HOWTO Be Secretary
From i3Detroit
The Secretary has a bunch of duties! This page should eventually contain info about how to properly perform most or all of them.
Calling a Vote
- Making sure the item is actually something that can be voted on.
- Determining who can vote on it.
- Finalizing the language to be voted on.
- Opening voting.
- Closing voting and announcing results.
Taking Minutes
- Making a note of the time the meeting starts is important to looking all official-like.
- Record all people in attendance at the meeting; this is important!
- After the meeting ends, post the to this wiki.
- How do you create a page without linking to it from somewhere?
- You go to the name of a prior meeting minutes page, change the name of the link in your browser's location bar, and hit enter!
Filing Paperwork
- To maintain our non-profit status we need to file an annual report here;
http://www.michigan.gov/lara/0,4601,7-154-35299_61343_35413_40269-136482--,00.html
typically this report is filed after elections take place in Septemeber. It needs to be filed on or before October 1. The fee is $20.
- We are a Domestic Nonprofit Corporation registered with the state of Michigan
http://www.dleg.state.mi.us/bcs_corp/dt_corp.asp?id_nbr=70489T&name_entity=I3%20DETROIT
