Call for Candidates – SysMus Executive Committee
We are establishing the SysMus Executive Committee to guarantee the
continuation of the SysMus conference series in the future. This
Executive Committee will comprise the following positions elected by
the SysMus Council (currently 17 members) and other candidates: 1
Chair, 1 Vice-Chair, 1 Secretary, 1 Advisor, and 2 Members-at-large.
The current SysMus Council approved the new guidelines of the SysMus
Conference Series (see attachment).
The purpose of this email is to solicit nominations for the positions
of Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary and 2 Members-at-large for the new
SysMus Executive Committee, which will start its work on November 1st,
2018, for a period of two years.
Self-nominations are welcome and should include a short statement of
motivation (100 words) and a picture.
Duties associated with each position are listed below.
Please turn in nominations to both Birgitta Burger
(birgitta.burger@jyu.fi) and Manuela Marin (manuela.marin@uibk.ac.at)
by October 19th, 2018, CEST.
Best wishes and thank you for your interest in SysMus,
Manuela Marin & Birgitta Burger
Election Officers
Executive Role Profiles
Chair
- Heads the Executive (in close collaboration with the Vice-Chair),
and by extension the SysMus Council
- Oversees the Executive
- Calls meetings and prepares meeting agendas
- Is a point of contact for future SysMus conference hosts and the
main person responsible for the effective functioning of the SysMus
Series
- Leads in strategic planning and execution of strategic plan
- Must be a member of the Council or a former Hosting Committee
- Must be a Master's or Doctoral candidate or within 3 years of having
completed her/his graduate studies
Vice-Chair
- Oversees the Executive in close collaboration with the Chair
- Supports the Chair in all issues regarding the functioning of the
SysMus Series
- Calls meetings and prepares meeting agendas
- Leads in strategic planning and execution of strategic plan
- Must be a member of the Council or a former Hosting Committee
- Must be a Master's or Doctoral candidate or within 3 years of having
completed his/her graduate studies
Secretary
- Manages communications to and from the Executive to the Council and
wider audiences via the SysMus Executive's shared email account
- Takes minutes at meetings and circulates to Executive and Council
- Maintains and updates the general SysMus conference series website
- Manages social media pages and Google Group
- Recruits candidates for the election of the Executive
- Manages the list of active Council members
- Must be a Master's or Doctoral candidate or within 3 years of having
completed her/his graduate studies
Members-at-large
- Participates in meetings and decision-making and supports other
members of the Executive
- Flexibility to further define role as member-at-large and Executive see fit
- In general, shall see the welfare of the SysMus conference series
- Must be a Master's or Doctoral candidate or within 3 years of having
completed her/his graduate studies
- Should belong to different sub-disciplines of systematic musicology
to represent the field in its diversity, preferably with one member
representing the humanities side of systematic musicology
