The PRESIDENT, working with the Executive Committee, shall actively seek to advance all phases of the work of United Methodist Women. She shall:

a. preside at all meetings of the conference organization, its Executive Committee, Administrative Committee, and the Committee on the Charter for Racial Justice Policies and serve as an ex officio member of all other committees except the Committee on Nominations.

b. work with the executive committee in receiving, evaluating and preparing reports;

c. sign with the secretary all official and legal papers and orders on the treasury;

d. serve as the contact person for district presidents, provide resources, and conduct training at least annually, as determined by the Executive Committee;

e. encourage districts, with the Executive Committee, to promote Mission Today Units; incorporate elements of Mission Today into the on-going program of the conference;

f. serve as a member of the annual conference by virtue of her office (The Book of Discipline, 2004, ¶32) and as a member of other boards and committees as determined by The Book of Discipline and/or the annual conference;

g. represent, or designate someone to represent, United Methodist Women wherever opportunities are afforded by the annual conference or its agencies.

The VICE PRESIDENT, working cooperatively with the president, shall assist the conference in fulfilling the PURPOSE. She shall:

a. serve as chairperson of the Committee on Program;

b. serve as contact person for district vice presidents, provide resources, and conduct training at least annually, as determined by the Executive Committee;

c. carry coordinating responsibilities for ecumenical relations in the conference, interpret and promote Church Women United and the World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women and encourage attendance at their events;

d. perform the duties of the president in her absence;

e. serve on the following committees: Executive, Program, Finance, and School of Christian Mission.

a. keep accurate minutes of all meetings of the conference organization and its Executive Committee and the Administrative Committee;

b. serve as custodian of all records and official papers;

c. sign, with the president, all orders on the treasury and all official and legal papers, making certain they are properly dated;

d. keep an accurate roll of the elected leaders of the districts;

e. send names of conference elected leaders (including addresses, zip codes and telephone numbers) to the Women's Division immediately following elections and to the jurisdiction Core Planning Group, as requested; and report ad interim changes;

f. serve as contact person for district secretaries, provide resources, and conduct training at least annually, as determined by the Executive Committee;

g. serve on the following committees: Executive, Program, Finance, and Membership Nurture and Outreach.

a. receive the funds of local units from district treasurers monthly or quarterly, as the conference determines, and return funds for district Administration and Membership Development to the district treasurers monthly or quarterly as the conference may determine;

b. remit funds for the Women's Division to the treasurer of the division and disburse conference Administration and Membership Development funds in accord with approved recommendations from the Committee on Finance upon written order of the president and the secretary;

c. see that a Full Scope Audit is performed annually by a certified public accountant in accord with generally accepted auditing standards using the cash basis of accounting, and present the auditor's report to the conference Executive Committee and to the Women's Division;

d. work in cooperation with the mission coordinator for education and interpretation to promote giving to mission with emphasis on the importance of undesignated giving;

e. submit itemized statements of all finances to the Executive Committee members at least quarterly;

f. serve as the contact person for district treasurers, provide resources, and conduct training at least annually, as determined by the Executive Committee;

g .serve as the chairperson of the Committee on Finance and serve on the following committees: Executive, Program, and School of Christian Mission;

a. develop plans to help members of the committee see their task as an ongoing one;

b. provide information to the committee concerning vacancies that need to be filled;

c. work with chairpersons of district Committees on Nomination to discover new leadership;

d. present an annual written report of term and tenure to the Executive Committee;

e. serve as the contact person for chairpersons of district Committees on Nominations, provide resources and conduct training at least annually, as determined by the Executive Committee;

f. serve on the following committees: Executive, Membership Nurture and Outreach, and Charter for Racial Justice Policies;

a. assume responsibility for personal preparation related to her area of mission emphasis through study and training opportunities;

b. promote and utilize the Reading Program; Response and New World Outlook magazines, the Prayer Calendar, the Program Book and other print or audiovisual resources from the Women's Division;

c. help the membership gain a clear understanding of the work and the need for financial undergirding of the General Board of Global Ministries that the Women's Division supports;

e. develop a budget for the programmatic needs of her mission area.

