Job Descriptions for DSC Board

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The Denver Senior Coalitions is a networking organization with members ranging from senior housing, home health industry, health and medical services, referral agencies, professional services such as legal and financial, and other community-based service organizations. Members include both individuals and companies and for-profit, non-profit, and government agencies.

The Denver Senior Coalitions organization has a Board of Directors which includes:

• President
• Vice Presidents of Locations
  Vice President of Education-Speakers
  Vice President of Joint Coalition Assistance Fund (JCAF)
  Vice President of Membership
• President Emeritus
• Secretary Director – Position Open as of 4-10-24
• Treasurer Director – Position Open as of 4-10-24
• Location Director – Position Open as of 4-10-24
• Speaker- Presentation Director – Position Open as of 4-10-24
• Membership Director(s) for Locations – Position Open as of 4-10-24
• Membership Director(s) for Education-Speakers – Position Open as of 4-10-24
• Membership Director(s) for Membership – Position Open as of 4-10-24
• Membership Director(s) for Joint Coalition Assistance Fund (JCAF) – 2 or 3 Positions Open as of 4-10-24
• The DSC Executive Board is comprised of the President, Vice Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, and President Emeritus

President Job Description

OVERVIEW: The Denver Senior Coalition President oversee the Denver Senior Coalitions organization, ensuring that the coalition performs to the expectations of the paid members. In general, the President attends and runs most of the meetings, however if they are not available then a Vice President or other Officer can run a meeting. Presidents need to be prepared to take criticism, and compliments from members. The President is expected to hold quarterly Denver Senior Coalition Executive Board Meetings. This is a meeting of the President, the Vice Presidents, the Treasurer, and Secretary. The DSC Executive Board meeting schedule needs to be set.

Vice President Job Descriptions

OVERVIEW: The Denver Senior Coalition Vice Presidents assist and support the President at monthly meetings, as well as running a meeting in their absence. We have have four Vice Presidents who are each in charge of a “Committee.” The committees are: Membership Committee, Education-Speaker Committee, Locations Committee, and the Joint Coalition Assistance Fund (JCAF) Committee. As the Vice President over that committee, the VP communicates with Directors and coordinates outreach for making the committee run efficiently during the year. For example, for the Education-Speaker VP could reach out to their Director to discuss how to find the best presentations for that year. As a Vice President over a “Committee”, the VP will train new Directors so that they can step into the Vice President position when a current Vice President steps off the Board. Vice Presidents can move up to the DSC President position when the “President” wants to step off of the board. A Vice President’s contact information is posted on the website.

DSC Treasurer Job Description

OVERVIEW: The DSC Treasurer works with the President to review and report on membership dues collected. This is accomplished by reviewing the PayPal account and the main checking account. The Treasurer is a co-signer on the Denver Senior Coalition checking account.

DSC Secretary Job Description

OVERVIEW: The DSC Secretary works with the President to schedule quarterly board meetings and take notes at the meeting. The President is expected to hold quarterly Denver Senior Coalition Executive Board Meetings. This is a meeting of the President, the Vice Presidents, the Treasurer, and Secretary. The DSC Executive Board meeting schedule needs to be set.

Membership Director Job Description

OVERVIEW: The Denver Senior Coalition Membership Directors attend the coalition meetings and run the check-in table for the event welcoming paid members and guests. The Membership Committee maintains a master membership list and sends out invoices for joining, welcome emails, and reminders about upcoming meetings. Membership Committee members’ contact information is posted on the website.

Location Director Job Description

OVERVIEW: The Denver Senior Coalition Location Director assists the Vice President in booking meeting locations for the 4th Thursday in-person networking meetings. This involves personally visiting a location to make sure the space is appropriate for a meeting and maintaining a list of the meeting locations. The Education-Speaker Committee needs to know meeting locations in advance so they can book speakers. The Location Director also needs to send reminders to locations they have booked in advance to verify the location is still available. Often the Location Director will have meeting locations booked in advance for the entire year. Location Committee members’ contact information is posted on the website.

Education-Speaker Director Job Description

OVERVIEW: The Denver Senior Coalition Education-Speaker Director helps coordinate members presenting at our coalition meetings. In general our speakers are paid Denver Senior Coalition members. The Education-Speaker Committee with the in-put of the Vice President of Education-Speakers can bring in outside speakers that provide services different from our members’ core services. Outside speakers can range from government to non-profit to authors that offer topics of interest to our members. It is important that the outside speakers be vetted and be strong speakers. Education-Speaker Committee members’ contact information is posted on the website.

Joint Coalition Assistance Fund (JCAF) Directors

Joint Coalition Assistance Fund (JCAF) Directors assist the Vice President of JCAF in running the application process for JCAF. The process includes reaching out to non-profits to ensure they join the Denver Senior Coalitions before the end of April of the current-year. The next step is to review the JCAF application and update it as needed. In early August non-profits who are DSC members are invited to apply for the Joint Coalition Assistance Fund (JCAF). The Joint Coalition Assistance Fund (JCAF) Directors divide up the list of DSC non-profit members and reach out to each group individually making sure that they have the current application and understand the deadlines. Joint Coalition Assistance Fund (JCAF) Directors also are available to answer questions and send the applicants reminders on when the applications are due. The JCAF process timeline is currently:

• Non-profits must be current-year members by the end of April of the current-year.
• June-July – JCAF Application is reviewed and updated by the Joint Coalition Assistance Fund (JCAF) Committee
• July – The list of non-profit members is assembled and divided among the Committee for outreach.
• Mid-July – The JCAF application is distributed in mid-July with a deadline for submittal by the end of August.
• September – September the Joint Coalition Assistance Fund (JCAF) Directors review the JCAF applicants and rank the applications. The members of the JCAF committee vote on who and how many non-profits they want the JCAF award(s) to go to. As part of this process the Vice President of JCAF reaches out to the President and Treasurer to find out how much funds are available to be given out through JCAF.
• Once the JCAF committee has come to a decision on which non-profits and how many to give the funds to, then the Vice President of JCAF calls an Executive Board meeting and presents the decisions of the JCAF Committee. Note that the Executive Board will in general agree with the JCAF Committee recommendations however, there may be some discussion on the JCAF recipients selected. In the past, there have been a few years when the Executive board asked for changes to the JCAF recipient list.
• This timeline and JCAF selection process can be changed by the Vice President of JCAF each year.