Support Chairmen

Branch 116 Support Chairmen

Ramp Chairmen
Recruitment	Don Schroeder Asst: Peter Coggiola	Monitors email activity sent to the Branch 116 email address, and forwards to appropriate persons.
Actiivity Coordinator	Mike Ward
Member Relations	Michael Barrington
Publicity	Al Farbman Asst: Dave Heck Asst: Rick Parker Asst: Richard Rossland
Support Chairmen
Audit Committee	Ron Armijo Asst: Steven Bort Asst: Harry Oberle Asst: Bill Ginter	Verifies that the receipts and disbursements for the year are proper and verifies the cash balance at the end of the year. Audit reports are provided to the appropriate Officers.
Nominating Committee	Jerry Hicks	The Nominating Committee prepares a slate of Officers and Directors for the following year. The Chairman is the Big SIR from the prior year and he organizes a Committee of members to assist him. Updates on the progress of the Committee will be given to the Big SIR during the months of March, April, and May. The slate of nominees will be presented to the membership at the June luncheon meeting. At that time nominations will also be accepted from the membership (if there are any). The nominees will be elected by the membership at the August luncheon meeting. Those elected will be installed at the November luncheon meeting
Sunshine Committee	Matt Arena	At each Luncheon the Sunshine Chairman reports on the health status of members with hardships or health issues. Submits a monthly article to the Newsletter Editor to summarize the more serious health issues of our membership.
Computer Support	Neil Schmidt Asst: Phil Goff	Answers any questions the branch members have regarding personal computing.
Webmaster	Phil Goff Neil Schmidt	Maintains websites for varius activities, i.e. Branch, CAT and SUMS websites.
Luncheon Support Committee
Attendance	Mike Schneider	1. Monitors our Luncheon116@gmail.com for messages 2. Calculates the number of members who will attend luncheon and advises caterer. 3. Completes a list of excused members and posts in lunch room. 4. Submits attendance report to all board members at board meeting. 5. Passes out name badges to each member. 6. Tracks each member's attendance at monthly meetings. 7. Prepares a list of un-excused members and mails each a letter asking for payment for their missed lunch. 8. Emails a summary report of total attendance to Membership Secretary following each luncheon meeting. 9. Monitors caterer's menu and service and requests changes as necessary.
Audio Visual	Neil Schmidt	Ensures appropriate A/V equipment is available and ready at monthly luncheons.
Chaplain Committee	Terry Sherman	Arranges for a volunteer to recite a prayer to the Branch membership at each luncheon and other events as appropriate.
Greeters Committee	Terry Grummitt	Recruits two people to assist in greeting members at monthly luncheon. Arrive at lunch forty five minutes early.
Speakers Committee	Sam Beret	Arranges for quality speakers at each monthly luncheon.
Storytellers Committee	Mac McLoughlin Asst: Fred Schafer	As requested by the Big SIR, tells a humorous story to the Branch Members at each luncheon.
Recruitment Committee	Don Schroeder
Recruitment Materials	Don Schroeder
Guest Packets	Don Schroeder	Prepares a packet of information for each guest at monthly luncheons encouraging them to become a member.
New Member Orientation	Dave Williams	Interviews new members seeking to join SIR Branch #116 Interview Process The interview includes the new member, his sponsor and Interviewer Chairman or his delegate. Interview Format The short interview provides the new member with information about expectations of members by SIR Branch 116 including meeting attendance and member involvement. Interest groups are discussed including how to become involved with these groups. Information about the SIR organization both local and state is provided. The new member and sponsor are given the opportunity to ask questions about the organization. New Member Documentation The Interviewer Chairman completes the Branch 116 New Member Interview Form. The completed form is given to the Membership Secretary and he enters the information into the Branch 116 database.
Sponsor Program	Don Schroeder	Recruits members to act as a sponsor for new members who don't have one.
Member Relations Committee	Tom O'Brien
Membership Secretary	Phil Goff	Maintains records of Branch membership. Posts new member pictures to website and reports statistics to State SIR.
Membership Roster	George Pryhuber	Annually produces a membership roster in hard copy and distributes to all active members Has 30 extra copies printed for Membership Secretary to give to new members during the year.
Publicity Committee	Jim McCormick	Sends Branch 116 meeting announcements to newspapers and other community publications.
Newsletter Editor	Neil Schmidt	Gathers information from Branch Officers and Chairmen to report on events that have occurred or are planned. Assembles the information into a Newsletter format and posts it to the Web. Sends out notices to appropriate Branch members that the monthly Newsletter has been posted. Arranges for printing and mailing of hard copies of the Newsletter to those who do not read it on the Web.
Badges	Phil Goff	Supplies printed badges to Attendance Chairman at each lunch meeting and to Spring and Christmas Parties.
Guitar	Paul King	Provide Guitar music for the membership to sing along with at our luncheon meetings. Songs include, “Happy Birthday” for those celebrating their birthday that month and “God Bless America” to end each luncheon meeting.
Photographers	Neil Schmidt Asst: Gary Boswell Asst: Phil Goff	The "Photography Committee" takes photographs at all Branch 116 luncheons, with emphasis on the luncheon speaker, new members with their sponsors, and members receiving awards. These are forwarded to the editor of the newsletter for his use (as space is available) in the monthly newsletters. In addition, the Photography Committee takes photographs of special events as requested. These include golf events, Ladies Day, the annual Christmas party, and the like.
Raffle	Ben Bryce	Sells raffle tickets at each lunch meeting. Collects money, calculates amount of prize money, and gives to the Little SIR for drawing at the luncheon.