Volunteer Opportunities

Opportunities:

Board Positions:

Zeta is looking for members interested in serving in positions on our Board of Directors.  Meetings are held monthly throughout the year, and last approximately 90 minutes.  Positions that will be open on the spring ballot include:

President Elect

Qualifications:

• Be an active member of the chapter
• Consent to serve in the position

Responsibilities:

• Perform the duties of the president in the president's absence.
• Succeed into the presidency at the end of a one- or two-year term of office.
• Communicate to the public the purposes of the society.
• Be chair of committees, as needed.
• Learn the chapter operations and facilitate the achievement of chapter goals and mission of Sigma Theta Tau International.

Vice President

Qualifications:

• Be an active member of the chapter
• Consent to serve in the position

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the planning of chapter programs ensuring that at least two prgrams or events that support the honor society's purposes and goals are held each year.
• Communicate to the public the purposes of the society.
• Be chair of committees, as needed.

Secretary

Qualifications:

• Be an active member of the chapter
• Consent to serve in the position

Responsibilities:

• Record and write the minutes for each Board of Directors and business meeting.
• Distribute minutes to all members of the Board of Directors.
• Keep an official record of the minutes of all Board of Directors and business meetings to present to the succeeding secretary.
• Assist in preparation of an annual report to the chapter membership.
• Submit the list of new officers to headquarters within two weeks of officer elections and provide headquarters with updates as they occur.
• Order all stationery, forms and mailing labels for the chapter.
• Type and mail chapter correspondence.
• Assist in sending membership invitations to all elected candidates, in cooperation with the Governance Committee.
• Serve on committees as needed.

Governance Committee (2 positions)

Qualifications:

• Be an active member of the chapter
• Consent to serve in the position

Responsibilities:

• Participate in committee oversight of chapter membership eligibility issues
• Actively participate in amendment of the Chapter’s bylaws amendment by considering, reviewing, editing and/or correlating amendments as suggested or appropriate
• Actively participate in updating the Chapter’s bylaws to comply with changes made to the international bylaws by utilizing the chapter bylaws template created and updated by STTI headquarters (updated template is typically available in January of even-numbered years)

Leadership Succession Committee (2 positions)

Qualifications:

• Be an active member of the chapter
• Consent to serve in the position

Responsibilities:

• Develop members in organizational leadership roles across the span of their careers
• Mentor members to assume positions at all levels of the organization
• Oversee the selection of members who can provide the necessary leadership to achieve chapter goals and to meet the needs of members
• Manage the preparation, distribution and tallying of election ballots
• Notify all candidates (elected and non-elected) of the election results
• Note: Those serving on the Leadership Succession Committee are not permitted to be on the slate of candidates for officer or committee positions during that election year.

If you would like to be considered for one of these positions, please contact us at zetastti@umn.edu

Program Planning:

Planning meetings and induction ceremonies is an important part of the chapter’s annual activities.  If you are interested in taking part in the planning of these events, please contact us at zetastti@umn.edu

Zeta Chapter Mentoring Program
We would like to connect professional nurses with nursing students at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing through the Zeta Chapter Mentoring Program. If you identify with one or more of the areas of student interests and would like volunteer as a mentor please contact:

Xee Vang
Student Board Intern
Zeta Chapter of STTI
vangx271@umn.edu
 

BSN Students

Women's Homeless Shelter
Volunteers are needed to serve dinner at a women's homeless shelter in the Phillips neighborhood.  Opportunities are available monthly for 5 -7  people (in case you would like to come with a group of friends).  Volunteers usually bring prepared food to serve around 20-25 women who use the shelter on a nightly basis. The dinners are served from around 5:45-6:45 p.m. or so.  If you are interested in helping out, please let me know by RSVPing on the link, and I can provide additional information.

Friday, 3/5/10, 5:45-6:45 PM
Saturday, 4/24/10: 5:45-6:45 PM
Friday, 5/14/10: 5:45-6:45 PM
Friday, 5/28/10: 5:45-6:45 PM

Starting in June, the women's shelter will close due to budget cuts, and the meals will be served simultaneously with the men's shelter. This will require a much larger meal for the clients (up to 110 total), and thus a larger number of people to prepare the food. I am not sure if SoN would be willing to do this, but if you are, and enough people volunteer to help out, I can try to coordinate that opportunity, as well.

Contact Joe Gaugler in the School of Nursing with questions.  (gaug0015@umn.edu)