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Call for Nominations for SJSU ASIS&T Student Chapter 2012-2013 Executive Committee
The Nominating & Elections Committee invites nominations from SJSU ASIS&T Student Chapter members for six remaining Executive Committee positions for the 2012-2013 administrative year, which runs from June 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013.
Vice Chair
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Actively assist the Chair.
- Preside at Executive Committee meetings in the absence of the Chair.
- Automatically succeed to the Office of Chair upon the long term unavailability, resignation, removal, or death of the Chair.
- Perform such duties as the Executive Committee or the Chair may assign as expected of a Vice Chair.
Secretary
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Record and distribute to the Executive Committee the minutes of each Executive Committee meeting prior to the next meeting of the Executive Committee.
- Record and distribute to the Executive Committee the minutes of each Standing or Ad Hoc Committee meeting prior to the next meeting of said Standing or Ad Hoc Committee.
- Perform such duties as the Executive Committee or the Chair may assign as expected of a Secretary.
Communications Officer
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Notify the student body, faculty, and Student Chapter Members via e-mail of all meetings, programs, activities, news, publications, resources, and features.
- Submit announcements to the Webmaster and Social Media Administrator for posting online.
- Manage all e-mails received via the Student Chapter e-mail account.
- Manage and moderate the Student Chapter listserv.
- Subscribe to national ASIS&T listservs and forward items of interest to the Student Chapter listserv as well as the Webmaster and Social Media Administrator for posting online.
- Perform such duties as the Executive Committee or the Chair may assign as expected of a Communications Officer.
Newsletter Editor
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Carry out the functions of designing, creating, assembling, editing, and producing a Student Chapter newsletter twice per semester.
- Solicit newsletter submissions from the Executive Committee and Student Chapter membership relating to Student Chapter news as well as general topical pieces about information science and technology.
- Perform such duties as the Executive Committee or the Chair may assign as expected of a Newsletter Editor.
Assembly Representative
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Attend the ASIS&T Annual Meeting.
- Represent the interests of the Student Chapter at the Chapter Assembly Meeting at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting.
- Perform such duties as the Executive Committee or the Chair may assign as expected of an Assembly Representative.
Alternate Assembly Representative
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Attend the ASIS&T Annual Meeting.
- Represent the interests of the Student Chapter at the Chapter Assembly Meeting at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting in the absence of the Assembly Representative.
- Perform such duties as the Executive Committee or the Chair may assign as expected of an Alternate Assembly Representative.
Nomination requirements: Candidates for office must be SJSU ASIS&T Student Chapter members and must be clear of intent of enrollment through May 2013. Nothing prevents any Student Chapter Member from being elected to more than one office of the Executive Committee, except that the Assembly Representative and the Alternate Assembly Representative must be different individuals.
Nomination process: Candidates may nominate themselves for election. Please send your nomination, including a short bio, statement of purpose, and portrait photograph, to Sarah Emmerson, Nominating & Elections Committee Chair, at sjsuasist@gmail.com by May 14, 2012 at 11:59pm PT.
Voting process: Elections will be held May 16 – 20, 2012. Officers shall be elected by a majority of the SJSU ASIS&T Student Chapter members voting online via D2L. SJSU ASIS&T Student Chapter members must be enrolled in the SJSU ASIS&T Student Chapter’s members-only D2L site in order to vote.
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