[ASA] ASA Early Career Researchers chapter: Steering Committee elections

[Sarah Martell]

Dear colleagues,

The Early Career Researcher Chapter of the ASA is inviting ECR Chapter 
Members to nominate for a number of positions on the Chapter Steering 
Committee.

The Chapter is active in promoting and assisting the career development 
of early- and mid-career researchers in the Australian astronomy 
community. The goals of the chapter are:

* Inform the members about opportunities for professional training and 
support
* Provide training for the members in areas of professional development
* Connect the members with each other, and also with senior researcher 
mentors, providing a support network
* Act as an advocacy and representation body for the members

The ECR chapter has been active since 2013. Over that period it has 
organised activities that have been beneficial to our ECR members, 
including workshops (2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018), the ‘Meet-a-Mentor’ 
session at the annual ASA meeting (co-organised with the IDEA Chapter), 
and a mentoring scheme, partnering senior mentors with postdocs and PhD 
students.

The ECR Chapter is run by a Steering Committee who play a leading role 
in devising and implementing initiatives to fulfill the Chapter’s goals. 
The Committee consists of a Chair, five Steering Committee members, a 
student representative and a senior representative. There is also an ASA 
council representative, who is ex-officio unless they are also elected 
to the committee. Terms are held for two years (ordinary members) and 
one year (student representative and senior representative).

We are now inviting nominations for four positions: senior 
representative, student representative, and two ordinary committee 
members. These positions are open to all Chapter members, except for the 
student representative, which is open to students only. Current Steering 
Committee members are welcome to renominate if they wish.

Sarah Martell will be the returning officer for this election, so all 
nominations should go to her via email (s.martell at unsw.edu.au) by 
Wednesday 30 May. Each nomination must include a brief paragraph 
summarising your interest in the position and how you intend to 
contribute to the broad goals of the Chapter. Please note that this 
information will be made available to voters.

Kind regards,

Sarah Martell - ECR chapter steering committee immediate past chair and 
returning officer
on behalf of the ECR Chapter steering committee

-- 
Sarah Martell
Senior Lecturer
School of Physics, UNSW Sydney
s.martell at unsw.edu.au  / +61 2 9385 6547

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