ex officio member of all other
committees, where they exist, except the Committee on
Nominations;
b. sign with the secretary all official and legal papers
and orders on the treasury;
c. prepare reports as necessary with the elected officers;
d. represent the unit in all meetings, or name a substitute;
e. be a member of the United Methodist Church and serve,
where they exist and where provided in the local church's
structure, as a member of the Church Council or on the
Administrative Council or Administrative Board/Council
on Ministries.
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Vice-President: working cooperatively with the
president, shall assist the unit in fulfilling the PURPOSE.
She shall:
a. guide the Executive Committee in its responsibility
for planning and implementing the program of the unit;
b. perform the duties of the president in her absence;
c. carry coordinating responsibilities for ecumenical
relations and promote the cooperation of United Methodist
Women with Church Women United and the World Federation
of Methodist and Uniting Church Women;
d. chair the Committee on Program where one exists
or, if there is no separate committee, chair the Executive
Committee when dealing with matters relating to program;
serve on the Committee on Finance where one exists.
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Secretary:
understand the organizational form, the PURPOSE, the
program and the total involvement of the local unit
in order to perform the responsibilities assigned to
her and to assist the president. She shall:
a. keep accurate minutes
of all meetings of the unit and its Executive Committee
and give notice of these meetings;
b. serve as custodian
of all records and official papers;
c. sign, with the president,
all orders on the treasury and all official and legal
papers, making certain each is properly dated;
d. keep an accurate
up-to-date roll of membership;
e. send a list of elected
leaders of the unit, including addresses, zip codes
and telephone numbers, to the secretary of the district
organization immediately upon their election; and
send the name of the new president to the Service
Center;
f. serve on the Executive
Committee and, where they exist, the Committees on
Finance and Membership Nurture and Outreach.
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Treasurer:
actively work to fulfill the PURPOSE. For this task, she
shall become informed concerning the financial responsibility
of the unit and the program and responsibilities of the
Women's Division. She shall:
a. receive and disburse
funds on order of the unit, account for all funds
of the unit, and work with the Executive Committee
to develop a plan for receiving funds from individuals
or subgroups on a regular basis;
b. send all funds,
except those designated for mission locally and for
local Administration and Membership Development, to
the district treasurer. These remittances shall be
made monthly or quarterly as the conference organization
may direct;
c. make itemized reports
to the unit at regularly scheduled meetings and annual
reports to the unit, submit the local unit's books
annually to the audit committee of the local church,
and send an annual itemized statement of all funds
to the district treasurer;
d. chair the Committee
on Finance where one exists or, if there is no separate
committee, chair the Executive Committee when dealing
with matters related to finance; serve on the Committee
on Program where one exists.
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CONSTITUTION
AND BYLAWS
for Local, District, Conference
and Jurisdiction Organizations
United Methodist Women
1997-2000
published by:
Women's
Division
General Board of Global Ministries
The United Methodist Church
October, 1996.
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