SWE Nebraska FY23 Elections
Please Consider Serving As Our Next Leaders!

Past NE SWE President, Janis Pfingsten, is serving as our FY22 nomination committee chair for the upcoming elections this April / May for FY22-FY23 (recall it is a 2-year term).

If you know someone that is looking for a leadership opportunity, please feel free to reach out to them and we can connect them with Janis as well! Self nominations are welcome!!

Officer & Chair Responsibilities of the Society of Women Engineers,
Eastern Nebraska Professional Section
 
Section Officers
 
         President

• Responsible for communications to and from the Society
• Preside at meetings of the section and its executive council (monthly conference call)
• Authorize the disbursement of section funds
• Be an authorized signatory on all section accounts;
• Coordinate activities and execute the business and policies of the section between meetings;
• Review and approve the year-end section financial report;
  Estimated monthly commitment is 10-15 hours.
   
  Vice-President

• Assume the duties of the president if the president is temporarily unable to serve
• Attends the monthly Section Board meetings and provides a brief Chair report
• Provide oversight and guidance to the committee chairs as assigned
• Perform such duties as may be assigned by the president, the executive council, or the governance documents
  Estimated monthly commitment is 4-6 hours.
   
  Treasurer

• Be responsible for the collection, distribution, and safekeeping of section funds
• Attends the monthly Section Board meetings and provides a brief Chair report
• Prepare, maintain, and report as directed on the financial position of the section in relation to the approved budget
• Submit a financial report to the Society in accordance with established procedures
• Provide oversight and guidance to the committee chairs as assigned
• Perform other duties normally associated with the office of treasurer or as may be assigned by the president, the executive council, or the governance documents
  Estimated monthly commitment is 2-3 hours.
   
  Secretary

• Maintain the records of the section
• Attends the monthly Section Board meetings and provides a brief Chair report
• Provide oversight and guidance to the committee chairs as assigned
• Perform other duties normally associated with the office of secretary or as may be assigned by the president, the executive council, or the governance documents
  Estimated monthly commitment is 1-2 hours.
   
  Section Representative

• Serves as the voice of the Section when voting on Society issues
• Distributes communications from the Society to the Section membership
• Attends Regional and National Conferences (can designate another member to represent as needed)
• Attends the monthly Section Board meetings and provides a brief Chair report
• Participate in monthly Region conference call
• Responsible for filing quarterly reports to the Region Governor
• Assures that the section is in compliance with Society bylaws
  Estimated monthly commitment is 4-6 hours.

Committee Chairs

          Membership Chair

• Serves as the primary contact for the Section regarding membership coordination and support, including personal data file maintenance on Section members and on prospective members
• Attends the monthly Section Board meetings and provides a brief Chair report
• Contacts / assists prospective members in applying for membership in the Society.
• Welcomes new members and Creates and supplies membership packets to potential new members
  Estimated monthly commitment is 3-6 hours.
   
  Outreach Chair

• Serves as the primary contact for the Section regarding outreach event coordination/support
• Informs the Section about outreach volunteer opportunities
• Works with local entities (i.e., Girl Scout Troops, schools, other professional organizations, etc.) to organize educational engineering and science related activities
• Attends the monthly Section Board meetings and provides a brief Chair report
• Submits information to the President for the monthly SWE-Blast to members, as applicable
  Estimated monthly commitment is 5-8 hours.
   
  Program Development Chair

• Maintains an updated Calendar of Activities for the Section
• Organizes meeting activities (i.e., speaker coordination, food, location, marketing, sign-in roster, etc.), typically with support from other Board members
• Creates and distributes Evites for meetings, as necessary
• Provides details to the President, Membership Chair, and Webmanager (or a combination thereof) for activities promotion
• Maintains the Section Idea Bank for potential future meetings and past event details (# of members/non-members in attendance, etc.)
• Attends the monthly Section Board meetings and provides a brief Chair report
• Submits information to the President for the monthly SWE-Blast to members, as applicable
  Estimated monthly commitment is 5-8 hours.
   
   Collegiate Counselor – UNL or UNO

• Coaches the collegiate section by providing advice and resources on SWE, speakers, industry, etc.
• Works with faculty advisor to ensure section is in good standing with university
• Ensures the section is in good standing with SWE HQ
• Encourages award and scholarship applications and collegiate member participation at regional and national levels
• Encourages graduating students to transition to professional SWE membership and stay involved
• Attends the monthly Section Board meetings and provides a brief Chair report
• Submits information to the President for the monthly SWE-Blast to members, to support the local student Section accordingly
  Estimated monthly commitment is 3-5 hours.
   
  Newsletter Editor

• Author/create Section quarterly newsletter
• Author regional and national articles
• Provide Webmanager newsletter to post to section website
• Attends the monthly Section Board meetings and provides a brief Chair report (
• Submits information to the President for the monthly SWE newsletters to members, as applicable
  Estimated monthly commitment is 2-3 hours.
   
  Webmanager
• Update and add information to the website
• Gather useful information for the website from the officers and members
• Relay member feedback received from the website to the officers
• Attends the monthly Section Board meetings and provides a brief Chair report (Teleconference)
• Submits information to the President for the monthly SWE newsletters to members, as applicable
  Estimated monthly commitment is 2-3 hours.