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Election Description of Open Positions
IAPAE open posts for Board of Directors and Committee Chairs
The open Board of Director posts and Committee Chair posts are described below. Note, any role/responsibility is also dependent upon the needs of the organization and may change or evolve as decided by the Board, or proposed by the person filling the role, approved by the Board.
1. Board of Director position of President- Elect
Any IAPAE member can nominate themselves or another member for this post. The IAPAE general membership will vote for one nominee to select one candidate. The Nominee with the most votes will become the President-Elect for a one-year term, to automatically become the President for a one-year term, followed by placement as Immediate Past President for one-year term. This is a three year commitment.
Role & Responsibilities of President-Elect in Waiting
- The President-elect shadow the President in their duties
- The President-elect will assume the role of President should the current President be unavailable for official organisational duties
- They will work under the authority of the President in learning the organisational structure and activities
- They support the President and Board in all official duties
- They will automatically become the President in the next election cycle (1-year), and thereafter in 1 year become the Immediate Past President, to serve a full three year term
- This position has a full vote as an Executive Team member of the Board of Directors
2. Board of Director positions of Regional Director
Any IAPAE member of the stated region can nominate themselves or another member from the stated region for an open Regional Director post. The Nominee with the most votes will become the Regional director of that region for a two-year term.
The open Board of Director positions for Region Director include:
- Regional Director of Europe
- Regional Director of North, Central and South America
Role & Responsibilities of a Regional Director
- Represent the geographic region of the position
- Liaison to the Board for the geographic region chapters, activities, events
- Support and advocate for the regional chapter educational mission, vision, aims in line with IAPAE mission, vision and aims
- Promote the core activities and strategic plan of the organization to the regional chapter
- Mentoring of future leadership roles in the region
- Follow direction from the Executive Team of the Board of Directors
- This position has a full vote as a Non-Executive Team member of the Board of Directors
Appointed open positions for consideration
The following Board of Director position is not voted on, but rather appointed by the Board of Directors. Should an IAPAE member who resides in the United States be interested, they may nominate themselves to be considered by the Board to be appointed to the position of Treasurer.
3. Board of Director position of Treasurer:
Any IAPAE member who resides in the United States with the ability to access the IAPAE bank account can nominate themselves to be considered for this position to be appointed by the Board based on merit and experience for a two-year term.
Role & Responsibilities of Treasurer
- The Treasurer shall have the care and custody of all monies belonging to the organization and shall be responsible for such monies or securities of the organization.
- They must be one of the officers who shall sign checks or drafts of the organization. (No special fund may be set aside that shall make it unnecessary for the Treasurer to sign the checks issued upon it.)
- The Treasurer shall prepare and deliver quarterly Finance Reports as well as Annual General Meeting Finance Report
- They shall be responsible for Financial Statements, affixed to the minutes of the Board of Directors meetings.
- They shall exercise all duties incident to the office of Treasurer
- Be responsible for organizational tax status compliance
- Be responsible for all revenue/expenses/transactions/payments of organization
- This position has a full vote as an Executive Team member of the Board of Directors
IAPAE open posts for Committee Chairs
Committee Chair open positions:
Any IAPAE member can nominate themselves or another member for this position. If there are more than three nominees for this position, the IAPAE general membership will vote on three of the nominees for each Committee Chair open position to select three candidates. The three candidates with the most votes will be given to the Board of Directors to vote and appoint one of the three candidates as the Chair of the designated Committee. Should there be less than three candidates, the candidate with the most votes will become the Committee Chair.
The open positions for Committee Chairs include:
Chair of Advocacy and Education Committee.
Terms of Reference for this Committee:
- Serve as the advocacy arm of IAPAE for promoting PA/PA Analogue educators and education programs, leading to best practices of health science education and clinical training
- Serve as a resource for teaching, learning and training of PA/PA Analogue educational programs
- Serve as the global accreditation body for PA/PA Analogue educational programs
Chair of Communications and Innovations Committee.
Terms of Reference for this Committee:
- Serve as the main channel of communication for IAPAE organisation
- Present IAPAE to the global education community
- Maintain a repository of knowledge
- Develop innovation and readiness for the organisation
Chair of Faculty and Membership Committee.
Terms of Reference for this Committee:
- Promote participation, collaboration and networking opportunities
- Design and incorporate membership benefits within the website
- Develop and maintain membership database
Chair of Research Committee
Terms of Reference for this Committee:
- Promote research of global impact and of international standard related to PA and PA Analogue education and practice
- Serve as scientific paper reviewers for IAPAE conferences
- Maintain a global repository of scientific papers
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