1. The Women’s Leadership Network standing rules and budget will be approved yearly by the board by the September monthly meeting.  Any changes to the standing rules necessary for the benefit of the WLN members may be made by majority vote of the Executive Board of Directors. They will be posted on the website for members to view.   

2. The Executive Board of Directors may approve all bills and approved budget items without the approval of the membership. Requests for expense reimbursement must be made within sixty (60) days from the date of the expense.

3. Members making meeting reservations and not attending will be billed for the cost of the meal.

4. All Women’s Leadership Network Executive Board of Directors must be primary status.

5. Women’s Leadership Network has the following officers with duties as stated below:

President shall preside at all meetings of the Express Network and the executive board. She run Executive Board meetings and empower Executive Board members to make decisions to the highest and best good for the whole of the Women’s Leadership Network.

President Elect shall be in charge of the application and selection process of the WLN ambassadors and the dinner invitations, RSVP’s and registration. Shall give head count to restaurant for dinner meetings. Shall sit the registration desk in charge of welcoming the members and guest and disbursing the name tags. Shall introduce the Ambassadors at the monthly meeting as they are approved.

VP of Finance shall be responsible for all monies collected, for depositing monies, disbursing money as approved and for collecting local Express Network dues. Shall present a monthly financial report to the Executive Board. Shall present all financial documents to an auditing committee in the month of July.

VP of Administration shall record the minutes of each express network and Executive Board Meeting. Shall provide one copy of the minutes to the president and send a monthly meeting report to national headquarters. Shall send promotional information to all appropriate media covering the WLN and member achievements as well as meeting announcements. Shall commission the drawing prizes from local businesses and run the drawing at the meetings. Shall create and run surveys at monthly meetings.

VP Programs shall be responsible for the planning, selection and scheduling of education programs/speakers for meetings and other special events as requested. Shall be responsible for presenting the meeting/event locations, menus, etc. to the Executive Board for approval. Shall welcome and introduce the speaker at the monthly dinner meetings.

VP Membership Shall encourage membership growth and retention. Shall assist guests and prospective members with membership information and the membership application process. Shall maintain a current, accurate roster of all members and report any changes in member information to all members of the Executive Board. Shall contact prospective members, guests and absent members on a monthly basis. Shall introduce new members at monthly meetings.

VP Recognition Shall create awards and present nominees for the voting committee for the Woman of the Year award from outside sources. Shall present the Friendship awards at monthly meetings. Shall present awards at awards ceremony. Shall enlist corporate sponsors for the benefit of the WLN.  Shall run elections for incoming board. Shall create and keep an up to date birthday list.

VP Marketing Shall create and keep updated monthly newsletter. Shall send out monthly newsletter to WLN membership. Shall update and create new web pages as needed. Shall keep an updated record on the website for a ‘member successes’ web page. Shall ask for member’s successes at monthly meetings.

6. Guests may attend up to but not to exceed 2 meetings and/or events to ‘test out’ the Women’s Leadership Network prior to joining the WLN. 

7. The Women’s Leadership Network Executive Board of Directors may consider any other rules governing the network, which do not conflict with ABWA National, Express Network Bylaws or repeat any information.

8. WLN ambassadors must always represent the Women’s Leadership Network board and members with the utmost professionalism and respect. Their status as a WLN ambassador can be withdrawn at any time by majority vote of the executive board.  All Ambassadors must be in primary status. 

rev. 12/08