Board of Directors

Jamie McCracken, President
NIWA Email: president@niwawriters.com

Author Jamie McCracken has been a member of NIWA since 2011. For the past two years he has been serving the membership as the Director of Membership and Webmaster. He is committed to the goal of NIWA and to expanding the organization and its brand.

Andretta Schellinger, Treasurer
NIWA Email: treasurer@niwawriters.com

, Secretary

WANTED:
This is a Board position.

Duration: One Year - with option of staying on or being replaced at the end of your term.

Candidate should be an excellent listener/notetaker and have Microsoft Word on their computer to take notes during Board meetings. They should also have a working knowledge of Facebook.

Duties:

Attend quarterly virtual meetings of the Board.
Take notes including: date, attendees, topics of discussion and resolutions, etc.
Send a copy to the president for review and approval before posting the .doc to the NIWA Board Facebook page under files.
Print notes and keep in binder for a paper record.

If interested submit your name to admin@niwawriters.com

Pamela Cowan, Communications Director
NIWA Email: communication@niwawriters.com

As Communications Director, Pam handles communication between the Board and the membership and between NIWA and the public.

She also:

Moderates the NIWA Members Only Facebook page to be sure posts comply with NIWA's Code of Conduct.
Oversees the members newsletter
Oversees the NIWA's annual anthology*
Creates publicity info such as NIWA business cards, signage, fliers, etc.

Tom McConnell, Social & Media Director
NIWA Email: communication@niwawriters.com

As Social & Media Director, Tom hosts the NIWA members' Zoom gatherings.
He also moderates the NIWA Fans & Friends Facebook group page, and
oversees the NIWA Twitter account Tweeter.

, Events Director
NIWA Email: events@niwawriters.com

WANTED:
This is a Board position.

Duration: One Year - with option of staying on or being replaced at the end of your term.

*This does NOT mean you are responsible for organizing the NIWA booths at events.

Duties:

Act as a single point of contact/resource for members who step-up to organize a NIWA booth - answering questions.
Check in with the Logistics Managers who are storing NIWA's event equipment to make sure they have what they need.
Fill out the vendor applications for NIWA events (see Annual Events page on website under the Members tab) with the aid of the Treasurer
Post Event opportunities and sign-up spreadsheets on the NIWA Members Only Facebook page using the template.
After events provide an inventory list of book sales (titles, authors, number of books sold) to the Treasurer for paying member royalties.
Provide updates to the Board.

*Note: Duties subject to change - this is not a complete list but the major duties.

If interested submit your name to admin@niwawriters.com

James McCracken, Membership & Webmaster
NIWA Email: members@niwawriters.com
NIWA Email: webmaster@niwawriters.com

Adam Copeland, Founder & Advisor to the Board

NON-BOARD POSITIONS

Pamela Cowan, 2021 Anthology Editor
NIWA Email: anthology@niwawriters.com
NIWA Anthology Email: submissions@gmail.com

, Newsletter Editor

Report to the Communications Director
Duties: Create and distribute monthly NIWA Members Newsletter and the Fans & Friends.

WANTED:
This is NOT a Board position.

Duration: One Year - with option of staying on or being replaced at the end of your term.

Candidate should have a working knowledge of MailChimp.

Duties:

Report to the Social & Media Director
Put out the monthly NIWA Members Newsletter*
Put out the monthly NIWA Fans & Friends Newsletter*

*Note: These two newsletters can be combined into one provided there is not any confidential or proprietary NIWA business or links sent to Fans & Friends.

If interested submit your name to admin@niwawriters.com

, NIWA Fans & Friends Facebook Group Moderator

WANTED:
This is NOT a Board position.

Duration: One Year - with option of staying on or being replaced at the end of your term.

Report to the Social & Media Director
Duties:
If necessary, approve new members to the group page.
Monitor the posts on the page to make sure they are politically neutral, do not espouse hate in any way, and are about writing.

Karen Gilb, Tweeter

Report to the Social & Media Director
Duties: Post new releases & share posts of NIWA members on Twitter.

Roslyn McFarland, Logistics Manager, Beaverton, Oregon
Roslyn is in charge of the NIWA Storage Locker. It contains members books, tablecloths, runners, banners, cashboxes (including Square card readers), small tables and chairs.

Reports to the Events Director.

Lisa Cromwell, Logistics Manager, Beaverton, Oregon
Lisa has NIWA's larger tables and chairs, the canopy (for outdoor events), and additional banners.

Reports to the Events Director.