STATEMENT OF POLICY AND PROCEDURE
SUBJECT:  Duties of Team Officers
SCOPE:   CREST Communications membership

DUTIES OF TEAM OFFICERS

• Promote and develop the CREST Communications organizational concept
• Encourage, assist, guide, and develop cooperation among the membership.
• Promote, develop, and assist as needed new members to the team, instilling the goals of proficient professional emergency communications for our community.
• Serve the Membership as a mediator and express their needs, wants, and desires to the entire  CREST Communications governing board.
• Act as an official point of contact between the  CREST Communications, Inc. and Membership.
• Assist, monitor, and audit financial records relating to CREST Communications, Inc. 50(c)(3) IRS Not-For-Profit umbrella. Ensure that the governing board follow required procedures. Make monthly and annual reports to the team Treasurer.
• Encourage the Membership to provide organized training in leadership, planning, and training exercises as may be needed.
• Serve on and encourage other members to serve on  CREST Communications inc., committees.
• Act as a mediator of conflicts, when requested.
• Receive and evaluate complaints and/or conflicts with policy or procedures and forward, with recommendation, to the  CREST Communications President for action.
• Represent  CREST Communications policies and capabilities and local representatives of federal, national, and local organization, e.g., Red Cross, FEMA, NVOAD and regional local government counterparts (State and County Department of Emergency Management's, etc.) promoting  CREST Communications within the Region.

In summary: A President's function is to serve and provide leadership for the team, not to command them.

Adopted by the Team Officers, 20 February, 99