The purpose of the Board of Trustees is to manage and direct the affairs of the IAAA. Various officer positions exist to conduct the daily business of the IAAA and to get IAAA projects executed. When the Board decides that certain projects should be done, projects that would greatly benefit the IAAA as a whole, someone is needed to take responsibility, line up volunteers, and oversee it to completion. In the past, this activity was handled by various Trustees, but since it is actually outside the scope of duties of the Board, it tended to leave Trustees with less time for actual Board business. Hence the creation of a new position, the PROJECTS OFFICER, the link between the Board and the membership.

The PROJECTS OFFICER deals with official IAAA projects only. These are projects done in the name of the IAAA, which means they are originated by or approved by the Board.

The purpose of the PROJECTS OFFICER is: To see to it that each official IAAA project gets completed by 1) lining up a willing and capable IAAA member who will take responsibility for, be in charge of, and carry out a specific project, 2) helping that person line up assistants and resources as needed, 3) making sure the project gets done in accordance with the guidelines set forth by the Board, 4) reporting periodically to the Board on the progress of the project, and lastly, 5) generally overseeing and giving support and encouragement until the project is fully completed.

Why a PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER?

The purpose of the PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER is to make the IAAA name, goals, activities, worthy accomplishments, the good things that the IAAA does and creates, and astronomical art well-known, well-thought of, and understood by the various publics of the IAAA.

The PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER uses any and all public relations means and techniques to do this, such as preparation and distribution of press kits, publicity (broadcast and print), creation of media events, PR capers, placing feature stories in magazines, film and video documentaries, astronomical art conferences, etc.

The PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER also handles internal PR as needed, such as effectively presenting Board activities, plans and decisions to the membership at large, so that the Board and officers maintain good public relations with the membership.