Article IV: Executive Officership

Section I: Titles and Responsibilities

Any role not marked with an *asterisk is considered supplementary, and its being unfulfilled during an academic term is acceptable. In such an event, the available executive officership will take on the stated responsibilities at their discretion. As a default, any role not fulfilled will have their associated responsibilities taken on by the President and Vice President as appropriate.

All Executive roles will have alternative titles that are to be recognized by past leadership and advisors as valid. They exist so as to allow flexibility in how members of the Executive Board of OSC represent their Officership to others, be that in professional documents, in communicating with non-OSC parties, or otherwise.

• *President: The President is the primary leader of the executive board, and oversees the large-scale success of the organization.
  • The following is a non-exhaustive list of the expected responsibilities of the President of Open Source Club:
    • Deciding meeting times and topics;
    • Maintaining appropriate and welcoming behavior in OSC spaces (in-person, digital, and otherwise);
    • Establishing and/or disestablishing social media accounts and virtual social groups;
    • Representing OSC in matters with non-OSC parties;
    • Ensuring detailed records and recommendations of OSC procedure are maintained;
    • Deciding upon, and executing, stated
    • Ensuring all training and documents are completed and filled by all members of the Executive Board by time frames placed by the Office of Student of the Ohio State University;
    • Providing a model for what an effective, inclusive, and mindful member of OSC ought to behave like;
    • Being mindful of the assets and events presently and in the future under OSC's purview.
  • Acceptable alternative titles:
    • Benevolent Dictator
    • Organization Lead
    • Primary Czar
• Vice President: The Vice President is the secondary leader of the executive board, and ought to support the President in their responsibilities as both parties see fit and appropriate.
  • The following is a non-exhaustive list of the expected responsibilities of the Vice President of Open Source Club:
    • Assisting the President in their responsibilities where the President feels they require assistance;
    • Maintaining communications with non-OSC parties as deemed appropriate;
    • Raising awareness and interest in OSC as deemed appropriate.
  • Acceptable alternative titles:
    • Supporting Organization Lead
    • Secondary Czar
• *Treasurer: The Treasurer is the Executive Officer tasked with overseeing and managing existing financial assets belonging to OSC, as well as in ensuring that OSC is maintaining sustainable pecuniary practices. They are expected to maintain detailed records of all assets belonging to OSC, as well as a detailed history of pecuniary transactions.
  • The following is a non-exhaustive list of the expected responsibilities of the Treasurer of the Open Source Club:
    • Maintaining detailed records of transactions involving OSC in all matters that would affect the financial state of the organization;
    • Maintaining up-to-date records on the digital and physical assets belonging to OSC;
    • Preparing end-of-semester financial statements for OSC;
    • Ensuring all members of OSC who, in immediate lack of access to OSC funds, used "out-of-pocket" funds for direct OSC matters are appropriately reimbursed, and that such reimbursements are effectively recorded in financial documentation.
  • Acceptable alternative titles:
    • Financial Lead
    • Financial Czar
    • Vice President of Finance
• Director of Software Project Development: The Director of Software Project Development is the Executive Officer tasked with fostering an inter-supportive community of software and/or hardware developers where members can improve their skills in making technical contributions to open source and developing their own open source projects, as well as find a community of like-minded developers to help one another become more involved in the technical side of the open source community at large.
  • The following is a non-exhaustive list of the expected responsibilities of the Director of Software Project Development of the Open Source club:
    • Independently leading meetings and, optionally, a dedicated development subteam of OSC focused on software development within the larger open source community;
    • Act as a central hub for information regarding involving oneself with open source development for members.
  • Acceptable alternative titles:
    • Technical Development Czar
    • Software Development Czar
    • Development Czar
    • Vice President of (Software) Development
    • Secretary of (Software) Development

It is important to recognize that any given incarnation of OSC leadership may feel that some of these responsibilities are better handled by members of the Executive board different from the one to whom they are described to belong in this Section. As a rule of thumb, shifting of responsibilities is acceptable so long as the stated general-purpose role of the officer(s) in question is neither infringed upon nor ignored, and so long as all officers in their roles feel they have a set of responsibilities representative of the workload suggested by the responsibilities provided herein.