VICE COMMANDER JOB DESCRIPTION

The Base vice-Commander is elected to a one (1) year term by the membership and is a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors. The vice-commander may be re-elected to consecutive terms. The vice-Commanders duties are:

• Serves as assistant to the Base Commander.

• Presides over meetings and activities of the general membership in the absence of the Commander.

• Presides over all meetings of the Board of Directors in the Commander’s absence.

• Assists the Base Commander in supervising and auditing the performance and activities of all elected and appointed officers and committee chairmen.

• Recommends candidates and consults with the Commander in the selection and appointment of non-elected officers and committee members.

• Acts in conjunction with other members of the Executive Board and the Board of Directors in formulating and carrying out national and local organizational policies and procedures.

• Approves or endorses Perch Base correspondence between the Base and all outside entities including the national officers of the USSVI when acting on behalf of the Commander in his absence.