Duties of the Secretary (Society Manager)

• Serve as the office liaison with affiliate societies.
• Report election results to Council and the annual business meeting.
• File an annual summary with the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs Canada.
• Preserve all documents of the Society except those assigned to other officers or committees.
• Carry out general secretarial duties including keeping of committee lists, bringing appropriate documents to
• meetings and correspondence.
• Record the minutes of Council meetings and the annual business meeting and distribute the minutes to Council
• members within one month of the meeting.
• Provide committee chairs with a list of their committee members and any necessary papers and instructions.
• Carry on correspondence for the Society.
• Serve as the office liaison with ASABE office.
• Report to Council and the Annual Business Meeting on election results.
• Receive reports from all committee chairs.
• Publish the PNL only, no written contributions expected.
• Pay Society expenses.
• Arrange for preparation of auditors report for AGM.
• Receive all By-law changes but not responsible for making the changes.
• Publish and supply in quantity the Awards Booklet to the AGM.
• Publish the CBEJ (Canadian Biosystems Engineering Journal) when finalized by the Editor
• Deliver the CBEJ and invoice the authors for page charges
• Serve as Secretary-Treasurer for the CSBE/SCGAB Foundation

So that is it! I am going fishing.

Goodbye/Bon Voyage