Roles and Responsibliities: President and President-Elect

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PARTICIPATION & TIME COMMITMENT:

• Attendance at, and participation in, Council meetings.
  • The Council meets electronically for 2 hours 3 times each year: Mid-June, Early September, and Mid- November
  • The Council meets face-to-face 2 times each year: March and December (1 day) in conjunction with the Fall Meeting
  • Full participation requires reading background material in advance and assisting with preparing agenda items as requested. Participation in discussions and collaborative documents

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support direction of AGU and help engage members
  • Advance the vision, mission and strategic plan of AGU
  • Partner with the Governance Committee to fulfill AGU’s commitment to exceptional governance.
  • Articulate, safeguard, model, and promote AGU’s core values and principles.
  • Maintain awareness of emerging issues that could impact the science and AGU, especially issues facing the Section you lead.
  • Serve as a conduit of information between AGU leadership and Section members.
  • Ensure Section activities and structure supports AGU’s mission, vision, core values, and strategic objectives.
  • Help mobilize and engage AGU members.
  • Bring a unique perspective, while keeping in mind your responsibility to act in the best interests of the organization, not any particular constituency or discipline.
• Build relationships internally and externally
  • Champion AGU and Earth and space sciences to all constituents and publics.
  • Ensure good interaction with other Section, AGU committees, and other organizations.
  • Encourage others to get involved in volunteering at AGU.
  • Utilize staff expertise.
  • Get to know other Council members and key staff.
• Be an active member of the AGU Council
  • Prepare for, attend and actively participate in all Council meetings.
  • Be knowledgeable about the bylaws, policies, strategic plan, and governance responsibilities of the AGU Council.
  • Abide by the code of conduct.
  • Follow the conflict of interest policy and disclose any potential conflicts of interests.
  • Support ongoing science, outreach and development activities of the Union.
  • Function at a strategic, not tactical, level.
  • Be cognizant that the authority rests with the Council as a collective body, not to any one individual member.
  • Participate in Council orientation and be knowledgeable about effective governance.
  • Participate in periodic evaluation of the Council’s performance and contribute to ongoing improvement of AGU governance.
  • Help prepare, and lead Council agenda items as requested.
• Programmatic and operational responsibilities:
  • Chair and conduct the business of Section executive committee meetings
  • Appoint chairs and members of the various Section committees, i.e. executive committee members, Fellows and Section award selection committees, canvassing and nominating committees, etc.
  • Appoint/recommend individuals to serve on the Meeting Program Committees.
  • Identify a member to serve as a member of the Eos Editorial Advisory Board for their Section.
  • Term of each Editorial Advisory Board member are 2-3 years.
  • Arrange for the judging of OSPA papers at the Fall Meeting and other AGU meetings. This may be delegated to another Section officer or executive committee member.
  • Appoint or re-confirm the appointment of the Web Editor for your Section’s web presence.
  • Provide the budget for anticipated expenditures from Section fund and authorize payments from this fund. This budget is part of the overall Union budget and should be conveyed to headquarters by mid to late September.
  • Review quarterly financial statements forwarded by staff liaison.
  • Approve committee selection/recommendations for Section award/lecture recipients
  • Work with Section executive committee members or officers to propose new awards and lectures and forward to Honors and Recognition Committee for approval.
  • Provide input and recommendations to the committee appointment process for Honors committees.
  • Provide input/directions on meeting logistics related to Fall Meeting events preparation; i.e. finalizing receptions, meeting requirements, ticketed events, complimentary tickets and registrations, etc.