[URBANTH-L]Deadline Friday: Student Leadership Positions

[rtadams at indiana.edu]

Dear SUNTA list members,

We still need applicants for the positions listed below, please suggest to 
your undergraduate and graduate students that this is an excellent opportunity 
to gain some leadership experience and help improve the anthropology student 
experience, working with an active and committed group of students. 

For students on this list, please apply. The process is quite brief.

Nominations due Friday, January 21, 2005.

Thanks,
Ryan

Ryan Thomas Adams
PhD Candidate 
Anthropology - Indiana University
Nominations Committee Chair - National Association of Student Anthropologists

UPCOMING NASA POSITIONS:
CALL TO INTERESTED STUDENTS

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Dear Environmental Anthropology Members:

The National Association of Student Anthropologists (NASA) is seeking seven 
current members who are interested in being nominated as candidates for 
Officer positions, Executive Committee seats, and other committee positions 
open for 2005.  In accordance with NASA bylaws 
http://www.aaanet.org/nasa/bylaws.htm, if elected, nominees will serve two-
year terms, which will begin during the November 2005 Annual Meeting and end 
in November 2007. If you are not currently a NASA member, but are currently an
anthropology student, we would like to encourage you to join and submit a 
nomination. The application and the nomination are both brief and 
straightforward. You can add a NASA membership to your other AAA section 
memberships for only $1. Links to an online application and a paper form are 
available on the NASA website http://www.aaanet.org/nasa/index.htm  

NASA's purpose is to "stimulate and encourage the interests and involvement of 
both graduate and undergraduate students in anthropology."   Working with NASA 
is a great way to gain leadership experience and an excellent opportunity to 
network with professors, professionals and other students nationwide.  The 
atmosphere is friendly and collegial. Nominees are encouraged to bring and 
develop their own ideas for how NASA can better serve the interests of its 
student membership.  

The NASA Nominations Committee will form a slate of candidates from nominees 
for each position.  NASA members will then vote for the candidates during the 
AAA Spring Ballots.  The following summaries describe the duties of the 
position within the structure of NASA:

Officer Positions and Executive Committee Seats
1. PRESIDENT-ELECT: Will serve a one year term as President-Elect, followed by 
another year as President.  The President-Elect is responsible for internal 
communications within NASA, coordinating activities of committees, and 
facilitating NASA's transition into the following year.  Former VP Roger 
Lohmann described an additional duty to, "facilitate the creative processes 
within the organization
 and prevent a drift toward stasis"; holds one vote in 
NASA matters.

2. EDITOR: Responsible for the production and editing of the NASA column in 
Anthropology News, holds one vote in NASA matters.

3. GRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE AT-LARGE: Actively represents all interests of 
graduate NASA members; solicits new members; mostly deals with attending to 
students' e-mail questions and creating student networks throughout the year; 
effectively disseminates scholarship and professional opportunities to 
students. Traditionally chairs a NASA Committee.  Holds one vote in NASA 
matters.

4. UNDERGRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE AT-LARGE: Actively represents all interests of 
undergraduate NASA members; solicits new members; mostly deals with attending 
to students' e-mail questions and creating student networks throughout the 
year; effectively disseminates scholarship and professional opportunities to 
students.  Traditionally chairs a NASA Committee.  Holds one vote in NASA 
matters.

5. UNDERGRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE AT-LARGE (2nd Seat): Actively represents all 
interests of undergraduate NASA members; solicits new members; mostly deals 
with attending to students' e-mail questions and creating student networks 
throughout the year; effectively disseminates scholarship and professional 
opportunities to students.  Traditionally chairs a NASA Committee.  Holds one 
vote in NASA matters.

Committee Positions
6. NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR: Posts annual Call for NASA Elections; 
organizes and disseminates NASA Election applications and information; and 
finally submits the nominations committee's recommendations for the official 
Elections Slate to the NASA Membership for vote (November-January); organizes 
the annual NASA Awards ceremony.

7. NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE UNDESIGNATED SEAT: Assists with the implementation of 
the above duties of the nominations chair.

DEADLINE:
E-mailed applications must be received by Friday January 21, 2005

HOW TO APPLY:
Please submit your e-mail application to the NASA Nominations Committee Chair, 
Ryan Thomas Adams rtadams at indiana.edu by Friday January 21, 2005 using "NASA 
Nomination" as the subject line.

Please include the following items in the body of your e-mail application:

Candidate Material Instructions

Biographical sketch
Format biographical sketches exactly as follows; include bold headings (CV's 
will not be accepted):

FULL NAME (highest degree earned, institution where degree was earned, year 
degree was earned) Positions held (most recent first): Title, (dates from-to) 
Name of Institution; Interests and/or Activities: (Limit 3); Significant 
publications (limit 3 - most recent first): Title, co-authors/editors if 
applicable, where published, year published.

Example
I. WANNA WYN (PhD, University of Whereiwannabe, 1969) Positions held: Grand 
Inquisitor (1989-Pres) Search the World Over, Inc.; Leader of the Pack (1978-
1989) Wearethebest University; Asst Leader of the Pack (1970-1978) Whimsy 
College; Interests and/or Activities: ritual, migration, presented paper at 
the Interdisciplinary Conference on Presenting Papers; Significant 
Publications: I Didn't Really Know What I Was Talking About, but Now I Do 
(with Yule Shirley Wyn, PhD), The Perfect Press, Inc., In Press; "Trust Me, I 
know what I am talking about" (with Imrunin Aginstya, PhD) Journal of Ultimate 
Knowledge, 1988.

Platform statement
The platform statement must be approximately 200 words in length. Statements 
significantly over 200 words will be cut down to 200 words before publishing.

Digital Picture
If available, please provide a digital picture of yourself for the AAA Spring 
Ballots.