Historian Chair

The IRSA Historian is responsible for coordinating, organizing, and reporting on the collective memory of IRSA.
Primary responsibilities are as follows:

• Maintain accurate historical files of the association on the state google documents account.
• Keep material produced by the association throughout the year. For example, workshop brochures and publicity flyers.
• Document chapter achievements through the year. For example, awards won and retirement announcements.
• Every quarter, update the downloadable online association history and coordinate with the IRSA Marketing and Technology Committee Chair to make sure it is posted on the website.
• Coordinate with IRSA Vice President to provide historical information to members at the state workshop and NIRSA as needed. For example, all the newsletter awards won by the association over the years.
• Periodically,coordinate with the IRSA Vice President by writing articles for the newsletter about the history of the association.
• Take, collect and post pictures of association meetings, workshops and NIRSA events.
• Attend and participate in quarterly IRSA Committee Chair conference calls
• Attend IRSA State workshop, Lead On, and NIRSA conference, if possible. If you cannot attend, submit a report to the President beforehand on your committees’ activities and who is going to coordinate your responsibilities at the event.

Historian Chair should:

• Be a professional member of NIRSA and IRSA in good standing
• Be available to attend the IRSA State Workshop
• Have previous experience in coordinating large sums of data and accurate record keeping•
• Demonstrate exceptional organizational and leadership skills

If you are interested in assisting the committee in this effort please use the contact form below.