[IGALA] FW: Join the IGALA Executive Committee!

[Lucy Jones (staff)]

Dear IGALA members,

A number of people have just joined the mailing list: welcome! I’m sharing again the message below from earlier this month, to make sure everybody’s seen it. If you have any questions at all about the nomination process or you’d like to ask about any of the available roles, please do get in touch. Nominations are open until the end of September.

Best wishes,
Lucy

On Sep 5, 2025, at 4:13 AM, Lucy Jones <Lucy.Jones at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Lucy.Jones at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:

Dear members of IGALA,

The time has come to elect a new Executive Committee for IGALA! This is a very exciting moment for the association, as we continue to grow (our membership numbers being higher than ever before) and look ahead to developing more international networks. The work of our community is vital in these times of renewed global oppression and marginalisation against queer and trans people, and as misogynistic discourse continues to thrive. I’d therefore like to warmly invite you to join our committee and help us ensure that IGALA is doing all it can to support scholars of language, gender and sexuality.

We are currently soliciting nominations for the following 2-year-term Executive Committee positions:

(1) President-Elect: This officeholder assumes the duties of the President in the event the President cannot serve, and shall succeed to the office of President at the expiration of the term as President-elect. The President shall be the presiding officer of the Association, and shall succeed to the office of Past President at the expiration of the term as President. Normally a President's term will run for two years, i.e. from one biennial IGALA Conference to the next.

(2) Secretary: This officeholder shall maintain records of meetings and decisions, call and run elections, and post minutes of public meetings and results of elections to the Membership at large. The Secretary shall also maintain the membership list, in consultation with the Journal editors.

(3) Communications Officer: This officer manages the mailing lists, the website, our social media properties, advises the Board about communications strategy, and ensures consistency of voice in IGALA communications.

(4) Treasurer: The Treasurer has charge of the financial records of the Society. They shall submit a financial/budget report once a year, at the IGALA Executive e-meeting, and shall submit a report on the Association's activities and finances to the membership at the open Association business meeting held at each official IGALA conference.

You can:

FORM A: NOMINATE YOURSELF<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsGcHbek0QxQOQPbPaKNbcVZWKQV36Th7syDrEOs8NESI8Mw/viewform?usp=header> – this is the standard procedure and very much part of our organisational culture, so please do volunteer.

or

FORM B: NOMINATE A COLLEAGUE<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSete_0CiGYW-xJROa3KxQ1g7AxUuxi5YMrhlLncn3u-InJy8g/viewform?usp=header> – in addition to yourself, or instead of yourself! We will get in touch with them to let them know and encourage them to fill out form A.

We encourage you to send us your nominations before the end of September!

With best wishes,
Lucy

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Lucy Jones
(she/her)
Professor of Sociolinguistics
Vice-President/President-Elect, IGALA
School of English, University of Nottingham

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