Duties of Elected Officers
Chair
- Represents the Section to ASA Executive Office and Council
- Appoints and chairs annual Program Committee
- Chairs annual Section Council and Business meetings
- Submits annual report on the Section to ASA Executive Office
- Appoints all committees
Chair-Elect
- Serves on the Section Council
- Assumes duties of the Chair in the latter’s absence or incapacity
- Chairs the Distinguished Scholar Selection Committee
Past-Chair
- Serves on the Section Council
- Chairs the Committee on Nominations
Secretary-Treasurer
- Serves on the Section Council
- Prepares minutes of the Section’s annual Council and Business meeting
- Oversees special elections (e.g., changes in By-laws)
- Provides Council with copies of the By-laws and the ASA Manual on Sections
- Authorizes expenditures of the Section’s funds (e.g., cash award to Student Paper Awardee) and provides annual budgetary report
Council Representatives (6)
- Serve on the Section Council
- During their first year, they organize the Roundtable Sessions at the annual ASA meeting
- During their second year, they serve on the Student Paper Award Committee
- During their third year, they serve on the Distinguished Scholar Award Committee
Student Representative (2)
- Serve on the Section Council
Duties of Other Officials and Committees
Committee on Nominations
- Solicits nominations for the Section’s Officers and Council from membership; submits slate of candidates to the ASA Executive Office
- Chair: Section Past-Chair
- Members: Three who are appointed by the Section Past-Chair
Program Committee
- Organizes the Section’s annual meeting
- Chair: Section Chair
- Members: At least two who are appointed by the Chair
Membership Committee
- Engages in activities to attract new members
- Chair: Appointed by Section Chair
- Members: Number is unspecified; appointed by Membership Committee Chair
Committee on Research Groups and Roundtables
- Organize and convene Research Groups devoted to specific substantive topics in order to encourage the exchange of information and collaborative research projects as well as ad hoc Roundtables
- Co-chairs: The two first-year Council members
Matilda White Riley Distinguished Scholar Award Selection Committee
- Solicits nominations from membership and selects Distinguished Scholar Awardee
- Chair: Section Chair-Elect
- Members: Two third-year Council Members and one member of the Section appointed by the Chair-Elect. Not specified in By-laws
Student Paper Award Committee
- Solicits nominations from membership and selects Student Paper Awardee
- Chair: Appointed by Section Chair
- Members: Two Second-Year Council Members and two Section members appointed by Section Chair
Outstanding Publication Award Committee
- Solicits nominations from membership and selects Outstanding Publication Awardee
- Chair: Appointed by Section Chair
- Members: Three members appointed by Section Chair and includes a past Section Chair
Outstanding Mentor Award Committee
- Solicits nominations from membership and selects Outstanding Mentor Awardee
- Chair: The previous year’s award winner
- Members: Three members appointed by the Section Chair; these members include the outgoing student representative, one of the third-year council members, and one other member from the section
Newsletter Editor
- Prepares and publishes Newsletter. Serves at the pleasure of the Council. Appointed by Chair with concurrence of Council.
Listserv Editor
- Prepares and distributes periodic news and announcements to the membership e-mail list. Serves at the pleasure of the Council. Appointed by Chair with concurrence of Council.
