Executive Council - Officer Job Descriptions
AATSEEL President
Two-year term as President-Elect (PE), Two-year term as President (P), Two-year term as Past-President (PP)
General Responsibilities
- Attend the EC meetings at the annual AATSEEL conferences for 6 years (PE, P, PP) as a voting member of the EC and, if possible (strongly preferred), one year as President-Elect to be (non-voting)
- Contribute to the occasional discussion of issues as they come up among the members of the steering committee during the year (in between EC meetings)
- Chair committees
- Participate in committee work
- Be in touch by e-mail
PE: President-Elect's Responsibilities (Years 1-2)
- Take minutes at two EC meetings as PE
- Create action agenda from minutes for these two EC meetings as PE
- Work closely with the steering committee (consisting of PE, P, PP, Executive Director), contributing to the occasional discussion of issues as they come up during the year
P: President's Responsibilities (Years 3-4)
- Write letters of support for threatened programs
- Write letters of support for members nominated for awards
- Write president's message for AATSEEL Newsletter four times a year for two years as president
- Direct member queries to appropriate committee chair or executive director
- Review reports from executive director and committee chairs
- Prepare and chair annual EC meetings, determine agenda, keep meeting moving along, making sure that decisions are made in a timely fashion
- Run annual AATSEEL Business Meeting
- Help Past-President give awards at President's Reception
- Represent AATSEEL at other conferences
- Delegate other members of the EC or the association to represent AATSEEL at other conferences
- The President is provided with a free room at the AATSEEL Conference Hotel; AATSEEL picks up other travel expenses if the President's home institution is unable to do so.
PP: Past-President's Responsibilities (Years 5-6)
- Chair Nominations and Awards Committee
- Present Awards at Annual Conference
- Run the annual elections, including soliciting statements from candidates and notifying them of the results
- The Past-President is provided with a free room at the AATSEEL Conference Hotel.
AATSEEL Vice President: Three-year term
- Attend the EC meetings at the annual AATSEEL conferences for 3 years as voting VP and if possible (strongly preferred) one year as VP-Elect (non-voting)
- Chair a committee
- Participate in committee work
- Volunteer for other leadership activities for the good of the association
- Represent AATSEEL at other conferences upon request of the President
- Review minutes, reports and agendas from EC meetings
- Be in touch by e-mail with President, Executive Director and other members of the EC during the course of the year
Prepared by Ben Rifkin, February 2004. Revised by Nancy Condee, January 2012.