President

To Constituency:  Maintain a coherent vision for where the society is headed.
This vision must coincide with the vision of the constituency.  Make sure the society’s individual events are in line with the desires and needs of the constituency.  Use feedback solicited from VP external and VP marketing to ensure this.

To board: Use the board to execute this vision.
Assist and advise the board on their responsibilities and evaluate their ideas for events.  Ensure that the board members are fulfilling their responsibilities, but also ensure that they are not spread too thin by undertaking too many responsibilities.   Continually update the board on what their individual focuses should be, especially as they change and evolve.

The president is also responsible for:

• General Body Meetings
• Elections
• Delegation of tasks
• Lotus

Vice President of Internal Affairs

To Constituency: Ensure that the current and future alumni of the organization are always in touch.
Build and maintain an alumni database and maintain a solid connection between former and present members of the society.  Generate and execute ideas for doing so. Harness the alumni to assist with development of the society and to provide opportunities for current members.

To Board: Ensure fluid communication and solidarity between other board members.
Ensure that other board members are utilizing their committees and resources to execute the vision of the president.  Ensure that any conflicts of interest between other board members are resolved as soon as possible.  Maintain the day-to-day efficiency of board operations.  Recognize new responsibilities as they develop and consult with the president to delegate them to other board members.

• Intra-board communication
• Minutes
• Delegation of tasks
• Board calendar
• Board dynamics/board events
• Facilitation of transition between boards
• Alumni relations

Vice President of External Affairs

To Constituency: Act as the official representative of the society to constituent groups and resource centers.
Ensure that their interests are represented and that the decisions of the rest of the board, including the President, reflect the needs and desires of the constituent groups.

To Board: Ensure that the board is in touch with the constituency and umbrella organizations.
Act as the link between the rest of the board and 1) the constituency and 2) the external resources of the society.  Ensure that all resources, both organizational and financial, are secured in a timely fashion.  Maintain a relationship between constituent members and groups, working closely with the VP Marketing to survey and solicit other feedback to present to the rest of the board, so they can make decisions with this feedback in mind.

• Communication with constituents
• Acquisition of funding
• Communication with resource centers

Vice President of Marketing

To Constituency: Ensure that the constituency is fully aware of all events and programs, and that attendance and membership is optimal.
Have a vision for the overall message being conveyed to the constituency.  Work with the VP External to survey and solicit feedback from members to ensure that the rest of the board makes decision with this feedback in mind.  Ensure that the entire constituency is in touch, and generate ideas for expanding the constituency.

To Board: Work closely with VP Political, VP Social, and VP Cultural to ensure that all of their respective events are fully publicized through all available outlets.
Take the visions of the rest of the board and communicate them to the public in a way that builds solidarity amongst the membership and the board.

• Bi-weekly e-mails
• Facebook marketing
• Flyers
• Execution of themes
• Updating website

Treasurer

To Constituency: Work to ensure that funding is allocated and accounted for in such a way that the society’s programming is financially feasible and sustainable for coming years.
Ensure that the funding is allocated in a way that reflects the desires and needs of the constituency.

To Board: Work closely with VP Cultural, VP Social, and VP Political to ensure that their ideas for programming are financially feasible.
Develop a budget for annual events at the beginning of each year, and allocate profits and excess funding to other programming as necessary.  Work with VP External to ensure that programming is funded well in advance, and that budget requests are complete and accurate and filed in time.

• Allocation of funds
• Budget for annual events
• Acquisition of funding

Cultural Chair

To Constituency: Build awareness of South Asian culture among the entire South Asian community at Penn, as well as the non-South Asian student body at large.

To Board: Idea generation for new events and having an idea of where the position is evolving.  Use feedback from constituents (provided by VP Marketing and VP External) about new events pertaining to cultural programming.

• Annual show(s)
• Mini-cultural show
• Mela
• Cultural events

Social Chair

To Constituency: Build and a cohesive social community between each class of the member body as well as among the entire body itself, simultaneously working to increase the membership of the society. 

To Board: Idea generation for new events and having an idea of where the position is evolving.
Use feedback from constituents (provided by VP Marketing and VP External) about new events pertaining to social programming.

• NSO/Freshman Event(s)
• Parties
• Sibling program
• Class events
• Semiformal
• Social events

Political Chair

To Constituency: Build and a cohesive social community between each class of the member body as well as among the entire body itself, simultaneously working to increase the membership of the society.

To Board: Idea generation for new events and having an idea of where the position is evolving.
Use feedback from constituents (provided by VP Marketing and VP External) about new events pertaining to social programming.

• Speakers
• Community service
• Political events