Volume 38 Number 6 | December 2024

Looking for Future Leaders

At the ASCLS, AGT & SAFMLS Joint Annual Meeting in June 2025, ASCLS delegates will choose from the candidates who have indicated a willingness to serve in a leadership position for the coming year. This is one of the many benefits and responsibilities of belonging to a grassroots organization: being able to both vote for and be considered as a candidate for these positions.

The Nominations Committee is seeking qualified members interested in serving in an elected position beginning in June 2025. Please review the leadership positions available and consider if you or someone you know should be nominated. Self-nominations are welcome. To offer suggestions and make nominations, please contact  Nominations Committee Chair Tripat Kaur. Full position descriptions are available below each position. Submissions will be accepted no later than January 15, 2025.

Eligibility: With the exception of Judicial Committee, members of this Society are eligible to hold office provided they have been a member for at least five (5) consecutive years immediately prior to election.

Leadership positions to be elected at the 2025 Annual Meeting are as follows:

President-Elect (three-year commitment, automatically succeeding to President and Past-President)

The President-Elect will:

  • know the organization’s mission, governing documents, policies, programs, and needs
  • faithfully read and understand the organization’s financial statements
  • serve as an active advocate and ambassador for the organization and fully engage in identifying and securing the resources necessary for ASCLS to advance its mission
  • prepare for, attend, and conscientiously participate in board meetings
  • professionally express their opinions during board discussions and debates and speak with one voice regarding final decisions by the Board of Directors
  • observe closely the operations of ASCLS to prepare for the Office of President
  • serve as a member of the Executive Committee
  • serve as chair of the Committee on Long Range Planning
  • serve as chair of the Appointments Committee
  • serve as a liaison to ASCLS standing committees, taskforces, regions, and constituent societies
  • assume and fulfill all duties of the President in the event of the President’s inability to perform duties
  • perform other duties as assigned by the ASCLS President
Secretary/Treasurer (one position, three-year term)

The Secretary/Treasurer will:

  • know the organization’s mission, governing documents, policies, programs, and needs
  • faithfully read and understand the organization’s financial statements
  • serve as an active advocate and ambassador for the organization and fully engage in identifying and securing the resources necessary for ASCLS to advance its mission
  • prepare for, attend, and conscientiously participate in board meetings
  • professionally express their opinions during board discussions and debates and speak with one voice regarding final decisions by the Board of Directors
  • act as secretary at all meetings of the ASCLS Board of Directors and House of Delegates and ensure timely submission of minutes of those meetings for approval
  • provide oversight of receipt and expenditures, annual budget, tax filings, and financial audits of the Society
  • serve as chair of the Finance Committee and serve as a member of the Executive Committee
  • provide updates on the finances of the Society to its membership as prescribed by the bylaws and procedures
  • serve as a liaison to ASCLS standing committees, taskforces, regions, and constituent societies
  • perform other duties as assigned by the ASCLS President
Director (three positions, three-year term)

Members of the Board of Directors will:

  • know the organization’s mission, governing documents, policies, programs, and needs
  • faithfully read and understand the organization’s financial statements
  • serve as active advocates and ambassadors for the organization and fully engage in identifying and secure the resources necessary for ASCLS to advance its mission
  • prepare for, attend, and conscientiously participate in board meetings
  • professionally express their opinions during board discussions and debates and speak with one voice regarding final decisions by the Board of Directors
  • serve as members of board committees
  • serve as a liaison to ASCLS standing committees, taskforces, regions, and constituent societies
  • perform other duties as assigned by the ASCLS President
Nominations Committee (five positions, two-year term)

Members of the Nominations committee will:

  • Publicize position vacancies
  • Secure nominees to run for elected positions
  • Evaluate those nominees as to qualifications and experience
Judicial Committee (one position, five-year term)

Qualifications for members of the Judicial Committee are professional or emeritus members of the Society who have served previously as an officer, director, or as a presiding official of the Bylaws Committee of this Society.

Members of the Judicial Committee will:

  • interpret the Bylaws of the Society and tests facts against them or against common standards of justice and fair play
  • serve as an impartial body for investigation or deliberation of matters referred for consideration
  • arrive at a conclusion as to the truth or propriety of facts adduced to the proceedings
  • render opinions as recommendations for action of the Society
  • hear appeals as set forth by the Bylaws and Standard Operating Procedures of the Society
  • rule in appeals brought by a member or constituent society against an action or decision of a functional body of this Society
  • investigate charges brought in expulsion, impeachment, or charter revocation proceedings
  • adjudicate elections procedures during the annual meeting