R.A.L. - Job Description

Representative at Large (R.A.L.).  According to the board handbook, my job is to "serve as a representative and advocate of NASFAA to the membership-at-large, and as a conduit for providing feedback from members to the association."

Three nouns:  Representative.  Advocate.  Conduit.

Representative. A person chosen or appointed to act or speak for another or others - a mouthpiece.

Advocate.  A person who publicly supports a particular cause.

Conduit.  A means of transmitting or distributing.

In short - I am to practice the art of communication.  I am a conveyer of messages from sender to receiver.  I am a listener.  I am a translator.  I am an interpreter.  My job is to minimize noise.