Dear ECI Members,
The nomination period for our 2017 election is now open. All positions are listed below with a short description of responsibilities. If you wish to nominate yourself or a colleague for an open position, please send an email to east.central.illinois.acs@gmail.com by Sunday, October 23rd and include a short (<1000 character) description of the candidate and their qualifications.
Past Chair (1 year term, chair becomes past-chair) - CLOSED
- Continuing appointment: Kali Miller
- Head of recruiting committee
- Awards Coordinator
- File Annual Report for year in office
Chair (1 year term, chair-elect becomes chair) - CLOSED
- Continuing appointment: B.K. Sharma
- Serve as spokesperson for the local section
- Direct section activities
- Oversee section governance and executive committee activities
- Make standing committee appointments
Chair-Elect (1 year term, 3 year commitment) - OPEN
- ECI Nominee: Austin Cyphersmith
- Represent the section at the ACS Leadership Institute
- Serve as Program Chair for planning all section events
- Host invited speakers
- Recruit volunteers
Treasurer (1 year term) - OPEN
- ECI Nominee: Laura Sonnichsen
- Account for all section money and maintain accurate records
- Prepare budget report for each executive meeting
- Request allotment payment from Society and member/affiliate dues collection
- File IRS forms and annual financial report
- Write reimbursement checks
- Oversee yearly funding requests and reports for affiliated groups
Councilor (3 year term, next election in 2018) - CLOSED
- Continuing appointment: Amy Nicely
- Represent section at national ACS Council meetings
- Report actions of Council to section (at meetings, on website, etc.)
- Approve local section annual report
- Serve as archivist
Alternate Councilor (3 year term, next election in 2018) - CLOSED
- Continuing appointment: Ellen Keiter
- Serve in the absence of the Councilor
Secretary (1 year term) - OPEN
- ECI Nominee: none
- Maintain membership lists/records and group emails
- Correspond with local section membership using Real Magnet
- Assist chair and councilor to compile the annual report materials
Webmaster (1 year term) - OPEN
- ECI Nominee: none
- Manage the section calendar, ACS Network blog, and social media accounts
- Update website (HTML experience suggested, but not required)
- Publish newsletter each semester
Thank you for your participation!
