IMPORTANT REMINDER: IGALA nominations open (1 Oct-1 Nov 2012)

[Litosseliti, Evangelia]

IGALA NOMINATIONS OPEN (1 Oct -1 Nov 2012)

For two Executive Council posts for two years:

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:

1 November, 2012



ELECTIONS will begin after the nomination period is completed, and run from 5 November through 5 December, 2012.





IMPORTANT STIPULATIONS:

*ONLY paid up members can nominate someone.

*ONLY paid up members can be nominated.

*You may nominate yourself

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



IN ORDER TO NOMINATE:

*Include: your name, nominee’s name, position nominated for, and

nominee’s e-mail address.

* Do NOT click ‘reply all’.

* Please send your nomination for Vice-President/ President-Elect to Lia Litosseliti, IGALA President, at l.litosseliti at city.ac.uk<mailto:l.litosseliti at city.ac.uk>, ensuring your message subject is 'IGALA Nomination for VP'

* Please send your nomination for Secretary to Michelle Lazar at ellmml at nus.edu.sg<mailto:ellmml at nus.edu.sg>, ensuring your message subject is 'IGALA Nomination for Secretary'







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



* The President [currently Lia Litosseliti, until 2014] 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



We are looking forward to your nominations!

Warm regards,



Michelle Lazar, IGALA Secretary

Lia Litosseliti, IGALA President






Dr Lia Litosseliti
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Senior Lecturer in Linguistics & Programme Director for BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy
Department of Language and Communication Science
City University London
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
UK

l.litosseliti at city.ac.uk<mailto:l.litosseliti at city.ac.uk>
http://www.city.ac.uk/health/staff-directory/lia-litosseliti

President of the International Gender and Language Association (IGALA) -  http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/organisations/igala/Index.html

Associate Editor of Gender and Language - http://www.equinoxjournals.com/GL/index<http://www.equinoxjournals.com/GL/index>



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