Allegheny Mountain Section
Mathematical Association of America

Serving Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia


Call for Nominations -- Section's Executive Committee

At the Spring 2017 Section Meeting at Duquesne University, the members of the Section will elect the Second Vice-Chair, Newsletter Editor, Treasurer, and Coordinator of Student Programs. Descriptions of the responsibilities of these positions are below.

We welcome nominations for these positions. Please consider nominating a colleague. Self-nominations are also encouraged. Nominations should be sent to one of the following members of the Nominating Committee:

Tim Flowers (Chair)
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
flowers@iup.edu

James Sellers
Penn State University
sellersj@psu.edu

Pam Wovchko
West Virginia Wesleyan College
wovchko_p@wvwc.edu

The deadline for nominations is February 22, 2017. Nominations will also be taken from the floor at the Business Meeting in April.


Descriptions of Allegheny Mountain Section offices for 2017 elections:

All Section Officers: All section officers are expected to participate in three Executive Committee Meetings each year. The Spring meeting is held at the Spring Section Meeting, usually in April. The Summer meeting is usually held in June, and the Fall meeting is usually held in October. Section officers are also expected to attend the Business Meeting held at the Spring Section Meeting. Section officers often serve the Section in other ways, such as serving on committees or assisting with the events of the Spring Section Meeting. In addition, all section officers contribute to e-mail discussions about Section business throughout the year.

Second Vice-Chair/First Vice-Chair: The primary duty of the Second Vice-Chair is to organize the faculty contributed talks at the Spring Section Meeting. This includes collecting the faculty talk registrations (typically sent by e-mail), coordinating with the host institution, scheduling times and rooms, and finding moderators for talks. Much of this work is done in the weeks directly preceding the Section Meeting. After one year, the Second Vice-Chair becomes the First Vice-Chair for one year. The First Vice-Chair acts as the contact person for the three invited speakers for the Spring Section Meeting. Duties include inviting the speakers who have been determined by the executive committee (usually during the summer) and confirming travel, lodging, and registration with the invited speakers. The First Vice-Chair also finds people to meet the speakers when they arrive at the meeting and to introduce the speakers. This work occurs mostly in the summer and in the month before the section meeting. The term of the position is two years total.

Newsletter Editor: The primary responsibility of the Newsletter Editor is to publish a newsletter to be disseminated to all members of the Section at least twice each academic year - one in the Fall, typically late October, and one at least a month prior to the Spring Meeting. The term of the position is two years with possibility of re-election for subsequent terms.

Treasurer: The Treasurer keeps all the financial accounts and records of the Section. The Treasurer receives all money paid into the Section and deposits it in the Section's bank account. The Treasurer also pays all bills of the Section out of the Section's funds and files the Annual Financial Reports and other requested reports with the MAA Director of Finance. The Treasurer has additional responsibilities with regard to the Spring Section Meeting, including organizing the MAA book and merchandise sale, contacting book company representatives for donations, preparing meeting folders and name tags, and collecting registration information to be used for the Annual Section Report. Most of the work occurs right before and after Executive Committee Meetings with the largest amount being before and during the Spring Section Meeting. The term of the position is three years with possibility of re-election for subsequent terms.

Coordinator of Student Programs: The primary responsibility of the Coordinator of Student Programs is to organize student activities at the Spring Section Meeting. This includes scheduling student talks and organizing a student breakout session. The Coordinator collects the student talk registrations (submitted by email), coordinates with the host institution, schedules times and rooms, finds moderators for student talks and also prepares the abstracts of student talks. The breakout session has recently been a student problem-solving competition, but it has previously consisted of panels and talks on REUs, mathematics competitions, and careers in mathematics. Much of this work is done in the weeks directly preceding the Spring Section Meeting. The term of the position is two years with possibility of re-election for subsequent terms.

Questions about any of the above positions may be directed to Tim Flowers, Chair of the Nominating Committee.



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