Position / Committee –    PRESIDENT

Term –  2 years

Responsible to –  Association Members

Objective(s) – To ensure the club’s focus and goals are compatible with those of the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation and the Alberta Fish and Game Association. To ensure all of the Association’s financial matters are handled accurately, professionally, promptly and consistently. To preside over all meetings of the executive and directors in an efficient and timely manner.

Time Commitment  (hours per month)

General Duties

• Maintain an accurate and complete file of information to be passed to the next president
• Plan and chair monthly meetings which are held on the last Tuesday of each month excluding July
• Chair the annual general meeting which is held in January
• Pick up LDFGA mail at the post office and distribute it to the appropriate people
• Take responsibility for the Association’s website and designate a website caretaker
• Maintain frequent contact with the committee heads to supply direction and assistance when needed
• Act as the sole official spokesperson for the LDFGA
• Facilitate introductions of new members / guests at meetings
• Oversee and monitor all communication between the LDFGA and other organizations and individuals
• LDFGA email address: lloyddfga@gmail.com

Specific Duties

January

• Prepare agenda and chair the regular monthly / annual meeting
• Prepare the agenda and chair the Association’s annual awards and banquet night
• Ensure hides for the Hide Collection Program have been picked up

February

• Prepare agenda and chair the regular monthly meeting
• Get volunteers to chair the various standing committees
• Prepare a new executive and director list
• Ensure the new executive and director list is sent to the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation and the Alberta Fish and Game Association and put on the website
• Book a facility (traditionally the Convention Centre) for next year’s banquet
• Ensure that the LDFGA will be represented at the Saskatchewan and Alberta provincial meetings

March

• Prepare agenda and chair the regular monthly meeting
• Ensure fish have been ordered to stock the Fish and Game ponds

April

• Prepare agenda and chair the regular monthly meeting
• Ensure that the LDFGA will be represented at the Saskatchewan and Alberta zone/regional meetings
• Ensure the second mail out for memberships takes place
• Ensure the publicity chairperson includes a memo regarding the June BBQ in the second mail out

May

• Prepare agenda and chair the regular monthly meeting
• Encourage the various committee heads to get their outdoor projects started
• Check to be sure the second membership mail out has taken place
• Ensure students have been chosen to attend the Conservation Camps
• Ensure volunteers are in place to plan and run the June BBQ

June

• Prepare the agenda and chair the regular monthly meeting

July

• No meeting

August

• Prepare the agenda and chair the regular monthly meeting
• Monitor progress with resolutions to ensure appropriate activity is taking place

September

• Prepare the agenda and chair the regular monthly meeting
• Ensure that the selection of the recipients for the Student Scholarships has taken place
• Review resolutions

October

• Prepare the agenda and chair the regular monthly meeting
• Ensure that the LDFGA will be represented at the Saskatchewan and Alberta zone/regional meetings
• Find and book a keynote speaker for the annual banquet

November

• Prepare the agenda and chair the regular monthly meeting
• Select the nomination committee for the next executive
• Obtain volunteer chairpersons for the annual banquet committees
• Prepare the yearly letter from the president to be included in the membership mailout
• Review the financial statement that will be presented at the annual meeting

December

• Prepare the agenda and chair the regular monthly meeting
• Ensure the treasurer has the annual financial statement completed (suggested deadline of December 20)

Contacts / Sources

• Facility Manager – Lloydminster Exhibition Association
• Silver Willow Trout Hatchery – Neilburg,  Saskatchewan – 306-823-4409
• Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation
• Alberta Fish and Game Association

Required Skills / Experience

• Minimum of 2 years as a director with the LDFGA
  Basic computer skills
• Organizational ability
• Speaking and writing