Faculty Advisor

Steve Heister stephen.d.heister.1@purdue.edu

 

 

 

Duties and Roles

President

• Primary duties

  • Preside over both officer and general meetings of the organization.

  • Revise and enforce the by-laws.

  • Work with the national chapter to promote the ideals of AIAA.

  • Represent the student chapter at outside meetings.

  • Serve as the primary contact to the faculty advisor.

• Secondary duties

  • Enthusiastic attendance of chapter sponsored events.

  • Oversight of other officers.

Vice President

• Primary duties

  • Reserve rooms for events and activities.

  • Oversee any committees.

  • Conduct faculty and inter-member relations.

  • Serve as social coordinator.

• Secondary duties

  • Enthusiastic attendance of chapter sponsored events.

  • Assume the role of president in his/her absence.

Treasurer

• Primary duties

  • Maintain the chapter account with the Business Office of Student Organizations (BOSO).

  • Establish a semester budget based upon current club assets, estimated income, and estimated expenses.

• Secondary duties

  • Write proposals for funding of various chapter sponsored activities.

  • Oversight of fund raising activities.

  • Enthusiastic attendance of chapter sponsored events.

Secretary

• Primary duties

  • Generate and compile a written record of all events and activities.

  • Record, post, and email the minutes of all meetings.

  • Provide an electronic copy of the minutes to the student chapter webmaster for posting on the chapter web site.

• Secondary duties

  • Handle all communications necessary to the activities of the branch.

  • Write thank-you letters to appropriate people.

  • Enthusiastic attendance of chapter sponsored events.

  • Maintain accurate attendance records.

Publicity Officer

• Primary duties

  • Publicize all events.

  • Create and post flyers as necessary, updating in a timely manner the chapter bulletin board on the first floor of Grissom hall.

  • Send personal invitations to the appropriate members of the faculty for all chapter sponsored events.

• Secondary duties

  • Enthusiastic attendance of chapter sponsored events.

  • Work with chapter webmaster to promote the various chapter activities electronically.

Webmaster

• Primary duties

  • Design, construct, and maintain the chapter world wide web site.  The site should seek to promote not only the chapter itself, but the ideals of the national organization as well.

• Secondary duties

  • Enthusiastic attendance of chapter sponsored events.

  • Post minutes on the chapter site.

  • Work with the publicity officer to publicize chapter events electronically.