Open Board of Directors Positions

SOMOS is seeking qualified individuals for the following open positions on the Board of Directors.

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT (Navy): The 2nd Vice President shall assist the 1st Vice President and President in the overall administration and business affairs of the SOMOS, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the President, including action as chief executive officer if the President and 1st Vice President are not available. The 2nd Vice President shall choose the site of the Annual meeting and Yearly conference for two years from the present date and work with the SOMOS to assure a successful meeting and conference. The 2nd Vice President shall obtain a written report from each Board Member for the Annual Board Meeting.  

SECRETARY/TREASURER: The Secretary/Treasurer shall attend and keep the minutes of all the meetings of the Board of Directors, and attend to the giving and serving of all notices of SOMOS. The Secretary shall also keep a record of the names and addresses of the directors of SOMOS, and shall in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of Secretary, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Among the responsibilities shall be the forwarding of said minutes to directors. In addition, he/she shall be responsible to assure that SOMOS manages SOMOS funds as directed by the Managing Director with recommendations by the Board of Directors, providing periodic financial statements to the Board of Directors, and provide other reports and accounts of the financial condition of SOMOS as may from time to time be requested by the Board of Directors; and perform such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

SOCIAL MEDIA COMMITTEE CHAIR: The Social Media committee Chair will lead the committee responsible for developing and managing the society’s social media platform and message. The Chair will provide the Board with periodic reports on metrics regarding the Society's Social Media presence. 

INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE: The allied representative shall represent the interests of foreign allied military orthopedic surgeons, and serve as a liaison between such organizations and the board of directors. The term for the international representative will be 2 years.

RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVES (Army & Air Force):  Each branch of service (Air Force, Army, Navy) will be represented on the BOD by an Orthopaedic surgery resident. The responsibilities of these representatives will be to serve as liaisons between residents with military obligations, and SOMOS, as well as to represent the interests of Orthopaedic residents to the SOMOS BOD. The resident representative is elected during the R3 year or later and serves a term of 2 years. All efforts will be made to have the residents rotating off service in staggered fashion (1 during one year and 2 during the next year). 

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