Past Chair

Responsibilities

  • Serve a one-year term on the executive board (fulfilling a three-year, rotating appointment as chair-elect, chair, immediate past-chair)

  • Serve as liaison to the Intellectual Freedom Committee to provide updates on the activities of the round table and to communicate activities of the committee

  • Provide a slate of candidates for the spring election as chair of the Nominating Committee

  • Perform duties as delegated or assigned by the chair or the executive committee

Timeline

First Quarter (July - September)

  • Term as past chair begins at the close of Annual Conference or July 1

  • Work with the nominating committee, continue conversations with potential candidates for the following year's ballot

Second Quarter (October - December)

  • Present candidates to the executive committee for their approval before ALA ballot deadline

  • Work with candidates to ensure ballot materials are submitted on schedule

Third Quarter (January - March)

Midwinter

  • Attend IFRT meetings, programs, and events

  • Attend IFC meetings

Fourth Quarter (April - June)

  • Notify all candidates of the election results

  • Thank them for running

  • Notify the executive committee of the election results

Annual Conference

  • Attend IFRT programs, meetings, and events

  • Attend IFC meetings