• Chair
• Branch representative to national board
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Professional Development Chair
• Professional Development Coordinator
• Networking/Events Coordinator

Chair*

• Provides leadership to branch
• Coordinates branch and leads executive in setting branch goals and objectives
• Chairs and sets agendas for general and executive meetings
• Serves as an ex officio member of all QAC committees
• Acts as a liaison between various regions that make up the QAC branch
• Acts as a liaison/coordinator among all executive and administrative roles
• Contributes to branch newsletters

Branch representative to national board*

• Discusses and votes on national issues considered by the national board, examining those issues in the context of the whole association and bringing the branch’s perspective to the board
• Reports to the board on branch activities, including local publications and projects that can be shared nationally or with other branches
• Reports to the board on issues that arise at the branch level that may have consequences for other branches or for the national association
• Reports on national board discussions to the branch executive and arranges for the same information to be passed on to the branch membership when appropriate
• Notifies the appropriate branch contact when local members are needed to sit on national committees

Secretary*

• Keeps minutes of executive meetings; distributes within one week of the meeting
• Keeps and distributes minutes of annual general meeting
• Keeps permanent records (minute binder)
• Submits copies of the QAC minutes and any other significant branch publications to the EAC head office (Toronto)

Treasurer*

• The Branch has recently purchased accounting software that the branch administrator uses to enter financial transactions, maintain records of expenses and income and prepare periodic financial statements as well as a year-end statement for the ratification of the Treasurer.
• Monitors and ratifies the reports produced by the branch administrator
• Helps the executive prepare an annual budget and special projects budget
• Establishes a relationship with the national treasurer and the EAC national office and submits reports, as requested
• Presents financial reports at executive branch meetings and annual general meeting

*These positions must be filled by EAC voting members in good standing.

Professional Development Chair

• Serves on the Branch Executive Committee and reports on seminars
• Organizes and holds seminar development committee meetings (three a year)
• Designs seminar program with the help of seminar coordinators
•  Posts information on seminar content, speakers and calendar on EAC web site
• Promotes seminars
• Liaises with seminar coordinators and branch administrator
• Reviews contracts for venue and catering with QAC Treasurer

Professional Development Coordinator

• Attends the professional development meetings (three a year)
• Participates in selecting seminar topics and speakers
• Organizes one seminar: contacts speaker and obtains information about seminar for posting on the QAC webpage and for publicity:  bio, brief seminar description, availability for pre- or post-seminar meetings with local members, etc. (Attends seminar for free)
• Makes venue and catering arrangements and sends contract to PDC Chair
• Prepares information about seminar content (e.g., speaker bio, seminar description, venue, time and place) and forwards it to the professional development chair
• Answers emails about the seminar
• Looks after printing and delivery of handouts
• Takes attendance
• Introduces speaker and EAC association
• Hands out and collects evaluation forms
• Thanks speaker and announces next seminar

Networking/Events Coordinator

• This position can be shared by more than one person.
• Selects format and frequency of networking events with the help of the executive committee
• Selects venues with the approval of the treasurer
• Books venue and sends invitation to branch administrator to distribute to members
• Checks registration with branch administrator
• Attends event