Resources for Branch and State Presidents
As the AAUW branch or state president, it is your job to lead your organization in developing and implementing plans that carry out AAUW’s mission. As the team leader of your board, you are also responsible for building a strong team and ensuring your fellow board members get the support they need to carry out their work. Use the resources below to help you carry out your work.
Understand Your Role
Start by reading about your role as president.
Branch President/Administrator Position Description
State President/Administrator Position Description
Guide Your Branch
Learn how to lead your branch to develop a strong strategic plan, and hold effective meetings that help move your work forward.
How to Create a Strategic Plan for Your Branch
How to Design an Effective Planning Meeting
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Develop Your Team
Set the foundation for a strong board and help your team understand their responsibilities.
National, State, and Branch Leadership Positions
Prepare for the Upcoming Year with Board Member Transition Tools
Learn about AAUW’s Bylaws, Policies, and Priorities
Make sure you understand the AAUW Bylaws, policies, and priorities and how they impact your branch work. Access sample state and branch bylaws to help you update your own.
AAUW Bylaws
AAUW Strategic Plan
Fundraising Policies: What AAUW Members Need to Know
Are You Starting a Branch?
Access information on starting a branch and find the forms and you need to become an AAUW affiliate.
AAUW Branch Creation Guide
Online/Virtual Branch Creation Guide
AAUW Affiliate Agreement
Memorandum from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP: Affiliate Agreement
Memorandum from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP: “Disaffiliation or Dissolution”
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National, State, and Branch Leadership Positions
Learn more about leadership at AAUW! According to the AAUW Bylaws, branches are only required to have two officers: branch president and finance chair.
Board Member
Transition Tools
Set next year’s board up for success with these how-to guides for conducting an end-of-year member survey, facilitating a board debrief, writing a transition memo for your successor, and planning recognition for your board.
State and Branch
Model Bylaws
AAUW’s model bylaws provide a framework to assist AAUW affiliates in preparing or amending their bylaws.
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