NASPA Region I is currently seeking nominations for the next State/Province Director to serve on the Region I Advisory Board for Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, and Canada. State and Province Directors are the stewards of the NASPA state and province-level association. Through their service, they ensure the continuation of an effective and quality professional organization.
State Director Responsibilities
State/Province Directors provide state leadership for NASPA Region I and represent the interests of student affairs professionals in their state to the Region I Advisory Board. They also play a key role in the recruitment and retention of NASPA members within their state.
Make appointments of professionals within the membership to the various project/interest/state boards.
Explore/develop opportunities for networking and professional development activities within the membership. Some of these may include coordinating drive-in conferences, co-sponsoring conferences or workshops with other associations or areas, or providing other progrmas congruent with NASPA strategic initiatives. Provide NASPA membership pamphlets at any membership events.
Support the regional and national initiatives of NASPA.
Convey information to the membership of NASPA, as requested. This includes ensuring that the state/province/European website is current and regular contributions to the Region I Newsletter are submitted.
Encourage institutional and professional membership.
Serve as liaison with leaders in other professional associations.
Provide reports of membership activities at Regional Advisory Board Meetings, and submitting a report to the Regional Vice President prior to the National Board Meeting (three times per year).
Collaborate with KC's on programming.
Attend Regional Advisory Board Meetings.
Other duties as assigned by the Region I Vice President.
Nomination Process
Any current member of NASPA Region I may submit nominations. Nominations should be sent to Michael Luciani (mluciani@landmark.edu), Chair of the Nominations Committee. All nominees must be current NASPA members.
Nomination Timeline
Nominations are due by the end of the day on Monday, December 5, 2011.
Nominees interested in running must submit the following to the Chair of the Nominations Committee:
Appropriate biographical information (name, job title, institution, city, and state) exactly as it should appear on the ballot.
Resume/C.V
Statement of philosophy and purpose/goals (500-700 words)
The Nominations Committee will consider all nominations and select two candidates.
Candidates will be notified of their selection by chair of the Nominations Committee by December 9, 2011.
Ballots will be emailed to the membership in early January. Balloting will close one week later.
The State/Province Directors will assume offices as of March 2012.