[Gala-l] From Agnes Kang, IGALA President - Call for nominations to IGALA Exec Council

[Cashman, Holly]

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
IGALA Executive Council

We are now accepting nominations for the positions of Secretary and VP/President-Elect of IGALA. Nominations will be open until November 15, 5pm Hong Kong time. Please see the descriptions of these Executive Council positions below. Candidates can be nominated by others or can choose to self-nominate. Upon acceptance of nomination, candidates are asked to send in a brief bio to be distributed to members prior to the election.

The election of Executive members is vital to the leadership of IGALA, and we hope to see active support of our organization through a diverse pool of candidates and high voter participation in the election. An organization is only as strong as its members, and we would encourage all members to welcome new members through their networks and consider a role in IGALA leadership, either as an Executive Council Member or as an Advisory Council Member. Please note that all nominators, candidates running for a position, and voters in the election must be registered members of IGALA. The fastest way to check on membership is to login to your account on the Equinox Gender and Language website: http://www.equinoxpub.com/GL. On the login page, on the right side, there is information about your subscription (print or electronic) and an expiration date for the membership. It should read, "Expires: 31-Dec-2016".

Please do not reply to this message.

Nominations for candidates should be sent by 15 November, 5 pm Hong Kong time, to Agnes Kang, IGALA President (makang at LN.edu.hk). Please ensure that your email has the subject header 'IGALA Exec Nominations', and that you include the contact details of the candidate so that they can be reached to accept the nomination.

I look forward to your nominations and your support of IGALA.

Best wishes,
Agnes Kang
IGALA President


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, decisions, and membership
• 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 Advisory Council Member in charge of the Website about this (together with the President and President-Elect)
• post runs two years


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 Advisory Council Member in charge of the Website 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 two years


* The President is responsible for

• working for a policy that balances the needs of members with service to gender, sexuality 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 Advisory Council Member in charge of the Website about this (together with the Vice-President/President-Elect and Secretary)
• post runs two years

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