CSE 2013 Call for Nominations |
The board is composed of the president of CSE (who serves as chair of the board), past president, president elect, vice president, secretary (who serves as secretary of the board), treasurer, treasurer elect, 3 at-large directors (1 elected each year for a 3-year term), and an appointed nonvoting executive director. The editors of Science Editor and the CSE Web site are nonvoting ex-officio members. Officers and directors are elected by the membership and take office during the business meeting at the annual meeting that follows their election.
In 2013, the CSE membership will elect one Vice President, one Secretary, and one Director.
The vice president is elected to a 1-year term. The vice president automatically succeeds to the office of president elect after serving as vice president for 1 year. The chief functions of this officer are to become familiar with all CSE activities to be prepared for the offices of president elect and president or, if necessary, to act in place of the president elect, and to appoint and guide the Program Committee extant during his/her term as president (2 years after serving as vice president).
The vice president is a nonvoting member of the Administrative Committee, a voting member of the Executive Committee, and a member of the Finance Committee. The vice president appoints the vice chair of the Program Committee, in consultation with the current Program Committee chair, just before becoming president elect, with the understanding that, barring unforeseen circumstances, the vice chair will become chair of the Program Committee a year later, shortly after the president elect becomes president (ie, the vice president chooses the Program Committee chair for the meeting 2 years hence when the vice president will become president).
The vice president and secretary perform an annual review of the CSE bylaws and organizational guide with other people as deemed appropriate. The vice president makes recommendations to the president and board for any necessary changes at the May board meeting, before assuming the position of president elect.
Secretary
The Secretary shall (a) attend all sessions of the Board of Directors; (b) keep, or cause to be kept, minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors; (c) be responsible for transcribing and distributing minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors to all members of the Board within sixty (60) days after each meeting; and (d) in general, perform all the duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors.
Directors
Three directors serve staggered 3-year terms. To expedite the work of the board, each director is expected to serve on committees and task forces as requested by the president. Directors serve as liaisons to committees as appointed by the incoming president.