UPDATE: There are only a few days remaining to submit nominations and a number of positions still have no candidates! Like having a place to present your work at the ASA? Enjoy the reception? The pre-conference? The newsletter? How about the special journal issues? Support this important work, get involved in CITAMS leadership. Send me your self-nominations by Monday (include your ASA ID#). Keith On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Keith Hampton < keith.hampton@mysocialnetwork.net> wrote: > Dear CITAMS Members, > > The deadline to submit a list of candidates to the ASA for next year's > Section elections is surprisingly soon. Nominations must be received by me > before January 11. > > Please consider nominating yourself for a position on the CITAMS section > Council. This is an important service to the Section and the sociologists > of media, communication and information that the Section represents. > > Self-nominations are strongly encouraged! If nominating someone else, your > nomination must include a copy of an email confirming the nominee's > willingness to run for the position. > > The CITAMS Nominations Committee is now accepting nominations for the > following three positions on the Section Council: > > Chairperson-Elect > Two Council Members > > As per recent changes to the Section bylaws, for the first time Section > members will elect three members of the Nominations Committee. The > Nominations Committee is responsible for developing a slate of candidates > for elected Council positions. > > Chair, Nominations Committee (one-year) > Member, Nominations Committee (two-years) > Member, Nominations Committee (three-years) > > The terms of all Council Members shall be for two years each with the > exception of the Chairperson-Elect, who will serve on Council for one year > as Chairperson-Elect, one year as Chairperson, and one year as > Past-Chairperson. Members of the Nominations Committee typically serve > three year terms. However, for this inaugural election of the Committee, > candidates will run for one of three positions of staggered length. The > candidate elected to the on-year position will serve as Chair of the > Nominations Committee in 2016/17. In subsequent years, the member next to > retire from the Committee will serve as Chair. > > Thank you, > > Keith Hampton > Chair (interim), Nominations Committee > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > *Dr. Keith N. Hampton* > > Endowed Professor in Communication and Public Policy, School of > Communication & Information <https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/> > Associate Professor, Department of Communication > <https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/communication/communication-department.html> > Co-Chair, Social Media & Society Cluster <http://sms.rutgers.edu/> > Affiliate Graduate Faculty, Department of Sociology > <http://sociology.rutgers.edu/> > www.mysocialnetwork.net > www.twitter.com/mysocnet > > > > > > > >