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2022-2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

   Elected Officers of the Executive Committee

1st VICE PRESIDENT

PROGRAMS

Barb Viviano

St. Clair County, IL

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RW of St. Clair County

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PRESIDENT

Jayne Lehman Raef

Kankakee County, IL

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Kankakee County RW

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2nd VICE PRESIDENT

MEMBERSHIP

Linda Hernandez

Peoria County, IL

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Peoria County RW

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3rd VICE PRESIDENT

PUBLIC RELATIONS/WEBSITE

Lana Soldat

Carroll County, IL

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Carroll County RW

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4th VICE PRESIDENT

LEGISLATION

Sue Hamilton

Williamson County, IL

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Williamson County RW

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INTERIM SECRETARY

 Lana Soldat

Carroll County, IL

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Carroll County RW

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TREASURER

Caritina Mayer

Winnebago County, IL

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Northern Illinois RW

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IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Linda [Brown] Yoakum

Champaign County, IL

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Champaign County RW

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LOCAL CLUB PRESIDENTS

Voting Board Members

"The voting body of the IFRW Board of Directors shall be the ELECTED OFFICERS, the PRESIDENT of each local club, the CHAIRMEN of the STANDING COMMITTEES, and the IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT."  Article VII, Section 1 A

STANDING COMMITTEES

Voting Board Members

BYLAWS*

 

EC

CAMPAIGN/POLITICAL ACTIVITIES*

EC

MEMBERSHIP/OUTREACH*

Linda Hernandez

PROGRAMS*

Sue Hamilton

FUNDRAISING*

EC

LEGISLATION*

EC

PUBLIC RELATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS/WEBSITE*

Lana Soldat

SPECIAL COMMITTEES

ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS*

TBA

AMERICANISM*

TBA

ARMED SERVICES*

TBA

BUDGET/FINANCE*

TBA

CARING FOR AMERICA*

TBA

HOSPITALITY

TBA

LITERACY/MELP*

TBA

RESOLUTIONS

TBA

SCHOLARSHIP*

TBA

SPECIAL EVENTS

TBA

SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP

TBA

 TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT

TBA

YOUTH OUTREACH*

Angela Shippert

APPOINTIVE POSITIONS

AUDIT 

TBA

CHAPLAIN*

Linda Hernandez

HISTORIAN

TBA

PARLIAMENTARIAN*

TBA

PROTOCOL*

TBA

SERGEANT AT ARMS

TBA

DISTRICT DIRECTORS**

DISTRICT 1

County of Cook

TBA

DISTRICT 2

Counties of McHenry, Lake, Kane, DuPage, and DeKalb

TBA

DISTRICT 3

Counties of Kendall, Will, LaSalle, Grundy and Kankakee

TBA

DISTRICT 4

Counties of Stephenson, Jo Daviess, Winnebago, Boone, Carroll, Ogle, Lee, Whiteside, Bureau, Henry, Rock Island and Mercer

TBA

DISTRICT 5

Counties of Henderson, Warren, Knox, Stark, Peoria, Putnam, Marshall, Hancock, McDonough, Fulton and Tazewell

TBA

DISTRICT 6

Counties of Livingston, Iroquois, McLean, Ford, Champaign, Vermilion, Douglas, Edgar, Coles, Cumberland, and Clark

TBA

DISTRICT 7

Counties of Adams, Schuyler, Mason, Logan, DeWitt, Brown, Cass, Menard, Macon, Piatt, Sangamon, Pike, Morgan, Scott, Christian, Moultrie, and Shelby

TBA

DISTRICT 8

Counties of Greene, Macoupin, Montgomery, Calhoun, Jersey, Madison, Bond, Fayette, Effingham, Jasper, Clay, Crawford, Lawrence, Saint Clair, Clinton, Marion, Wayne, Edwards, Richland, and Wabash

TBA

DISTRICT 9

Counties of Monroe, Washington, Jefferson, Perry, Hamilton, White, Randolph, Jackson, Franklin, Williamson, Saline, Gallatin, Union, Johnson, Pope, Hardin, Alexander, Pulaski, and Massac

TBA

         

** District Directors coordinate with the Chairman of the Membership Committee to retain, educate and grow membership, as well as initiate and encourage new clubs, within their respective districts.  

IFRW MEETINGS

Executive Committee Meetings -  Regular meetings of the Executive Committee are held at least quarterly. 

Board Meetings - Annually there are two board meetings held at the Spring Conference and Fall Conference.

Biennial Convention -  Our Biennial Convention is held in odd-numbered years as determined by the Executive Committee. 

STANDING COMMITTEE DUTIES

BYLAWS COMITTEE:  

To conduct a biennial review of the IFRW bylaws; to receive, consider and draft recommendations in regard to possible changes in Bylaws and Standing Rules.

CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE:  

To assist the local clubs by training and educating members on Republican principles and how to become involved in the electoral processes; to inform the membership of how to access informational materials for use in promoting Republican ideals and candidates; to devise methods in which activities on the local club level can be coordinated with those of other groups responsible for the campaign.

FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE:  

To prepare and implement a plan for raising funds in order to meet the IFRW's budget; and shall notify the treasurer of all fundraising committee meetings and may attend.

LEGISLATION COMMITTEE:

To be informed on state and national issues and on legislation pending in the Illinois General Assembly and U.S. Congress; and to assemble and distribute information on state and national issues and legislation and make it available to local clubs.

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE: 

To assist the local clubs in efforts to increase membership; to stimulate and aid in the formation of new clubs and the reactivation of lapsed clubs; to visit as many clubs as possible during the two-year term; to approve applications of new clubs and, after vote of the Executive Committee, to present charters to new clubs.

PROGRAMS COMMITTEE: 

To assist local clubs in planning good programs by assembling pertinent materials and making it available; to assist the President in planning programs for the Board of Directors meetings; to maintain an active list of those qualified and willing to take speaking engagements at local clubs’ meetings.

PUBLIC RELATIONS:  

To be responsible for the compilation, editing and printing of IFRW publications; to be responsible for all publicity and press releases for the IFRW; to assist the local clubs to have good publicity and public relations; to promote good public relations for the IFRW, not only through the usual media such as newspapers, radio and television, but also through every larger aspect, including social media channels; to stimulate other members of the Executive Committee and local clubs to understand and use the larger aspects of public relations.

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