Officers
| PRESIDENT Sara Weertz Center for Academic Excellence Angelo State University ASU Station #10915 San Angelo, TX 76909 Phone: 325.942.2710 Ext. 387 Sara.Weertz@angelo.edu |
TREASURER Richard Treviño, Jr. University of Texas-Pan American 1201 W. University Drive Edinburg, TX 78539 Phone: 956.381.2585 rich_trev@utpa.edu |
| PRESIDENT-ELECT Cheryl Baker Heller Developmental English Program Education Bldg. Room 205 University of Texas at El Paso 500 West University Ave. El Paso, Texas 79968 Phone: 915.747.7617 Cherylb@utep.edu |
SECRETARY Sharon Miller Lone Star College-CyFair TECH100-F 9191 Barker Cypress Rd. Cypress, TX 77433-1383 Phone: 281.290.5251 Sharon.T.Miller@LoneStar.edu |
| PAST PRESIDENT Sharon Haigler Texas A&M University 4230 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-4230 Phone: 979.845.2724 s-haigler@tamu.edu |
Membership Coordinator Dr. Kathy Stein Sul Ross State University Box C-132 400 N. Harrison St. Alpine, TX 79832 Phone: 432.837.8770 Kstein@sulross.edu |
Officers’ Duties
PRESIDENT: Act as chair and presiding officer of Board of Directors. Act as presiding officer of every meeting of membership of the Association. Appoint the chair of standing and special committees. Approve the personnel of committees. Call special meetings of the Board of Directors. Serve as State Director, including conducting the state meeting at national CRLA conferences. Serve as Chair of the Nominations Committee if there is no immediate past-president. Prepare an annual report for presentation at the annual conference. Appoint an acting Secretary, Treasurer, or Membership Director to serve in that role in the event of incapacity or consistent non-perfomance of duty on the part of the officer(s) elected to serve in that capacity. Appointments shall be made only with the approval of the Board of Directors.
PRESIDENT-ELECT: Act as presiding officer in the absence of the President. Act as Chair of the Program Committee for the annual state conference and shall prepare an annual report for presentation at the annual conference. Carry out all duties assigned by the President.
PAST PRESIDENT: The immediate past president shall act as presiding officer in the absence of the president and the president-elect, shall act as chair of the Nominations Committee, and shall appoint, with the president’s approval, three other members to serve on the Nominations Committee.
SECRETARY: Act as presiding officer in the absence of the President, President-Elect, and the Past President. Record the proceedings of all meetings of the Board of Directors and the General Meetings. Carry out the general secretarial duties of the Association.
TREASURER: Prepare and monitor the annual budget, maintain all financial records, and conduct all financial activities of the organization. Make a financial report at each Board of Directors’ meeting and each General Meeting. Submit financial records to Board of Directors for a yearly audit. Issue checks and purchase orders for authorized expenditures. Prepare an annual financial report to be presented at annual conference and published in newsletter.
MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR: Serve as liaison between national Membership Chair and TxCRLA. Determine boundaries of four Texas membership regions and appoint regional director for each region. With regional directors, annually prepare and distribute solicitations for membership in addition to and/or coordinated with a national membership drive. Keep an appointed database manager (jointly appointed by TxCRLA and TADE presidents) apprised of all changes in membership and/or personally maintain a TxCRLA database. Serve as archivist of TxCRLA, particularly collecting, recording, and distributing Association information pertinent to current and potential members.
