President-Elect and Representatives-at-Large for 2006
The Board of Directors of IACM invites nominations for the positions of President-Elect (1 post) and Representative-at-Large (2 post). Nominations (including self-nominations) will be accepted until October 23, 2005. Send nominations by email to: Robin Pinkley, President-Elect, Rpinkley@mail.cox.smu.edu, or via fax to 1-214-768-4099 (please include - Robin Pinkley, Edwin L. Cox School of Business - on the cover page).
Descriptions of each position follow:
President-Elect
The person selected will serve as the President-Elect from June 2006 – June 2007, President from June 2007 – 2008 and Past President from 2008 – 2009. As a result, this person will serve a three year term. Nominees must be able to fulfill the following responsibilities:
1. Work with the Board of Directors to appoint the Conference Program Chair and the Conference Local Arrangement Coordinators for the annual conference to be held during the President Elect's term of office.
2. Chair the nomination and election process for President-Elect (one person for a three year term) and Representatives-at-Large (two people for two year terms).
- Solicit nominations at the annual business meeting and through the newsletter. Include a tear off form in newsletter for submitting nominations.
- Nominating committee should submit a slate of candidates to the President by November 1 for the election in December. President-Elect and two new Board-Members-At-Large should be elected by January.
- Oversee the election process, including the mail ballot and submission of biographies by nominees. (Note: we do this all on-line now).
3. Solicit options and investigate alternatives for selecting the site for the annual conference to be held during the President-Elect's term of office.
- Work with the local arrangement coordinators to prepare the budget for the annual conference.
- Serve as Acting President in the absence of the President. If the President cannot or does not perform his of her duties, the President-Elect should work with a committee of Past Presidents--either immediate or 1 year removed--to carry out the Presidential duties.
4. When president, the successful candidate will work with the association to achieve its purposes, consistent with the Constitution.
- Convene and preside over meetings of the Board of Directors and the annual business meeting. Prepare agendas for these meetings.
- Appoint Executive Officer and Newsletter Editor, in consultation with the board for appropriate years of appointment.
- Oversee production and deadlines for the newsletter in Sept. and April. Write presidential column for the newsletters.
- Appoint the chairs and oversee the operations of all standing and special committees, including Nominating, Membership, Awards, and Publications.
- Oversee the planning of the annual conference, including preparation of Call for Papers, brochures, budgets, and local arrangements.
- Oversee Call for Papers; preliminary version in June and final Call for Papers in August.
- Oversee production and distribution of publications (e.g., membership Directory, Bibliography of Member Publications, etc.)
- Present Presidential Address at annual conference (optional).
- Conduct strategic planning for the organization. Think ahead and plan future events.
- Work with executive Officer to authorize and sign off on all budget expenditures. Any expenditure in excess of $1000 must be approved by two out of three of the following officers: Past President, President, and/or the Executive Officer.
Representatives-at-Large
In their first year, representatives-at-large chair the dissertation award committee or the best book/chapter award (these awards are awarded on a rotating basis) 1. This role involves assembling a committee of three to four people (including yourself) who would adequately represent the IACM membership (ideally, with at least one non-U.S. member) and evaluate submissions for the Best Article/Chapter Award and either the Dissertation of the Year Award or Best Book Award.
- For the Best Article/Chapter Award the chair of this committee should submit a call for nominations to the Communications Officer, for inclusion in the winter issue of the Signal. Nominations should include copies of the each article/chapter that is nominated (in electronic form if possible) for easy circulation to committee members. The chair of this committee should also ask members of the committee to review the articles/chapters published during the eligible time frame (e.g., for the 2007 award, the article/chapter should be published in 2005) to ensure a thorough review of all possible candidates. The Chair of the committee should accept nominations until April 1, after which he/she should submit the list of nominees to the rest of the committee, along with some standardized evaluation form. The final decision should be made within a month of the submission deadline.
- In the case of the Dissertation Award, the chair of this committee should submit a call for nominations to the Communications Officer, for inclusion in the winter issue of the Signal. Nominations should include 10 page dissertation abstracts (excluding tables and references). Eligible dissertations are those that have been defended within the eligible time frame (e.g., for the 2007 award, one must have successfully defended the dissertation within the 2005 or 2006 calendar year). All nominations should be submitted to the chair by April 1 in a format that allows the authors’ names to be easily removed from the dissertation before it is circulated to the other members of the committee. Nominations should then be forwarded to the rest of the committee, along with some standardized evaluation form. Final decisions should be made within a month of the submission deadline.
- In the case of the Best Book Award the chair should submit a call for nominations to the Communications Officer to be included in the winter issue of the Signal Newsletter. Nominations should include a copy of each nominated book (in electronic form if possible) for easy circulation to committee members. The chair should also ask members of the committee to review the field related books published during the eligible time frame (e.g., for the 2008 award, the article/chapter should be published in 2006 or 2007 calendar year) to ensure a thorough review of all possible candidates. The Chair of the committee should accept nominations until April 1, after which he/she should submit the nominee list to the other members of the committee, along with some standardized evaluation form. The final decision should be made within a month of the submission deadline.
In their second year, representatives-at-large serve as an advisor and supporter to the Editor of the IACM journal. The role of second year board members is likely to crystallize around efforts to support an existing journal. These efforts may take the following form, subject to the President's and journal Editor's approval:
a. Selecting the best IACM journal article(s) for an award at the annual conference. b. Promoting submissions and subscriptions of the journal.
c. Assisting the editor to develop the board.
d. Potentially serving as a special issue editor.
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