The MISSION COORDINATOR FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH shall coordinate opportunities for spiritual and theological development related to mission. She shall:

a. understand and communicate the connection between personal spiritual development and mission as expressed through social and global involvement;

b. coordinate and/or promote special times and events for worship, prayer and meditation such as A Call to Prayer and Self-Denial, ecumenical worship, retreats and devotions at meetings;

c. incorporate language and images into worship that are inclusive of and affirming to women, people of color and people with disabilities;

d. involve women in biblical and theological study, utilizing the annual spiritual growth study, Response, New World Outlook, the Program Book and the Reading Program;

e. provide opportunities for study of theology, starting with the United Methodist "Doctrinal Standards and Our Theological Task" in the Book of Discipline, 2004, (¶¶101-104);

f. serve as contact person for district mission coordinators for spiritual Growth, provide resources, and conduct training at least annually, as determined by the Executive Committee;

g. serve on the following committees: Executive, Program, Finance, and School of Christian Mission.

a. work with the Executive Committee to select several priority issues on which to focus conference prayer, study and action, taking into consideration Women's Division priorities;

b. coordinate the public policy and legislative activities of the conference;

c. promote and interpret the biblical basis for social action and the position of The United Methodist Church on social issues, utilizing the Social Principles (The Book of Discipline, 2004, ¶¶160-166) and The Book of Resolutions of The United Methodist Church, 2004;

d. serve as a member of the conference Board of Church and Society (The Book of Discipline, 2004, ¶628.2);

e. serve as the contact person for district mission coordinators for social action, provide resources, and conduct training at least annually, as determined by the Executive Committee;

g. serve on the following committees: Executive, Program, Finance, School of Christian Mission, and Charter for Racial Justice Policies.

a. promote and interpret the work of the General Board of Global Ministries that the Women's Division supports, including interpretation of the changing concepts of mission and changing roles of mission personnel;

b. promote mission education opportunities: mission studies, local mission opportunities, Schools of Christian Mission, United Methodist Seminars on National and International Affairs, mission encounters, and supplying material resources for mission programs and projects;

c. promote and utilize printed and audiovisual resources of the General Board of Global Ministries to tell the mission story;

d. serve on the conference Board of Global Ministries and work with the conference secretary of global ministries on mission education and interpretation (The Book of Discipline, 2004, ¶632.2);

e. promote and interpret the need for undesignated giving to undergird the program of mission outreach of the General Board of Global Ministries that is supported by the Women's Division, with special emphasis on women, children and youth;

f. promote, with the Executive Committee, the conference Mission Today Program, receive reports from the districts regarding local units that meet the criteria for being a Mission Today Unit;

g. serve as the contact person for district mission coordinators for education and interpretation, provide resources, and conduct training at least annually, as determined by the Executive Committee;

h. serve on the following committees: Executive, Program, Finance, Membership Nurture and Outreach, and School of Christian Mission.

The MISSION COORDINATOR FOR MEMBERSHIP NURTURE AND OUTREACH shall actively work to fulfill the PURPOSE. She shall:
a. keep the Executive Committee informed about needs and concerns of membership;

b. chair the Committee on Membership Nurture and Outreach and recommend to the Executive Committee plans for membership cultivation;

c. work with district mission coordinators for membership nurture and outreach to organize new district and local units;

d. serve as the contact person for district mission coordinators of membership nurture and outreach, provide resources, and conduct training at least annually, as determined by the Executive Committee;

e. work with the Executive Committee to become a supportive community and to provide regular creative fellowship activities for the committee;

f. serve on the following committees: Executive, Program, Finance, and School of Christian Mission.

a. be informed about and promote use of printed and audiovisual materials of the Women's Division and General Board of Global Ministries, which are available through the Service Center;

b. promote the Reading Program; receive reports from the districts regarding their participation in the Reading Program;

c. promote the mission magazines Response and New World Outlook, and Response magazine on cassette;

d. order on consignment, display and arrange for the sale of program materials at meetings of the conference organization;

e. Keep a copy and/or record of all vidos and other audio visual resources sent for use by the district. If requested by the Executive Committee, make copies of the resource for use by local units; be responsible for sending videos and other audiovisual resourcesto local units; keep a record of when an audiovisual resource is sent out and returned; promote use of audiovisuals;

f. serve as the contact person for district secretaries of program resources, provide resources, and conduct training at least annually, as determined by the Executive Committee;

g. serve on the following committees: Executive, Program, Finance, and School of Christian Mission.

a. work with elected leadership in promoting the organization and PURPOSE and publicizing activities of United Methodist Women;

b. serve as contact person for district communications coordinators, provide resources, and conduct training at least annually, as determined by the Executive Committee; provide training for the district to develop skills and techniques in publicity;

c. establish and maintain contact with church and secular press;

d. serve as editor of the conference United Methodist Women's newsletter, newspaper, or column;

e. serve on the following committees: Executive, Program, Finance, Membership Nurture and Outreach, and School of Christian Mission.