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2009 Call for Nominations for Elected Office
The Nominating Committee of the Society of American Archivists requests that you suggest names for the leadership positions to be filled in the 2009 election. The Committee seeks names of knowledgeable, dynamic, and decisive leaders from the archives community who can provide crucial guidance to SAA and the archives profession. We welcome nominations of individuals who will work toward incorporating diversity into the archives profession. If you have names that you wish the Nominating Committee to consider for the 2009 election, please complete the form at www.archivists.org/nominating-form.asp by close of business on August 22, 2008.
You can find a brief description for each office below. If you have any questions about specific responsibilities of an office, please feel free to contact any member of the Nominating Committee (listed below) or members of SAA who are serving currently in these offices.
President
SAA’s president serves a one-year term of office subsequent to a one-year term of office as vice-president. The terms of office begin at the conclusion of the annual meeting that follows the election. The president shall direct and coordinate the affairs of the Society, preside at all business meetings of the Society and of the Council, and perform such duties as may be directed by the Council. The president serves as a member of and chair of the Executive Committee and performs such responsibilities as appointing chairs and members of SAA standing committees, boards, and task forces and appointing newly elected Council members to Council committees. The president also serves as president of the Society of American Archivists Foundation. Contact: Mark Greene, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming (MGreene[at]uwyo.edu).
Vice President
SAA’s vice president is elected and serves a one-year term of office. The term of office begins at the conclusion of the annual meeting that follows the election. The vice president shall automatically become president at the conclusion of the following year’s annual meeting. The vice president shall perform the duties of the president in case the president is absent or incapacitated and, in case of a vacancy in the presidency, shall assume that office and hold it for the remainder of the term. The vice president serves as a member of the Executive Committee and the Council, and performs such responsibilities as appointing chairs and members of SAA standing committees, boards, and task forces and appointing the chair and members of the Program Committee and Host Committee for the meeting over which he/she will preside. The vice president also serves as vice president of the Society of American Archivists Foundation. Contact:
Frank Boles, University of Central Michigan (boles1Fj[at]cmich.edu).
Treasurer
SAA’s treasurer is elected and serves a three-year term. By virtue of his or her election, the Treasurer also serves as a member of the SAA Council. The treasurer is responsible for planning and formulating financial policy in consultation with the executive director; recommending such policies to the Council; reviewing the annual budget before its submission to the Executive Committee and to the Council; internal auditing of all Society financial operations; providing an annual report on the Society's finances; and investing special funds and endowments with the advice and consent of the Council. In the absence of the president and the vice president, the treasurer presides at business meeting(s) of the Society and meetings of the Council. Contact: Anne Russell, Northeast Document Conservation Center (annr[at]nedcc.org).
Council
SAA’s Council is the elected governing body of the Society of American Archivists responsible for the government of the Society. Three council members shall be elected in each annual election for terms of three years. Together with the Society’s officers and the executive director, it is responsible for the governance of the Society, management of its affairs, annual budget and program cycle review, and the regulation of its procedures. In addition, it performs such responsibilities as establishing policies for the Society, voting on constitutional amendments proposed by membership petitions, reviewing annual reports, and making appointments to the Society’s committees, boards, task forces and roundtables. Council members also serve as members of the board of directors of the Society of American Archivists Foundation. Contact: Ben Primer, Princeton University (primer[at]princeton.edu) or Carla Summers, University of Central Florida (csummers[at]mail.ucf.edu).
Nominating Committee
SAA’s Nominating Committee is composed of five members who serve for one year. Three members are elected each year by the membership and two of the three second-year Council members are selected by lot at the spring meeting of the Council to complete this committee. The Nominating Committee selects a slate of candidates to present for membership vote, provides information about the slate of candidates for the SAA newsletter, drafts questions for inclusion in the candidate statements for the election, prepares a final report, and reports the election results at the annual business meeting. Contact: Theresa Salazar (tsalazar[at]library.berkeley.edu).
2008 Nominating Committee
Rebecca Hankins, Texas A&M (rhankins[at]lib-gw.tamu.edu)
Julie Herrada, University of Michigan (jherrada[at]umich.edu)
Nancy Zimmelman Leonil, California State Archives (nlenoil[at]sos.ca.gov)
Chris Prom, University of Illinois, Chair (prom[at]illinois.edu)
Helen Wong-Smith, University of Hawaii (smith[at]hawaii.edu)
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