If you’re looking for valuable experience to put on your resume, to meet fellow SLIS Spartans outside of the digital classroom, and to participate in an active, award-winning student association… consider nominating yourself for the SJSU ASIS&T Student Chapter’s Executive Committee!
The Nominating & Elections Committee invites nominations from SJSU ASIS&T Student Chapter members for Executive Committee positions for the 2013-2014 administrative year, which runs from June 1, 2013 to May 31, 2014. To nominate yourself, you will need to submit a short bio, statement of purpose, and a picture for our election by October 20th. See below for complete details.
Chair
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Preside over all meetings of the Executive Committee.
- Appoint the Chairs of all committees, subject to the provisions of these Bylaws and the consent of the Executive Committee.
- Submit a request for the annual Student Chapter fund appropriation to ASIS&T Headquarters by the date specified.
- Submit an Annual Report of the Student Chapter to ASIS&T Headquarters by the date specified for self-nomination of the annual Student Chapter of the Year Award or by the close of the ASIS&T fiscal year.
- Act and function as the official representative to other student organizations, faculty, campus administration, and the media, unless the Chair otherwise designates these responsibilities to another officer.
- Run day-to-day affairs of the Student Chapter.
- Implement a plan of action to achieve Student Chapter goals.
- Make necessary online preparations for organizational meetings.
- Submit all Executive Committee meetings and programs for posting to the SLIS Master Events Calendar.
- Post agendas at least 24 hours in advance of Executive Committee meetings.
Treasurer
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Maintain a complete and accurate financial statement.
- Maintain complete and accurate records of all receipts, expenditures, donations, and raised funds.
- Be accountable to the Executive Committee regarding the authorization of all expenditures.
- Provide a current financial statement to the Executive Committee upon request.
- Provide the Chair with an Annual Financial Statement to be submitted to ASIS&T Headquarters.
- Direct Student Chapter expenditures of funds.
- Direct Student Chapter fundraising activities.
- Formulate the content on the Student Chapter’s website regarding donation procedures.
- Communicate regularly with the ASIS&T Director of Finance & Administration regarding the status of the Student Chapter’s financial account.
- Perform such duties as the Executive Committee or the Chair may assign as expected of a Treasurer.
- 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 Chair may assign as expected of a Newsletter Editor.
Nomination process: Candidates may nominate themselves for election. Please send your nomination, including a short bio, statement of purpose, and portrait photograph to Mariea Whittington, at marieawhit@gmail.com by October 20th at 11:59 pm PT.
Voting process: Elections will be held October 21 – 27th, 2013. Officers will be elected by a majority of the SJSU ASIS&T Student Chapter members, who will vote online via our D2L page. 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.