In the near future, you will be receiving an invitation from STL-ACS via Survey Monkey to nominate members of the St. Louis Section to positions of leadership in our local section of the American Chemical Society. This is an opportunity for passionate chemists to work together to contribute to the success of the local section. Below, you will find a list of the elective positions in the local section along with a general recommendation for experience, and a brief description of the duties of each position. Please consider nominating a friend, a colleague, or yourself for any or all of the positions!
Chair-Elect
Recommended Experience/Qualifications: At least two years of experience with the local section: attending events, doing outreach activities, or committee work.
Duties: Organizes and chairs Steering Committee meetings. Serves as backup for Chair when Chair is unable to attend. Attends as many events as possible, becoming familiar with all section activities and personnel, in preparation for serving as chair the next year.
Secretary
Recommended Experience/Qualifications: At least one year of experience with the local section: attending events, doing outreach activities, or committee work.
Duties: Attends all Board of Directors and Steering Committee meetings, and records minutes. Prepares and mails annual flyer.
Treasurer
Recommended Experience/Qualifications: At least one year of experience with the local section: attending events, doing outreach activities, or committee work. Knowledge of accounting and Quicken a plus!
Duties: Manages all funds of the section, including operating and special accounts. Receives payments for meetings and other activities, and disburses funds for expenses, after proper approvals are received. Tracks income and expenses for each individual activity and event. Provides monthly written report to the Board of Directors, and supports annual audit of all section accounts.
Councilor (1 seat up for election)
Recommended Experience/Qualifications: At least four years of experience with the local section: attending events, doing outreach activities, or committee work. Individual should be very familiar with the history and current operations of the St Louis Section, and ACS in general. Able to travel to both national meetings every year.
Duties: Join and actively participate in the work of a national ACS committee, which may involve additional travel, teleconferences, and significant amounts of work between national meetings.
Alternate Councilor (2 seats up for election: 1, 3-year term and 1, 1-year term)
Recommended Experience/Qualifications: At least two years of experience with the local section: attending events, doing outreach activities, or committee work.
Duties: Individual should be able to fill in and attend national meeting and represent the St Louis section at the Council Meeting if a regular councilor is unable to travel, sometimes on very short notice.
Director (3 seats up for election)
Recommended Experience/Qualifications: At least one year of experience with the local section: attending events, doing outreach activities, or committee work. General familiarity with the working of the St Louis section, and ACS in general.
Duties: Able to attend Board of Directors meetings.
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