A question for the group.

[Macthenife]

I'm not sure if I'm listing this question in the right spot or not but can someone help me with what the difference is between a clan commissioner, deputy commissioner and convener? How do their responsibilities differ?

I know that there are a lot of you out there that are presently serving their clan in one of these roles, so I thought I would ask and get some first hand information to my question. Thank you in advance for your help.

Slainte!
Shawn

[HeathBar]

It really depends upon the makeup of the clan society and how their by-laws are written. The easiest to answer is the convener. This is a person who convenes a clan tent at the highland games. A commissioner usually is a regional rep for the clan. Large clans might have multiple district commissioners in a particular region. Now all of these folks might convene a clan tent. In my clan society, it is mostly the commissioners that convene the tents, but we have had a few regular members to convene as well. But we are a small society. It could vary, but I would guess that commissioners in most cases are appointed by the officers of the society.

Responsibilities:

Convener is uaually responsible for one event.

District Commissioner might be responsible for a state.

Regional Commissioner might be responsible for a group of states (Southeast, Northwest, Mid-West,...)



I hope that somewhere in there you found something helpful.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Heath Bar has pretty much said it all-- in the final analysis it comes down to increased areas of responsibility in the organization and governance of the far-flung outposts of the clan.

[cajunscot]

It really depends upon the makeup of the clan society and how their by-laws are written. The easiest to answer is the convener. This is a person who convenes a clan tent at the highland games. A commissioner usually is a regional rep for the clan. Large clans might have multiple district commissioners in a particular region. Now all of these folks might convene a clan tent. In my clan society, it is mostly the commissioners that convene the tents, but we have had a few regular members to convene as well. But we are a small society. It could vary, but I would guess that commissioners in most cases are appointed by the officers of the society.

Responsibilities:

Convener is uaually responsible for one event.

District Commissioner might be responsible for a state.

Regional Commissioner might be responsible for a group of states (Southeast, Northwest, Mid-West,...)



I hope that somewhere in there you found something helpful.

In our clan society, a convenor covers a particular state or states, while a Commissioner covers a larger region, like the Midwest, etc. As Heath and Rathdown have stated, it really depends on the clan society itself and its choice of terminology.

Regards,

Todd

[Detroitpete]

Heathbar pretty much nailed it--check with your clan for specific responsibilities. For Clan MacLaren Society of North America, we have:

Clan Officers and Council: President, Vice Pres., Treasurer, Secretary, Membership Secretary, Immediate Past President, Asst. Sec/Treas., Quartermaster

Commisioners: Responsible for regions

Covenors: can be responsible for one event or several--they could even presumably handle these activities for a state.

We also have A Webmaster, Genealogist, Legal Counsel and Registered Agent.

You can see a bit more about us at: http://www.clanmaclarenna.org/

Pete-a proud Covenor for the Clan MacLaren Society of North America

[BoldHighlander]

Pretty much what they all said

In Clan Mackay USA however we do not use the term Convenor, but instead we have State Commissioners (like myself) who convened/hosted a clan booth at our local games.

The Commissioners are over seen by a Regional Vice-President, who over sees a group of states.

Then over them you have the National V.P. / Chief of Commissioners, followed in turn by the Nat'l President.

Hope that helps.

[Urchurdan]

Convenor:- I guess I am one of these in our Clan, if that is the same thing as a Gopher??? ie, go fer this - go fer that..... (Old joke, sorry but very true...)

[Macthenife]

Thank you everyone for the clarification. I appreciate it.

Shawn