Apply to be a CAFME officer!

Positions available: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Special Projects Coordinator

Deadline to apply: Friday, April 1 by 5 p.m.

How to apple: Send your resume and a cover letter explaining why you want to hold the desired position and how you could benefit CAFME in that position. Send these two materials in an email to carolinamagazines@yahoo.com. You do not have to be an official member of CAFME to apply or to be elected. 

PRESIDENT

Responsible for:

·         Making sure everything runs smoothly at all times

·         Running the meetings, planning meetings, lots of emailing and coordinating

·         Making the organization “official” at the beginning of the year

·         Sending e-mails at least once every two weeks with updates and meeting information

·         Keeping (safe) all CAFME documents

·         Coordinating meeting topics and putting together handouts

·         Checking the Yahoo e-mail account on a consistent basis

·         Helping with recruiting efforts every semester, Fall Fest

·         Delegating tasks to exec, organization and admin to everything

·         Serving as the face of the club, representative of the J-School

·         Keeping in touch with Cafme and other alum in the industry

·         Planning and leadership for the annual NYC trip, Pace Trip, Raleigh Trip

·         Attending each meeting

VICE PRESDIENT
Responsible for:
       ·         Serving as the right hand to the President 
       ·      Assisting in running weekly meetings
       ·      Assisting in all things administrative  
       ·      Running any meetings the President cannot attend  

       ·      Leading any trips the President cannot attend
       ·      Booking all meeting locations and times
       ·      Helping with making the club official and working with SASO
       ·      Helping with recruiting efforts, working with faculty
       ·      Finding and organizing speakers for meetings 
       ·      Maintaining contact with Ed2010 and serving as a liaison
       ·      Contributing to brainstorming with the exec team - very involved with planning 

              &  new ideas
       ·      Checking with the President and offering suggestions for infrastructure 

              improvement 
       ·      Planning and leadership for the annual NYC trip, Pace Trip, Raleigh Trip
       ·     Attending each meeting

SECRETARY

Responsible for:

·         Helping the president and vice president

·         Editing and contributing to handouts for meetings

·         Helping with recruiting efforts

·         Keeping track of attendance of weekly meetings/prize winners

·         Taking detailed notes of each meeting

·         Posting meeting recaps to the CAFME blog

·         Maintaining the blog, any other websites

·         Brainstorming meeting topics and speaker ideas with the executive team

·         Writing thank you letters to speakers

·         Attending each meeting

TREASURER

Responsible for:

·         Providing the organization with necessary funds to operate (mostly includes printing money, some food money, some travel money, and gift money for speakers)

·         Must take and pass the treasurer's test

·         Keeping tabs on the CAFME account in the Student Union (which, yes, has money in it)

·         Keeping track of money collected from dues, cashing checks from dues

·         Applying for funding each semester, any subsequent funding requests

·         Contributing to the exec planning

·         Attending each meeting

SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR­

Responsible for:

·         Helping the president and vice-president

·         Reserving spot and organize booth for Fall Fest, J-School Orientation and other events

·         Helping with recruiting efforts

·         Daily/weekly keeping up the Twitter and Facebook with helpful links

·         Creating FB events, sending out messages, interacting with members through social media

·         Taking photos (just a few snapshots) for the FB page

·         Live tweeting a few quotes at the meetings (if guest speaker)

·         Publicity on campus – t-shirts, events, J-School relations, Intern Panel, Networking Night

·         Attending each meeting

**Despite the different duties each position is responsible for, officers must at all times work together toward the goal of improving and expanding the organization. Officers will be expected to contribute thoroughly.