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(Closed) Call for Nominations: SNAP Steering Committee Members

The Students and New Archives Professionals (SNAP) Section is seeking nominations for a Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, Secretary, and three At-Large positions. 
Serving in a leadership role on the Section is a wonderful way to become more involved with SNAP and SAA and get to know other archivists. Our proposed SNAP bylaws require that to ensure adequate student representation in SNAP leadership, at least two candidates on the slate must be students at the time of the election.
In order to hold a position as an officer and/or member of the Steering Committee, you must be both a member of SAA and the SNAP Section. The term for each office is one year, beginning at the close of the SAA annual meeting in 2019 and ending at the close of the SAA annual meeting in 2020.
If you wish to nominate yourself or someone else, please complete the following form:
All nominations are due by 11:59 PM PST on May 25, 2019. If you are nominated by someone else, you will have an opportunity before the ballot goes live to write your own candidate statement. You will need to resubmit the form for each nomination.
Candidates may only run for ONE POSITION. If you are nominated for multiple positions, you must choose which position you'd like to run for.
After the new Steering Committee and officers are elected, they'll be issuing a call for volunteers to serve as ex-officio members of the SNAP steering committee for positions such as web coordinator, social media, web liaison, and blog coordinator. Even if you choose not to run for anything right now, there will be lots of other opportunities to volunteer and participate in leading the SNAP Section.

 

SAA ELECTIONS TIMELINE

The SNAP Section will conduct its annual elections via an online ballot system provided by the SAA staff.  Basic ballot information (e.g., listing of offices, number of vacancies for each, names of candidates, and candidate statements) need to be submitted to the SAA staff by June 1, 2019.  Online ballots will be made accessible in early July 2019 and shall remain open for two weeks.  Results will be announced at the SNAP Section Meeting in Austin, TX., as well as on the SNAP listserv, SNAP blog, Twitter feed, and Facebook page.

POSITION DESCRIPTIONS

 

Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (1 position: 1 year term, followed by 1 year as chair): The vice chair/chair-elect will assist the chair in the operation of the section, serve as acting chair in the absence of the chair, and participate as a member of the steering committee. The chair directs and reports the activities of the section, organizes and runs the annual meeting, leads the steering committee, and handles administrative duties, including, but not limited to submitting the section's annual report and serving as the section's liaison to SAA and Council.  The chair, in consultation with the other members of the steering committee, may solicit and appoint section volunteers to serve as the web liaison, social media coordinator, student chapter coordinator, and/or blog coordinator and editors. 

Secretary (1 position: 1 year term): The secretary will serve as the official record keeper of the section and be responsible for compiling and sharing minutes from steering committee and annual meetings.

Steering Committee Member (3 positions: 1 year term): Members of the Steering Committee will provide leadership to and share information with section members; identify and appoint ex-officio members to the steering committee; solicit input from members; organize section elections and voting; and appoint temporary and/or permanent committees as needed.

If you would like to nominate yourself or others for the any of the above positions please follow this link: https://bit.ly/2USwcpy
Best,
Elena Colón-Marrero
Students and New Archival Professionals Chair
Links: 
SNAP 2019 Elections Nomination Form
Updated: 2019-05-31

Students and New Archives Professionals (SNAP) Section