[URBANTH-L]NASA Call for Nominations

Ryan Thomas Adams rtadams at indiana.edu
Sun Dec 17 14:32:03 EST 2006


Please contact Rebecca Carter rlcart at umich.edu by Friday January 12, 2007 
using "NASA Nomination" as the subject line.

Best,
Ryan

Ryan Thomas Adams
Ph.D. Candidate - Anthropology
Indiana University, Bloomington
http://www.indiana.edu/~act/people.htm#Ryan
rtadams at indiana.edu
812-856-5327

UPCOMING POSITIONS WITH
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT ANTHROPOLOGISTS:

A CALL TO INTERESTED STUDENTS

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Dear student:

The National Association of Student Anthropologists (NASA) is seeking 
students who are interested in being nominated as candidates for the 
Officer, Executive Board, and committee positions that will be open in 2007. 
We welcome nominations from both undergraduate and graduate students who 
have an interest in anthropology. While elected and appointed positions must 
be filled by NASA members in good standing, if you are not currently a NASA 
member we would like to encourage you to join and submit a nomination! 
Please visit the NASA website, http://www.aaanet.org/nasa/, for information 
on membership and to complete the brief online application.

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 is an excellent 
opportunity to network with other students, professors, and professionals in 
anthropology and related disciplines. 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 the 
nominees for each position. NASA members will then vote for the candidates 
in the spring. In accordance with NASA bylaws, nominees, if elected, will 
serve two-year terms, which will begin in November 2007 at the Annual 
Meeting, and end in November 2009.

The following summaries describe the duties of the open positions; please 
refer to the NASA website, http://www.aaanet.org/nasa/officerduties.htm, for 
complete descriptions.


Officer Positions and Executive Committee Seats

1. PRESIDENT-ELECT: Serves a one-year term as President-Elect, followed by 
another year as President; responsible for internal communications within 
NASA; coordinates activities of committees and facilitates NASA's transition 
into the following year; holds one vote in NASA matters.

2. SECRETARY-TREASURER: Maintains the records of NASA and submits a draft 
budget for the approval of the Executive Committee before the Annual 
Meeting; holds one vote in NASA matters.

3. NASA NEWSLETTER EDITOR: Responsible for NASA's presence in Anthropology 
News; solicits contributions for the student column in addition to using the 
column for NASA information dispersal; holds one vote in NASA matters.

4. NASA E-JOURNAL EDITOR: Responsible for the development of the NASA 
E-Journal; chairs the E-Journal Committee; holds one vote in NASA matters.

5. GRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE AT-LARGE (1st Seat): Represents all interests of 
graduate-level NASA members; solicits new members; attends to student 
inquiries and creates student networks; disseminates information on 
scholarship and professional opportunities; chairs a NASA committee; holds 
one vote in NASA matters.

6. UNDERGRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE AT-LARGE (1st Seat): Represents all 
interests of undergraduate NASA members; solicits new members; attends to 
student inquiries and creates student networks; disseminates information on 
scholarship and professional opportunities; chairs a NASA committee; holds 
one vote in NASA matters.

Committee Positions

7. NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR: Posts Calls for NASA Elections; organizes 
and disseminates election materials and information; submits the elections 
slate to the NASA President for vote; solicits NASA members; chairs the 
Nominations Committee; participates in NASA activities throughout the year; 
holds one vote in NASA matters.

8. NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBER (2nd seat): Assists with the activities of 
the Nominations Committee.

9. ANNUAL MEETINGS PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR: Posts calls for the NASA 
Invitation to the AAA Annual Meetings Panel and Invited Poster Session; 
organizes the structure and applications for the panel and poster sessions; 
submits recommendations for sessions to the NASA President for vote; chairs 
the Annual Meetings Program Committee; solicits NASA members; participates 
in NASA activities throughout the year; holds one vote in NASA matters.

10. ANNUAL MEETINGS PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBER (2 seats open): Assists with 
the activities of the Annual Meetings Program Committee.

11. E-JOURNAL COMMITTEE MEMBER (2 seats open): Assists with the development 
of the NASA E-Journal.

12. WEB DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER (2nd seat): Assists the Web Editor to 
maintain and update the NASA website; provides assistance and support to the 
Web Development Committee.

13. NASA TRAVEL AWARD COMMITTEE CHAIR: Publicizes the award through the NASA 
Website and AAA mailing lists; collects and evaluates applications; 
administers an award to one graduate and one undergraduate recipient per 
year at the AAA Conference.

14. CARRIE HUNTER TATE AWARD COMMITTEE CHAIR: Publicizes the award through 
the NASA Website and AAA mailing lists; collects and evaluate applications; 
administers an award to one graduate and one undergraduate recipient per 
year at the AAA Conference.

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DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS
Applications must be received by email no later than Friday January 12, 
2007.


HOW TO APPLY
Nominations materials must include a Biographical Sketch and Platform 
Statement, and must be formatted in accordance with the following 
guidelines. Please submit your application by e-mail to the NASA Nominations 
Committee Chair, Rebecca Carter, rlcart at umich.edu by Friday January 12, 2007 
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 spring 
ballots.
 




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