IGALA NOMINATIONS OPEN (until 15 Nov)

[Laurel Kamada]

IGALA NOMINATIONS OPEN (until 15 Nov)
For two Executive Committee posts: 
Vice-President/President-Elect and Secretary
 
IGALA (International Gender and Language Association) is now calling for nominations for the posts of:
*Vice-President (President-Elect)     (see duties below)
*Secretary                                                            (see duties below)
 
CLOSING DATE FOR NOMINATIONS:  
15 November, 2010
 
IMPORTANT STIPULATIONS:
*ONLY paid up members can nominate someone.
*ONLY paid up members can be nominated.
*You may nominate yourself.
 
IN ORDER TO NOMINATE: 
*Include: your name, nominee’s name, position nominated for, and 
nominee’s e-mail address.
* Do NOT click ‘reply all’. 
Reply to Laurel Kamada at laurelkamada at hotmail.com
 
If you are interested in nominating a person (including yourself) who is NOT yet an IGALA member, you (and they) have until elections begin (Nov. 18) to join IGALA. To join IGALA (which includes subscription to the journal Gender and Language), please go to: http://www.equinoxjournals.com/index.php/GL/about/subscriptions
 
ELECTIONS will begin after the nomination period is completed:
              Elections will run from 18 November through 18 December, 2010.
 
DUTIES
The Vice-President/President-Elect is responsible for:

supporting the President as appropriate in all the President’s duties
assuming the duties of the President in the event the President cannot serve, and succeeding to the office of President at the expiration of the term as President-elect
monitoring the IGALA site, identifying new links, documents and information to be posted on it, and liaising with the Webweaver about this (together with the President and Secretary)
chairing the Nominations Committee for Advisory and Executive IGALA committee members
running the IGALA (Post)graduate Student Essay Competition (including chairing the committee, one member of whom will be the Graduate Student Representative)
post runs for two years
 
The Secretary is responsible for

gathering agenda items for meetings
producing and distributing agendas
keeping Minutes of IGALA Executive and Open meetings
maintaining records of meetings and decisions
producing and distributing/posting Minutes of the meetings to the IGALA Membership
in conjunction with the Vice President/President-elect, organising elections and distributing/posting results to the IGALA membership
monitoring the IGALA site, identifying new links, documents and information to be posted on it, and liaising with the Webweaver about this (together with the President and President-elect)
post runs for two years
 
For your information, Ana Cristina Ostermann recently took over the duties of President (from her previous role as Vice-President/President-Elect) and will continue in this post for the next two years until 2012.
 
The President is responsible for 

working for a policy that balances the needs of members with service to gender and language study
representing IGALA and when appropriate and necessary speaking on its behalf, including in a lobbying capacity
working to develop relations between IGALA and other academic, professional and political bodies, as appropriate
consulting with Executives on issues concerning the management and running of IGALA and coming to a decision about these issues on the basis of Executive's wishes
ensuring that Executives have regular e-discussions on issues relating to IGALA 
ensuring that the IGALA conference takes place and liaising with the organiser 
chairing (a) an Executive meeting, and (b) an Open Business meeting at the IGALA conference
ensuring that decisions that Executives make are followed through (in conjunction with the Secretary)
drawing up the Agenda for Executive Meetings (in conjunction with the Secretary) and running the meetings
maintaining links with the editors of the Gender and Language journal
monitoring the IGALA site, identifying new links, documents and information to be posted on it, and liaising with the Webweaver about this (together with the Vice-President/President-Elect and Secretary)
post runs for two years
 
Both up-for-election posts (Vice-President/President-Elect and Secretary) are for a period of two years. (For more information about IGALA, please see the website:  http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/organisations/igala/Index.html
 
We are looking forward to your nominations! 
Warm regards,
 
Laurel Kamada, IGALA Advisory Board member
Michelle Lazar, IGALA Advisory Board member
Ana Cristina Ostermann, IGALA President 		 	   		  
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