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Description of ABO Standing Committees

The following committees shall operate each year.  The President shall be responsible for appointing committee chairpersons as necessary and assuring the committee charge is observed.  Committee chairpersons shall provide a report on their activities at a regularly scheduled Section meeting.

The Nominating Committee: The Nominating Committee shall consist of the immediate past president, who will chair the Committee, and four non-officer members of the Section who have two year alternating terms. Two Section members, selected by the Executive Board, will be nominated at the Annual Business Meeting each year. Membership on the Nominating Committee will be verified by a majority vote of those present at the Annual Business Meeting.  The Nominating Committee’s duties shall be to prepare a slate of candidates for the positions of President-elect, Secretary-Treasurer, and Vice President.  The Secretary-Treasurer and Vice President nomination processes should be staggered and alternate every other year.   The Committee shall solicit nominees from the membership in the Fall newsletter.  The slate shall include at least two nominees for each position.  In addition, individuals will be added to the slate if ten or more members of the Section sign a petition and present it to the Nominating Committee by the end of the calendar year.  All nominees must be members in good standing and be willing to serve if elected.  Election will be by ballot, distributed in the Spring.

The Publications Committee: The Publications Committee shall consist of a Chair appointed by the President and three members.  The members shall have three year staggered terms so that the President will also appoint one new Committee member each year.  In addition, all Section editors will be ex officio, non-voting members of the Committee.  The charge to the Publications Committee is to recommend to the Executive Board and President changes in policy issues associated with all section publications.  In addition, the Committee recommends to the President and Executive Board, incoming editors of Section publications.

The Annual Program Committee: The Annual Program Committee shall consist of a Chair and a Co-Chair appointed by the President-elect.  The Co-Chair will then assume the duties of Chair in the following year. The charge to the committee is to represent the Section on the AAA Annual Program Committee and undertake necessary activities to prepare for Section activities at the AAA Annual Meeting.

The Regional Coordinators Committee: The Vice President (Regions) will chair this Committee.  Members shall be the ABO Section AAA Regional Coordinators and International Coordinators. The Committee charge is to coordinate and report on Section activities in all AAA Regions and Internationally.

The ABO Research Conference Committee: The Section President shall appoint a Committee to, if feasible, design and implement an ABO Research Conference.  The Chair(s) of the Committee shall be the Research Conference Director(s).  The Committee shall consist of two to five members and the charge to the Committee is: 1) to present a budget for the Research Conference to the Board, 2) plan and implement the Research Conference by working through the AAA office, and 3) provide a follow-up report to the membership about the outcome of the Conference.

The ABO Awards Committee: The Section President shall appoint a Committee to choose the annual Doctoral Dissertation Award and, when appropriate, the ABO Notable Contributions Award.  Other awards as approved by the Officers with advice from the Executive Board shall also be administered by the Awards Committee.