Dear AAAL Community,

I hope that you all had a wonderful summer and that your academic year is off to a great start! I am writing today about an exciting AAAL Executive opportunity which is available right now!

Are you interested in high-impact service to your regional academic library association?

The AAAL Executive has an immediate opening for the position of Chair-Elect. If you are interested in self-nominating or in nominating a colleague for this opportunity, please submit an expression of interest to duffyj@macewan.ca by 5pm MT on Thursday, September 12. PLEASE NOTE: If we have more than one expression of interest, a special election will be held per the AAAL by-laws.

The duties of the Chair Elect are listed below.

AAAL Duties: Chair-Elect

• Call for volunteers for executive and standing committee positions as needed and ensure positions are filled and elections carried out as needed;
• Communicate changes to the Executive and Committee roster, including position terms, to the Communications Committee.
• Conduct general meetings in Chair’s absence;
• Perform other duties as designated by the Chair;
• Submit written bi-annual reports to the Chair for inclusion in meeting packages three weeks prior to Fall and Annual General Meetings Revised Spring, 2020 page
• Assist the Chair in conducting the Annual General Meeting e.g. leading the roundtable discussions.
• Assist Chair in coordinating Executive and Sub-Committee meetings
• Attend Statistics & Assessments Meetings as an ex-Officio member
• Solicit applications for the Professional Development award and oversee award disbursement.

Thank you for all for considering! I look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,