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<div role="listitem" id="gmail-m_-2678366389567320440gmail-1636767224.007000"><div role="presentation"><div role="document"><div><div><div role="presentation"><div><div><div><div><div dir="auto"><div>The Postgraduate Committee of the <i>Australasian Association of Philosophy</i>
is calling for nominations for new ordinary members and a new committee
convenor. An election will be held at the AGM on November 21 at the end
of the Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference via Zoom (5:45pm
UTC+ 11 Sydney/Melbourne time). The Zoom link is: <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/-0wFC4QOPEiBkvRV9HOKrVi?domain=uwa.zoom.us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://uwa.zoom.us/j/82746674280?pwd=bzBya1hib0Y1U3NQbW1GSnhMVUlQZz09</a> and the password is APPC2021. If you cannot attend the AGM but would like to nominate yourself, please email <a href="mailto:jimmy@uow.edu.au" target="_blank">jimmy@uow.edu.au</a>.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Convenor</b>:
The convenor of the committee is responsible for the running of the
committee (including attendance at the annual APPC conference),
communication with members, organising and overseeing projects, liaising
with the AAP executive, and serves as the postgraduate representative
to the AAP (requiring attendance at the AAP conference). A convenor
should be a postgraduate philosophy student who can dedicate
approximately 2 hours per week to running the committee and
participating in projects, and who is motivated to work on projects that
can benefit the entire postgraduate philosophy community of
Australasia. The chair is elected for a 1 year term but may serve
additional terms. Outgoing convenors are also expected to serve an
additional term as an ordinary member to assist the next convenor. If
you wish to nominate in absentia for the position of convenor please
provide a short (<300 word) statement about yourself and why you
would make a good chair.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Ordinary Members</b>:
Ordinary members are postgraduate philosophy students who are
interested in engaging with projects designed to fulfil the committee's
goals and participating in the committee's discussions on various issues.
Members of the committee should be able to dedicate at least 2 hours a
fortnight to the committee and are expected to actively participate in
order to maintain their membership. The projects that members work on
are quite diverse and have included: producing the postgraduate student
guide, running the tender process for the annual APPC conference,
developing surveys, developing ties with other professional
organisations postgraduate arms, and more.</div><div><br></div><div>Serving in either capacity
is a great opportunity to help benefit the postgraduate philosophy
community, make contacts in the profession, and gain valuable experience
with service to the profession.</div><div><br></div><div>A competitive election will be held if there are multiple nominations for the position of convenor.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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