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CSAA Executive - Structure
Office bearers
Four office bearers are elected at CSAA AGMs, which are held at CSAA
conferences: the president, vice president, secretary and treasurer. Office
bearers are appointed for three years each, in order to provide stability
to the Association.
President
The holder of the presidential
office is appointed for a period of up to three years.
The duties of the president
are:
- To represent the CSAA publicly
- To oversee, and offer support to, the work of other office bearers
- To attend the CSAA conference each year and give the 'President's
address'
- To chair the AGM
- To work with the conference organiser in order to ensure that CSAA
administrative concerns are addressed in relation to the conference.
These are:
- The conference costs must include CSAA membership from each
participant. In 2007 the rate is $80 full and $54 concession.
- Liability for any loss made by the conference must be negotiated
on a year by year basis. The CSAA does not normally bear liability
for any losses: organisers usually ensure that their host institutions
bear accountability for losses. It should be stressed that no CSAA
conference has ever made a loss.
- A 15 minute slot to be made available at the conference opening
for the CSAA president's address
- The CSAA AGM to be timetabled at the conference
- $2000 seed funding to be available to conference organisers from
the CSAA
- To oversee the administration of the CSAA small grants scheme
- To oversee the administration of the CSAA book awards
- To generate ideas for the work of the CSAA
- To ensure all Executive posts are filled
- To liase with the publishers of the CSAA affiliated journal (currently
Continuum)
The president of the CSAA in 2009 is Amanda Third
Vice President
The holder of the vice-presidential
office is appointed for a period of up to three years.
The duties of the vice
president are:
- To represent the CSAA publicly when the president is unavailable
- To attend the CSAA conference each year
- To generate ideas for the work of the CSAA
- To chair the judging panel for the CSAA book awards
The vice president of the CSAA in 2009 is Mark Gibson
Secretary
The holder of the secretarial
office is appointed for a period of up to three years.
The duties of the secretary
are:
- To attend the CSAA conference each year and take minutes at the CSAA
AGM
- To hold and maintain the CSAA archives, including the constitution
- To maintain the database of CSAA members
- To maintain the email list of CSAA members and send out calls for
papers for conferences, journal issues etc
- To send out any other relevant CSAA material to the email list
- To maintain the email list of CSAA executive committee members
- To maintain an email list of past CSAA members who do not currently
belong to the Association, for publicity purposes.
- To provide mailing lists to the publishers of the CSAA's affiliated
journal
- To generate ideas for the work of the CSAA
- To prepare and circulate an agenda for the CSAA AGM
- To send out renewal letters to all members who don't attend the conference
at the end of the year
The secretary of the CSAA in 2009 is Kelly McWilliam
Treasurer
The holder of the treasurer's
position is appointed for a period of up to three years.
The duties of the treasurer
are:
- To attend the CSAA conference each year and present a financial statement
at the CSAA AGM.
- To maintain CSAA accounts
- To maintain CSAA funds in a bank account which will allow for the
receipt of cash, cheque and credit card payments, and for the issuing
of cheques
- To pay CSAA bills
- To arrange for transfer of monies to conference organisers, and to
winners of CSAA small grants
- To pay GST on the behalf of the CSAA
The treasurer of the CSAA in 2009 is Henk Huijser
Regional and Postgraduate Representatives
The CSAA Committee has up to ten representatives of the constituencies
covered by the Association, including regional and and postgraduate
represenatives: ACT, New Zealand, New South Wales, NT, Queensland,
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, and Postgraduate.
Regional representatives
are elected to their positions annually at the CSAA AGM. Positions
that are not filled at the AGM become the responsibility of the
Executive to appoint in the course of the year.
The duties of the regional and postgraduate representatives are:
- To partake in debates relevant to CSAA administration and policy
- To collect information about CSAA events and initiatives among
their constituencies and supply this to the Secretary, the newsletter
editor and the website editor
- To supply the newsletter editor with at least one 500 word piece on
an issue relevant to practitioners of cultural studies in Australia
and New Zealand.
The Regional Representatives for 2009 are:
| New Zealand / Aotearoa |
Geoff Craig |
| ACT |
Ann Willis |
| QLD |
Christy Collis |
| NSW |
Fiona Allon |
| SA |
Gerry Bloustien |
| Tasmania |
Jason Bainbridge |
| Vic |
Anna Hickey-Moody |
| WA |
Amanda Third |
The Postgraduate Representative for 2009 is Kiley Gaffney
Other CSAA Executive members
The following positions on the Executive are appointed in other ways:
Website editor
The website editor is appointed by the CSAA executive.
The duties of the website editor are:
- To edit and regularly update the CSAA website
The website editor in 2009 is Jean Burgess
Newsletter editor
The newsletter editor is appointed by the CSAA executive.
The duties of the newsletter editor are:
- To edit, and to organise the printing and distribution of,
the CSAA newsletter at least twice a year
The newsletter editors in 2009 are Jean Burgess, Henk Huijser and Anna Hickey-Moody
Publicity officer
The CSAA publicity officer is appointed by the CSAA executive.
The duties of the
Publicity officer are:
- To find public debates on matters relevant to the Cultural Studies
Association of Australasia
- To source CSAA members qualified to speak on these matters
- To prepare and send press releases on behalf of the CSAA commenting
on those matters.
- To manage the CSAA-Forum email discussion list and promote Cultural
Studies discussion on it.
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