Duties

The President will be the chief executive officer for the organization.  He/She will preside over all chapter meetings.  The President shall have all of the following duties and powers.  The absence of a specific power or duty from this list is no necessarily a denial of its existence.  It shall be the duty of the President to:

  1. Establish administrative procedures not otherwise provided for by the Constitution or By-Laws of this chapter.
  2. Act for and on behalf of the county chapter when they are not in session.
  3. Attend all meetings of the State Young Democrats.  When the attendance of the President is not possible he/she will appoint a suitable replacement and give said his/her voting proxy.
  4. Establish the agenda for each meeting of the county chapter (general and executive).
  5. Serve as delegation chair to the State Young Democrats state convention.
  6. Have a two hundred dollar ($200) transaction limit without approval of the Executive Board.
  7. Appoint chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of all committees, standing and adjunct, except that the President shall not appoint the chairpersons of the Recruiting and the Fund-raising Committees.
  8. Be an ex-officio member of all committees.
  9. Appoint an Executive Director without approval of the Executive Board to Assist the President in the Execution of the President‘s duties.
  10. Remove anyone from any appointed position without the approval of the Executive Board or the general body.

 

Current President

Orlando Victor Hodges II is the current President of the Missouri State University Young Democrats.  He began his career as President in the Fall of 2005 and is currently in his second term of office (one term equals one year).  President Hodges is also a member of the Greek Fraternity Theta Chi and a Resident's Assistant at Hammons House.  Along with this, he is also the Director of Administrative and Information Service on the Cabinet of the Student Government Association.  President Hodges is a Sophomore at Missouri State University with a major in Economics and who graduated from Central High School, Springfield, Missouri in 2005.