Hello All,

I want to make another round of request for nominations (especially self-nominations). Please contact me if you are someone who is committed to serving the mission of FEAST (http://www.afeast.org/mission/ ) and would like to be the Chair Elect of the Steering committee.

I also wanted to provide some more detail about what the position requires of the candidate.

Chair Elect (an approximately 2 year term, ending 12/31/20): This person will then serve as Chair for a 3 year term from 1/1/21 through 12/31/23.

The Chair Elect is cc-ed on most emails that go to the chair so that they can learn about what is required for the chair position. The Chair Elect should attend the steering committee breakfast at FEAST. Ideally, Chair and Chair Elect should meet up together at the conference as well, to transfer more knowledge.

The Chair needs to maintain a constant level of attention to try to stay on top of things.  The majority of the job involves coordinating logistics. For example, the Chair makes the reservation for the next conference right as last conference ends. They have to secure program chairs for the next meeting after the preceding meeting, and note any openings in any other positions and initiate filling them. The Chair is involved in a lot of decisions and should expect to spend a significant amount of time on email to respond to questions. More information can be obtained via request.

All nominations should include a brief biography of 150 words or less, plus a short narrative of 150 words or less describing the candidate’s interest in and hopes for FEAST.  Excessively long statements will be cut off, so please keep to the word limitation. Candidates must be current members of FEAST by the time the ballot is posted. (To join FEAST, please go to the website: http://www.afeast.org/)   

New deadline for nominations is June 30th 2019.  Please send all nominations to Saba Fatima, Chair of the Nomination and Election Committee, [log in to unmask] with subject line: “Nomination for FEAST”

Thank you!

Saba