During the quarterly meeting of the Georgia Board of Directors on 01/30/2021, the board voted to remove the offices of President and Vice President at the end of their current terms on Dec 31, 2021. Their seats on the board will be replaced by two at-large members elected by the GBA membership.
Term length, number of terms that can be served, and other details of the at-large board members will be released as they are available.
The documents below are general outlines of the duties of the President and Vice President. The President and/or Vice President can certainly adapt those duties to best serve the GBA, and to align with their skills, aptitudes, abilities, and time constraints.
- Cook Team Liaison – The President shall be the main point of contact between Cook Teams & the Board of Directors. He/She shall address any issues, problems or complaints from Cook Teams and, after consulting with the Vice President and/or the Board of Directors, take appropriate action.
- Contest Organizer Liaison – The President shall be the main point of contact between Contest Organizers & the Board of Directors. He/She shall address any issues, problems or complaints from Contest Organizers and, after consulting with the Vice President and/or the Board of Directors, take appropriate action.
- New Contest – The President will answer all communications from groups inquiring about contest sanctioning, to include traveling to the site of a proposed new contest to insure the site meets the GBA contest site criteria. The President shall assist and advise event planners in methods of conducting a successful new contest.
- Budget – The President shall be responsible for the annual budget. He/She shall work with the Board Treasurer to ensure all administrative and sanctioning fees are paid in a timely manner. He/She shall review all invoices for payment.
- Team Of the Year Banquet – The President shall be responsible for planning and hosting the annual Banquet.
- Judge Training – The President shall assist the Vice President in conducting or overseeing the Judge Training Classes. He/She shall, in conjunction with the Vice President, schedule Judge Training Classes as needed.
- Contest Event Schedule – The President shall maintain and update the contest schedule and give the information to the Vice President for posting to the Wild Apricot system.
- Contest Reps – The President shall assign Rep teams to scheduled contests. He/She shall insure that all contest reps are fully trained and have been approved by the Board of Directors.
- Judge Selection – The President shall work with the Vice President and Lead Reps to ensuse that all judges are given and equal opportunity to be selected as Judges.
- Assist the Contest Reps – The President shall attend as many GBA contests as possible and assist the contest rep team in conducting the contest.
- Contest Scoring – The President shall be familiar with the GBA scoring program in order to be able to make an informed decision should scoring issues arise at a contest. He/She should also be familiar enough with the program to be able to step in & handle the scoring duties in an emergency.
- Judging – The President shall not serve as a judge during his term in office except when requested by the Lead Contest Rep due to an unexpected shortage of qualified judges on contest day.
- Cook Team – The President may not serve as the Pitmaster of a team in a GBA competition during his term in office.
- Assist the Board of Directors – The President shall assume any and all other duties that may be assigned by the Board of Directors
- Duties of the Vice President – In the event the Vice President is unable to fulfill his duties, the President shall perform or delegate to a qualified member, with approval of the Board of Directors, the duties of the Vice President until such time as the current Vice President is once again able to serve or until a new Vice President is elected
Duties of the GBA Vice President
- Judge Liaison – The Vice President shall be the main point of contact between judges & the Board of Directors. He shall address any issues, problems or complaints from judge(s) and, after consulting with the President and/or the Board of Directors, take the appropriate action.
- Judge Training – the Vice President shall conduct or oversee the Judge Training Classes. He shall periodically review the training materials and presentations and update as necessary. He shall, in conjunction with the President, schedule Judge Training Classes as needed.
- Membership – The Vice President shall be the main administrator for the Wild Apricot membership system database.
- Contest Event Schedule – The Vice President shall maintain and update the contest schedule on the Wild Apricot system.
- Judge Contest Registration – The Vice President shall maintain the registration process for judges to contests. He shall work with the lead contest reps on the judge selection process to insure that all GBA judges have equal opportunities to judge. He shall also work with the lead contest reps to insure a proper mix of Master, Certified & Trained judges are selected for each contest.
- Assist the Contest Reps – The Vice President shall attend as many GBA contests as possible and assist the contest rep team in conducting the contest.
- Contest Scoring – The Vice President shall be familiar with the GBA scoring program in order to be able to make an informed decision should scoring issues arise at a contest. He should also be familiar enough with the program to be able to step in & handle the scoring duties in an emergency.
- Judging – The Vice President shall not serve as a judge during his term in office except when requested by the Lead Contest Rep due to an unexpected shortage of qualified judges on contest day.
- Cook Team – The Vice President may not serve as the Pitmaster of a team in a GBA competition during his term in office.
- Assist the President & Board of Directors – The Vice President shall assume any and all other duties that may be assigned by the President and’or Board of Directors
- Serve as President – In the event the President is unable to fulfill his duties, the Vice President shall perform the duties of the President until such time as the current President is once again able to serve or until a new President is elected.