Hi everyone!

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The CAA Board of Directors is seeking nominees for the new CAA Governance Group described in the . There are four open positions:

• Chair (1 year term)
• Vice-Chair (2 year term, second year as chair)
• Programming & Communications Leader (2 year term)
• Annual Dinner Coordinator (1 year term)

Each position usually serves for two year terms, with the Vice-chair becoming Chair on year two. For the first year, the Bylaws state that the Chair and Annual Dinner Coordinator serve only one year to set the rotation up. The duties of each position are and also listed below. Service is open to both professionals and students.

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If you are interested in serving, please complete the .

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Best,

Greg

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Gregory Wiedeman

University Archivist

M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives

University at Albany, SUNY

GWiedeman@...

518-437-3936

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5.1.1 Chair duties:

1. Shall arrange Governance Group meetings
2. Shall set agendas for and lead each Governance Group meeting
3. Shall assign a notetaker to document each meeting
4. Shall maintain Governance Group records
5. Shall appoint Operations Officers annually and shall announce appointments to CAA membership
6. May charge ad hoc committees or initiatives
7. Shall lead the Governance Group in an annual review of Code of Conduct
8. Shall be a Code of Conduct responsible reporter

5.1.2 Vice-Chair duties:

1. Shall manage the CAA Listserv and membership list
2. Shall openly solicit candidates for elections.
3. Shall work with the Website Manager to facilitate elections.
4. Shall be a Code of Conduct responsible reporter

5.1.3 Programming & Communications Leader duties:

1. Shall write updates and announcements to members as appropriate
2. Shall work with the Website Manager to post items to the CAA website
3. Shall utilize a wide range of communication tools, such as the listserv, website, social media to share information about CAA and repositories within the region.
4. Shall solicit programming and content from membership
5. Shall delegate the organizing of events and other programming to programming leaders among the CAA membership
6. Shall send out calls for programming leaders from membership
7. Shall liaise with and support programming leaders
8. May develop relevant programming if opportunities arise and capacity is available
9. Shall be a Code of Conduct responsible reporter

5.1.4 Annual Dinner Coordinator duties:

1. Shall organize the CAA annual dinner.
2. May appoint an Annual Dinner Committee for assistance and delegate roles to committee members as they see fit.
3. Shall openly solicit volunteers for the dinner committee annually.
4. Shall report a budget for each dinner for approval to the Governance Group, yet may delegate budgetary assistance to dinner committee members.
5. Shall work with the Vice Chair to obtain dues from members.
6. Serves as the CAA lead financial officer and shall ensure that CAA funds are managed in an fiscally responsible and ethical and sustainable manner.
7. Shall disburse CAA funds in collaboration with the Governance Group.
8. Shall report CAA financial status and funding levels to the Governance Group on request, no less than once per fiscal year.
9. Shall be a Code of Conduct responsible reporter.

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