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Call for Candidatures!

It is time to have new board officers and country representatives!
 
Being a EWDA Student Chapter officer is great fun and offer amazing opportunities to
- network with disease ecology current and future leaders within a growing research community
- develop tools to faciliate exchanges between disease ecology enthusiasts
- organize customized events that you always dreamed participating in
- bring new ideas into practice when it comes to sharing knowledge
 
Every two years, a new board of officers and new country representatives come into play to keep the momentum going!
Don't hesitate! Apply today!
 

Officer eligibility:

Any European student chapter member who is also a student member of the Wildlife Disease Association (dues paid – visit www.widlifedisease.org/membership.htm) can run for a student chapter office (executive board). Candidates for Country Representative Positions are highly encouraged to become a student member of the WDA.
 

Student Workshop Coordinator:

1. Coordinate the organization of the EWDA Student Workshop with the organizing committee, which consists of the other officers of the executive board of the EWDA Student Chapter and others.

2. Prepare cogent proposal, time and place plan and scientific program.

3. Prepare budget, seek and apply for funding opportunities, and monitor funds available, write checks as needed and approved, keep records and file all bank statements.

 

Chair (EWDA Student Representative):

1. Represent the Student Chapter and its members at EWDA meetings and conference.

2. Submit the Leader Information Update form and the Student Chapter progress report to the WDA and EWDA by deadlines.

3. Write short reports of activities for the Supplement to the Journal of Wildlife Diseases and/or website and send them via email to the editor of the News from Europe and/or WDA/EWDA webmaster (for contact details visit the WDA and EWDA websites).

4. Update information posted on the student page of the EWDA website (contact EWDA webmaster).

5. Maintain all files and membership roster.

6. Compile the nomination list and materials to be displayed on the EWDA website and report election results (contact EWDA webmaster).

7. Keep faculty advisor informed on activities, needs, problems, etc.

8. Coordinate the activities of the EWDA Student Chapter with the help of the Co-chair and Country Representatives as explained below.

Student Workshop Coordinator and Chair may be run by a single person.

 

Co-chair:

1. Run meetings in absence of the Chair.

2. Moderate the EWDA discussion E-list and make announcements related to EWDA Student Chapter activities, including announcements of meetings and conferences, posting of job and education opportunities and posting of wildlife health related news (at least 3 messages per month).

3. Maintain the EWDA electronic journal club by posting wildlife health related publications as they appear in the literature and by posting a list of posted publications once per month on the EWDA discussion E-list.

4. Maintain the EWDA Student Chapter Facebook Community

5. Organize the EWDA Student Mixer at the EWDA conference.

Duties listed under Co-chair are shared with the Chair of the EWDA Student Chapter.

 

Country Representatives:

1. Disseminate information about the EWDA Student Chapter to wildlife disease students in the representative’s country.

2. Promote the involvement of wildlife disease students from the representative’s country in the EWDA Student Chapter activities and recruit members.

3. Develop a coordinative network of wildlife health mentors in Europe by compiling an annual list of wildlife health professionals including details on their current affiliations, research interests and contact information.

4. Optional: organize a Country-Based EWDA One-Day Student Symposium in their home country

 

 
Deadline is January 15th 2010!
 
To apply:
 
- Fill and send the application form (link below), specifying the office you are running for.
 
- Cover letter (student chapter members running for a student chapter office or country representative position): briefly explain your motivations – Word or PDF format, 200 words maximum.

- Student workshop proposal: (student chapter members  running for the Student Workshop Coordinator and Chair): write a short and cogent proposal concerning the organization of the EWDA student workshop, including theme and preliminary scientific program and preliminary timeline – Word or PDF format.

Note that the Conference Centre of the Foundation Merieux is pleased to host the fourth (upcoming) EWDA Student Workshop in spring 2011!

Send your application to ewdastudent@gmail.com
 
 
 
 
Elections:
 
Student chapter members will be invited to vote between January 15th and February 15th. Candidates with highest scores win.
 

New officers will be named by the beginning of March but will be officially installed at the end of the EWDA conference in following summer/fall. The overlapping period from March to the date of the conference will allow out-going officers to support new officers in their planning and tasks. New officers will serve the office for two years until the end of next EWDA conference.

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