All officers shall begin their terms on [[Officers]] are members responsible for house operations. Each officer's duties are outlined in the first day of [https://icc.coop/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Escher-House-Constitution.pdf Constitution]. Each officer position also has its own wiki page (which belongs to the contract period after they havebeen trained following the semester during which they were elected whichever comeslater[http://wiki.escher.local/mediawiki/index.php/Category:Officers Officers category].
=== * [[President ===]]# Responsible to the House and the ICC.# Upholds House Constitution and ideals of the ICC.# Coordinates communication between officers, ICC staff and Escher staff.# Represents the House in relations with other co-op houses, all ICC staff, Escher staff and the community at large.# Has overall responsibility for House operations. Sees that officers and committees perform their functions.# Provides Vice Presidents with agenda for House forums.# Presides at Officer Meetings and ensures that tasks are properly delegated and executed. Presides over all joint House Council-Officer Meetings.# Facilitates Judiciary Committee meetings.# Gives reports to Board Representatives prior to Board meetings regarding House operations.# Attends new member orientation at the beginning of each contract period.=== Vice President of Suites ===# Responsible to President and House.# Coordinates monthly meetings of Suite Managers.# Provides an agenda to Suite Managers for each suite meeting.# Oversees all Suite Managers. * [[Vice President of Suites shall fine any Suite Manager not performing adequately according to section 4.2.# Each Vice President shall chair one of the two House forums.# Vice Presidents shall alternate which kitchen forum they chair.# Sits on the Judiciary Committee and chairs the Judiciary Committee for any case in 5.4.1.A that concerns the President.]]=== * [[Vice President of Relations ===# Responsible to President and House.# Coordinates rooming and member rosters with the ICC front desk.# Oversees move-in/move-out for non-standard contracts or contract releases.# Each Vice President shall chair one of two consecutive House forums.# Vice Presidents shall alternate which kitchen forum they chair.# Sits on the Judiciary Committee and chairs the Judiciary Committee for any case in 5.4.1.A that concerns the President.]]# Ensures that all occupancy changes are forwarded to the President, Treasurer, Suite Managers and Work Manager.# Oversees check-in and check-out procedures for standard contracts in conjunction with the Interim Managers.=== * [[Board Representative ===As a merger of three (3) houses (O’Keeffe, Renaissance, and Escher, 2014) Escher maintains three (3) Board Representatives, as understood from ICC Bylaw 3.114.# Responsible to the ICC.# Serves as a voting member on the ICC Board of Directors as determined by the ICC Standing Rules.]]# Reports on the activities of the Board and ICC to the House.# Informs the Board of any member concerns.=== * [[Treasurer ===# Responsible to President and House.# Prepares the House budget in consultation with the ICC, any House staff, and the House.# Presents the House budget for member consideration by September 20th for the Fall/Winter contract period and May 20th for the Spring/Summer contract period.# Assists ICC Finance Office in maintaining House financial records.# Reviews rent rolls sent by the ICC.# Maintains a document of charges, fines and credits.# Keeps accounts receivable journal of House revenue.# Tracks and manages cash, check, credit card, and incoming receipts.# Pays House bills as needed and maintains the House checkbook.# Reconciles bank statements to the ledger each month.# Organizes annual review meeting for any staff member of the House.]]=== * [[Work Manager ===# Responsible to President and House.]]# Prepares temporary work schedule for the first two weeks of the semester and for the last week of the semester.# Distributes work surveys to members and schedules them (so far as possible) to their preferred jobs. Makes up the permanent work schedule for the rest of the semester.# Responsible for setting up a procedure for trading work shifts and replacing a crew member who has not shown up for work.# Fines according to Section 4.2.=== * [[Kitchen Manager ===# Responsible to President and House.# Arranges a schedule in the beginning of the semester to train kitchen crews. Shows them their responsibilities, including how to operate the kitchen equipment and how to properly perform their jobs.# Designates a crew leader for each cleaning crew to ensure that that cleaning crew has done its job properly.# Fines delinquent kitchen crews according to section 4.2.# Works with the chef to prepare for inspection by the Health Department. Makes sure the kitchen passes inspection.# Works with the chef in regards to improving the quality of the food and the performance of cooking crews. Seeks member input on kitchen operations.# Manages and supervises work holiday in the kitchen.# Coordinates all kitchen maintenance related jobs with the Maintenance Manager.]]# Presents the evaluation of the paid chef to the House at the end of the semester.=== * [[Maintenance Manager ===# Responsible to President and House.# Responds to any member requests for assistance that are not related to technology.# Oversees Escher maintenance crew and tasks.# Checks that the conditions around the House are not detrimental to the recruitment of new members.# Fines delinquent maintenance crews according to section 4.2.# Assists the ICC staff and the City of Ann Arbor in conducting building inspections. Makes sure the House passes building inspections.# Attends monthly meetings with the ICC Director of Annual Maintenance.# Brings proposals to the ICC Maintenance Committee seeking funds on behalf of the House.]]=== * [[Social Chair ===# Responsible to President and House.# Organizes large House social events, at least two per semester.# Organizes small weekly social events (discussion group, cookie nights, movie nights, etc.).]]# Organizes House community service projects, at least one per semester (e.g. an afternoon serving Habitat for Humanity, Food Gatherers, Food Bank, etc.)# Communicates with other ICC Houses in the planning of social events.# Actively encourages and facilitates activities by interested groups to plan activities and invite other members to participate.# Works with * [[Education Chair to encourage members to gain as much as possible from their unique international/cultural community with activities and education.]]# Works with Education Chair in reaching out to any Escher alumni.=== Education Chair ===# Responsible to President and House.# Organizes House educational events, at least two per semester.# Responsible for educating the House about cultural awareness.# Provides informational packet for all incoming members.# Actively identify areas of improvement for member knowledge of governance and house logistics and report to the Educational Committee, House and Officers.# Works with Social Chair in reaching out to any Escher alumni.# Serves as a contact with Educational Committee.=== * [[Secretary ===]]# Responsible to President and House.# Takes minutes at each House meeting and publicizes them to the House within 48 hours.# Responsible for the ICC office labor provided by the House to the ICC.# Makes sure information is received and posted in correct places.# Responsible for organizing office cleaning during Work Holiday.# Addresses any member concerns regarding parking space or the parking lot. If there is a shortage of parking spaces for members, a lottery will be administered by the Secretary. They shall oversee all members currently using the parking lot.=== * [[Sustainability Steward ===# Responsible to President and House.]]# Works on new ideas for sustainability in the House.# Educates members on sustainability issues.# Coordinates with Maintenance Manager on issues of water, energy and material waste.# Coordinates a composting system in the House.# Manages all returnables.=== * [[Technology Advisor ===# Responsible to President and House.# Supervises Escher Tech Team, prioritizes tasks and fulfills technology related Requests for Assistance (RFAs).# Innovates new ideas for technology related improvements in the House.# Fines Escher Tech Team members for not performing assigned tasks or performing them poorly according to section 4.2.# Responsible for maintenance and documentation of House technology infrastructure.# Sits on the ICC Tech Team with ICC approval.]]