Branch Secretary

The Open University Students Association (OUSA)
in the West Midlands

Branches

BRANCH SECRETARY

Responsibilities of the Secretary
The Secretary is responsible for the day to day administration of the branch and needs to:

implement the decisions of General Meetings or Branch Committee meetings and deal with the practicalities of the decisions.
liaise regularly with the Chair and the Treasurer and keep them informed of how things are going and whether any additional help is needed.

Communications

act as a communications link between branch members, branch officers, Executive Committee Members, and the office.
pass on to the relevant people all the mailings\communications that are received from the office, EC and BCC.
OUSA Conference
deal with all the OUSA Conference mailings that are sent out by the office and handle the branch conference administration.

Newsletters

produce any branch newsletters and ensure they reach the office in time to allow for a 6 week turn-around period.
organise the publicity for branch activities.

Records

keep all the branch records, spare copies, correspondence files, agenda and minute files etc.
keep the office informed of any important changes in the branch e.g. change of officer details.
In particular, for meetings, the Secretary needs to:
book the meeting room.

Branch Officers

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