Forthcoming Elections for the STC Europe SIG

Would you be able to help build and strengthen this SIG by giving some of your time over the next year?

There is still time to volunteer to serve on the SIG nominations committee, or to be a candidate for a place on the SIG’s management team. Many members of the Europe SIG already contribute their time and efforts to support STC activities in many ways, and we are sure that everyone who does so would agree that being an STC volunteer is a richly rewarding experience.

A little background

The STC Europe SIG was established in 2007 following a petition to the STC Board by interested members with the organizers of the petition, David Farbey and Jen O Neill, being confirmed by the Board as interim co-managers. The SIG began recruiting members in the November 2007 – January 2008 membership renewal season and now has over 180 members. You may be interested to know that only about half our members live in Europe.

During 2008, Jen and David were joined by three other volunteer members who help them run the STC Europe SIG: Alice Jane Emanuel as membership manager, Derek Torres as newsletter manager, and Karen Mardahl as website manager. As we approach the end of our first full year as a SIG, and approach another STC membership renewal season, it is time for us to hold elections for SIG management posts for the very first time.

We do hope that you will consider volunteering some of your time to help run the STC Europe SIG over the next year. Volunteering to help run an STC SIG does not take up a lot of your time, and almost all the work involved can be carried out online from the comfort of your own home or office. (Some SIG activities do take place at the STC’s annual conference.) Being an STC volunteer can be a very rewarding experience, particularly in a SIG such as ours where you will be in contact with STC members from all over the world. If you would like to know more about what might be involved, please contact one of the SIG co-managers.

All the roles held by our current volunteer team are open for election, and any member of the SIG, including the current officeholders, may be nominated as a candidate for election. Members may also nominate themselves. Members should also suggest additional roles that may help running the SIG’s activities (for example, an online programs manager, or perhaps an annual conference activities manager).

Timeline

The timeline and process for the proposed election is as follows:

• Recruit two volunteers to serve on the Europe SIG nominations committee by 19 December 2008
• Invite nominations and self-nominations for all roles in the Europe SIG management team by 16 January 2009
• Publish slate of candidates for all roles in the Europe SIG management team by 6 February 2009
• Hold online elections for all roles in the Europe SIG management team in March or April 2009

If you are interested in helping in some way, however small, please contact our nominations committee manager, Derek Torres (derekctorres@gmail.com), or contact one of the SIG co-managers David Farbey (david@farbey.co.uk) and Jen O Neill (writer@jennifer-oneill.eu).

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