Handbook
Executive Board: Chair
This individual is elected to the Board for three years, serving as Vice Chair/Chair-elect, then Chair, and finally Past Chair. The three-year term allows the individual to prepare to take over as chair and then to assure continuity in the succeeding year's board.
AALL's SIS Handbook provides information about the relationship between special interest sections and AALL. It is the chair's responsibility to read the handbook and to see that SIS actions are in compliance with AALL policy.
AALL Responsibilities.
This individual:
- Serves as the TS-SIS contact with AALL headquarters, with the chair of the SIS Council, and with the AALL Board's liaison to TS-SIS.
- Serves as the spokesperson for information requested about TS-SIS from both within and outside AALL.
- Prepares agenda items relevant to TS-SIS for the fall and spring AALL board meetings, including requests for special funding (fall) or the creation of official representatives (spring).
- Appoints TS-SIS liaisons to AALL committees or other special interest sections as needed.
- Represents TS-SIS at the SIS Council meeting.
- Represents TS-SIS at the CONELL Marketplace just prior to the AALL annual meeting, or delegates another officer to do so, if necessary.
- Submits an annual report on TS-SIS activities to the AALL Executive Board, which is later published in Law Library Journal.
General SIS Responsibilities.
This individual:
- Serves as chair of the TS-SIS Executive Board.
- Communicates during the course of the year with TS-SIS officers and committee chairs on the business of the SIS.
- Together with the chair of OBS-SIS, monitors the issuance of TSLL.
- Writes a column for each issue of TSLL published during the year.
- Monitors the content and activity of the TS-SIS online discussion forum (ts-sis@aallnet.org), and advises the forum manager on any issues or possible improvements.
- Appoints ad hoc committees with the approval of the Executive Board.
- Confirms all his/her appointments with formal letters of appointment.
- Together with the Secretary/Treasurer, reviews SIS budget statements received from AALL headquarters.
- Approves section expenditures, following the guidelines in Appendix II, "Policy on Budgeting."
- Notifies the membership of TS-SIS candidates for office via email by Feb. 1.
- Notifies all candidates of TS-SIS election results via phone.
- Announces TS-SIS election results to the membership via email, TSLL, and AALL's newsletter.
- Assists in the periodic revision of the TS-SIS brochure.
- Coordinates or assigns special projects of the SIS (e.g., strategic planning).
Annual Meeting Responsibilities.
This individual:
- Prepares the time schedule for all TS-SIS-sponsored activities at the AALL annual meeting, including section-sponsored substantive programs, business and board meetings, standing and ad hoc committee meetings, and roundtables.
- Prepares the agenda and presides over the outgoing Executive Board meeting.
- Prepares the agenda and presides over the TS-SIS annual business meeting.
Appointments.
This individual:
- Appoints the Membership Committee Chair (Aug.-July term) by Aug. 1.
- Ensures that the Executive Board appoints the chair of the Awards Committee and at least two other members by Jan. 1.
- Ensures that the Executive Board appoints the chair of the Nominating Committee and at least two other members by July 1. (The Nominating Committee's term runs from one annual meeting until the next.)
- Appoints a Bylaws Committee as needed, after consulting with the Executive Board. The Bylaws Committee is chaired by the Past Chair.
- In consultation with the OBS-SIS Chair, appoints a new chair of the Joint Research Grant Committee when there is a vacancy.
- Makes other appointments as needed (e.g., online discussion forum manager, webmaster).
- May recommend candidates to become AALL official representatives to outside bodies, after consulting with the current chairs of the appropriate TS-SIS committees.
- Confirms all appointments with formal letters of appointment.
Revised March 2006