{"id":2096,"date":"2025-06-29T20:31:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T01:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mnpeony.org\/?page_id=2096"},"modified":"2025-09-02T11:40:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T16:40:54","slug":"committee-position-descriptions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mnpeony.org\/?page_id=2096","title":{"rendered":"Committee Position Descriptions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minnesota Peony Society<\/strong><\/p>\n

MPS committees are vital to the structure of the society. Volunteers perform various duties to ensure the activities planned by MPS can be performed to meet the goals of the society. This broadens the outreach to the public and members to continue the interest in peonies among fellow enthusiasts.<\/span><\/p>\n

MPS is always looking for volunteers to maintain the society. The following are job descriptions for the various committee chair positions that are needed to run the society:<\/span><\/p>\n

Volunteer Chair: <\/strong>For each event, contacts people to help as needed.<\/span>
\nVolunteer Chair Job Description<\/a>
\n<\/span>Exhibition Chair(s): <\/strong>Oversees the flower exhibition that is usually held in early June. Can have co-chairs and requires additional chairs.<\/span>
\nExhibition Chair Job Description<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/strong>         Clerk Chair: <\/strong>Heads a team of clerks who record flower show results.<\/span>
\n         Clerk Chair Job Description<\/a><\/span>
\n         Judging Chair: <\/strong>Sets and direct the judging team for the flower show.<\/span>
\n         Awards Chair: <\/strong>Sets up and distributes awards selected by the judges at flower show.<\/span>
\n         Classification Chair(s): <\/strong>Makes sure all entries in flower show are correctly entered.<\/span>
\n         Classification Chair Job Description<\/a><\/span>
\n         Staging\/Setup Chair: <\/strong>Manages the flower show physical layout and staging<\/span>.<\/span>
\n<\/strong>         Staging Chair Job Description<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/strong>         Artistic Design Chair: <\/strong>Handles all aspects of the Artistic Design section of the flower exhibition.<\/span>
\n         Artistic Design Chair Job Description<\/a><\/span>
\n         Photography Chair: <\/strong>Handles all aspects of the photo contest section of the exhibition.<\/span>
\nAuction Chair: <\/strong>Runs the fall root auction<\/span>.
\nAuction Chair Job Description<\/span><\/a>
\nWebsite Chair: <\/strong>Maintains MPS website.<\/span>
\nPublicity: <\/strong>Before each event, advertises in appropriate media outlets.
\n<\/span>Publicity Chair Job Description<\/span><\/a>
\nNominating Committee: <\/strong>Solicits interested and qualified candidates for the board and its officers.<\/span>
\nSocial Media  Chair: <\/strong>Facebook site and other platforms author.<\/span>
\nGarden Tours\/Picnic Chair: <\/strong>Plans summer event.<\/span>
\nHospitality Chair: <\/strong>Acquires and supplies treats at events.<\/span>
\nHospitality Chair Job Description<\/a><\/span>
\nSpeakers Chair: <\/strong>Lines up speaker for educational meeting.<\/span>
\nHistorian\/Librarian: <\/strong>Maintains paper and digital MPS artifacts.<\/span>
\nScientific Studies: <\/strong>Supplies material related to peony culture.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Minnesota Peony Society MPS committees are vital to the structure of the society. Volunteers perform various duties to ensure the activities planned by MPS can be performed to meet the goals of the society. This broadens the outreach to the public and members to continue the interest in peonies among fellow enthusiasts. MPS is always […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2096","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnpeony.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnpeony.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnpeony.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnpeony.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnpeony.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2096"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/mnpeony.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2127,"href":"https:\/\/mnpeony.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2096\/revisions\/2127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnpeony.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}