KEEP ARKANSAS BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION

Job Description – Commissioners

The mission and attendance requirements for the Keep Arkansas Beautiful Commission are set forth in the bylaws. Each commissioner, by accepting an appointment from the Governor to serve, agrees to actively support this and to arrange his or her schedule to comply with the attendance requirements as adopted in the bylaws. This appointment carries with it a much greater responsibility for learning about the programs and mission of KArB than if one were simply a volunteer supporter. A commissioner must be knowledgeable and conversant in all areas of our endeavor and be willing to actively promote participation in these events and programs amongst the people of Arkansas.

Further:

1. The KarB Commission holds regularly scheduled meetings, of two to four hour duration monthly, except December, in Little Rock and around the state. It presents an Annual Statewide Affiliate Conference in February and members customarily attend the annual Governor’s Conference on Tourism in March. Commissioners will actively support these activities, and regular meetings will be coordinated with these dates.

2. The KarB Commission sponsors KEEP ARKANSAS BEAUTIFUL MONTH each April. An Awards Luncheon honoring outstanding projects which carry out the mission of KarB is held during this period. The Great Arkansas Cleanup is a major program in the fall. Commissioners will actively support these statewide activities.

3. Each commissioner will accept the duty to act as a liaison between the Commission and the citizens within the geographic area she or he represents. While commissioners are appointed from a full congressional district, the Commission will determine the actual area within that district for which each member will be directly responsible.

4. Area related duties will include such activities as representing KarB at events, encouraging communities to become KarB affiliates, conducting area meetings of local affiliate representatives to facilitate networking amongst our chapters and provide two-way communication with the Commission.

The Commission is an active, working body that relies on committees to undertake the planning and direction of events and the formulation of policy. Accordingly, Commissioners are expected to, and must agree to, actively participate in committee work as assigned by the Commission Chairman.

The Keep Arkansas Beautiful Commission Administrative Office has three staff positions which are charged with the execution of policies and activities; however, commissioners cannot delegate responsibility for the overall success of the mission.