The President shall serve for a term of one year and shall not be eligible to succeed him or herself immediately.
The president serves, ex officio, as the chair of the following committees: Executive Committee (Charter: https://camws.org/exec-com-charter), Program Committee (Charter: https://camws.org/organization/committees/program.php), and the Publications Sub-Committee of the Executive Committee (https://camws.org/organization/committees/publications.php).
The President is also an ex-officio member of all standing CAMWS committees except the Merit Committee.
It is the duty of the President to appoint the Chair and the other members of each standing committee.
Overview of Schedule (April to April):
1) Duties as President-Elect at the Annual Meeting
2) Committee and VP appointments (April to June)
3) Organize Presidential panel (July)
4) Review of Panels, Workshops and Undergraduate Papers (August)
5) Site Visit (September)
6) Review of Individual Abstracts (October)
7) Building the Program (November-December)
8) Appoint Presiders (December-January)
9) Select Presidential Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper
10) Program Committee Report (April)
11) Duties at the Annual Meeting (April)
12) Sample Banquet Schedule
- Duties as President-Elect at CAMWS Meeting
See also the duties of President-Elect (https://camws.org/presidentelect).
Wednesday
- Attend Executive Committee meeting (afternoon)
- Attend evening plenary session and reception (if there is one)
Thursday
- Attend committees lunch and planning session with local committee for next year’s conference
Friday
- Attend Consulares lunch (either Friday or Saturday)
- Deliver response to local administrator’s speech at the banquet
Saturday
- Attend the business meeting (morning)
- Committee and VP Appointments
Just after the annual meeting, the President-Elect makes CAMWS state VP appointments and fills any committee vacancies for the coming year.
- Creating the Program
For the duties of the President as chair of the Program Committee, seehttp://camws.org/programchair. - Site Visit
In September or early October, the President and the Secretary-Treasurer meet with the local committee to review the hotel, conference rooms, and campus set-up, and anticipate any possible problems.
At that time, the President selects the menus for the following, keeping in mind overall cost:
- Executive Committee meeting (late afternoon Wednesday)
- Committee lunch (Thursday noon)
- VP dinner (Thursday evening)
- Banquet (Friday night)
- Duties of the President as Chair of the Sub-Committee on Publications.
For the duties of the President as chair of this subcommittee, see http://camws.org/publicationschair.
- Duties of the President at the Annual Meeting
Wednesday