Voting: Closed 3 years 2 months ago
The MSA Executive Board is proposing an amendment to our bylaws in order to create a year of overlap between the incoming and outgoing Program Chairs. The proposed amendment does not change the term of office of the Program Chair, which remains three years. Instead, it specifies that the incoming Program Chair will serve in their first year as the Vice Program Chair, becoming Program Chair in their second year after apprenticing with the outgoing Program Chair. This will ease the transfer process and allow for increased institutional memory.
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4.05 Term of Office:
The President shall serve a term of one year. The Past President shall serve as a Voting Trustee for a term of one year.
The Co-editor or Co-editors of Modernism/modernity shall normally serve a term of four years (renewable by vote of the Executive Committee, who, when there are multiple Co-editors, may also vary the length of appointments in order to achieve staggered terms). The Program Chair shall serve a term of three years, the first year of which shall be an apprenticeship year under the outgoing Program Chair. For the first year of the term the incoming Program Chair shall have the title Vice Program Chair, and will become the Program Chair in their second year of service. The Technology and Infrastructure Chair shall serve a term of three years (renewable by vote of the Executive Committee). The Contingent Faculty Representative and Graduate Student Representative shall serve terms of two years. Trustees who chair Subcommittees shall serve terms of three years.
Term of office normally begins on the final day of the annual conference, which is usually held in the fall; however, if in any year the final day of the conference precedes August 1, term of office shall begin on October 1.
A "Yes" vote approves this Amendment. A "No" vote does not approve this Amendment.
