The President’s role is to:

• Maintain an active and positive relationship with the Ziauddin University Leadership – in particular with:
  • The Dean of the Medical College.
  • The University Registrar who is responsible for Alumni Affairs.
  • The Director General for Resource Development, who is responsible for fundraising.
  • The Director Human Resources, who is responsible for recruiting alumni and others to positions that need to be filled by ZU internationally.
• Maintain an active and positive relationship with the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America – ZUAANA is a component society of APPNA. All alumni presidents within APPNA are ex-officio members of APPNA’s Executive Council and represent their alumni’s vote on APPNA’s Executive Council.
• Establish ZUAANA documentation as the association evolves.
• Steer ZUAANA to fulfil its vision of contributing to it’s alma mater as well as serving the needs of its members. This is done by providing leadership to ZUAANA’s Executive Council.

The Secretary is responsible for:

• All administrative tasks related to ZUAANA.
• Electronic communication with alumni, ZU and APPNA.
• Coordination of activities that the Alumni Association undertakes e.g. Medical College candidate interviews, ZUAANA annual reunions, alumni meetings, liaising with other institutions etc.
• Assisting the President in executing tasks as required.
• Maintaining meeting minutes, following up on required action items and tracking progress of projects and activities undertaken by the Association.
• Working collaboratively with project leads and committee chairs.
• Responding to inquiries forwarded to ZUAANA from members.
• Upkeeping of established ZUAANA documents e.g. membership package, ZUAANA Constitution etc.
• Collaborating with the Treasurer in maintaining ZUAANA’s legal non profit status e.g. filing of annual reports etc.
• Attending APPNA Executive Council meetings on behalf of the President, when required.
• Mediating any conflicts that arise between alumni and the university e.g. record verification.
• Taking on the role of chair on project based committees.

The Treasurer is responsible for:

• Maintaining ZUAANA’s financial records and managing ZUAANA’s bank account.
• Liaising with APPNA with regards to membership and financial transactions.
• Collaborating with the Secretary in maintaining ZUAANA’s legal non profit status e.g. filing of annual reports etc.
• Liaising with the Web Manager with regards to membership and financial transactions.
• Taking on the role of chair on project based committees.

The Web Manage is responsible for:

• Maintaining all facets of ZUAANA’s web presence, e.g. website, discussion board, Facebook page, Twitter account and LinkedIn.
• Updating the ZUAANA’s web presence with up-to-date content/news.
• Performing all administrative tasks related to the ZUAANA’s website, e.g. updating CMS with latest version(s), maintaining backups.
• Liaising with the President, Secretary and Treasurer with regards to uploading website content.
• Maintaining the mail exchange for all @zuaana.org email addresses.
• Maintaining and integrating webmail list servers with the ZUAANA website.
• Helping with composing and sending out emails and newsletters, as and when needed.
• Looking after website membership/sign-ups/traffic.
• Uploading pertinent documents and resources to the website, e.g. match lists, ZUHIGHLIGHTS editions.
• Putting up advertisements of partner associations on the website.