The following is a compilation of all the Officers who have served the International Double Reed Society since the first slate of candidates was elected in 1972. As the Constitution of the Society has evolved, so have these various offices. Some have been added, some consolidated, and some dropped over the years.
“The President shall preside at all meetings of the Society, shall be the chief executive officer of the Society, and shall be an ‘ex-officio’ member of all standing and special committees with the power to fill vacancies on all committees.”
–IDRS Constitution, Section 3(a)
“The 1st Vice-President shall act in the absence of the President, and accept other such responsibilities and assignments as the President may request.”
–IDRS Constitution, Section 3(b)
(From 1972 to 1976, the First Vice President was known simply as the Vice President. The positions of First and Second Vice President were created in 1976.)
(In 1977, the Vice President position was split into First Vice President and Second Vice President.)
“The 2nd Vice-President shall act as an international representative to the Society.”
–IDRS Constitution, Section 3(c)
(The position of Second Vice President was created in 1976.)
(In 1977, the Vice President position was split into First Vice President and Second Vice President.)
“The Secretary shall be responsible for recording the proceedings of all meetings of the Society, and presentation of these minutes to the following meeting.”
–IDRS Constitution, Section 3(d)
(In the original IDRS Constitution, this position was defined as two offices: Recording Secretary and Corresponding Secretary. In 1977, the role of the Corresponding Secretary was taken over by the Treasurer. In 1984, the Treasurer/ Corresponding Secretary position itself changed to become the Executive Secretary/Treasurer).
In order to have better representation of the membership in general on the Executive Committee of the Society, the Constitution was changed in 1995 to add two new voting positions. In 2009, a third Member-At-Large (Business) was added to the voting members of the Executive Committee.
The IDRS website, idrs.org, was originally created by Yoshi Ishikawa in 1996 as one of the Society’s first digital properties. Yoshi maintained the website as Online Editor through 2018 during the launch of the new website.
In 2018, the position of Executive Secretary/Treasurer was split into two interim roles of Membership Coordinator and Administrative Director/Treasurer.
In 2018, the position of Executive Secretary/Treasurer was split into two interim roles of Membership Coordinator and Administrative Director/Treasurer.
Originally this was an elected position. As the Society grew, the workload of keeping membership and finances updated and current led to the creation of the Executive Secretary/Treasurer position in 1984. In 2018, the position of Executive Secretary/Treasurer was split into two interim roles of Membership Coordinator and Administrative Director/Treasurer.
This position was created in 2017 to handle communications and public relations for the Society. Responsibilities include managing the society’s social media properties and creation and implementation of a regular eNewsletter.
In addition, a volunteer position for IDRS Social Media Assistant was formally created in 2019.
The Business Liaison position was converted to a Member-At-Large position in 2009.
In 2002, the position of Librarian was changed to Archivist. The IDRS Archives now reside at the University of North Carolina a Greensboro.
