The Digital Scholars committee is currently looking to recruit several executive positions, as well as interested members. Our committee is an interdisciplinary group focused on providing opportunities for students to get involved in the more tech and digital oriented aspects of scholarship through regular practical workshops and training sessions, with some of our recent workshops including the basics of Photoshop and practical physical computing.
We are looking to fill a new set of Executive positions for the 2017/2018 school year. If you’d like to put your name up for one of these positions, please send a short biography and the position you’re interested in to dsua@ualberta.ca by Nov 7th, with elections to be held shortly thereafter. The following positions are up for election:
Co-President(s):
The two Co-Presidents share responsibilities for running the Digital Scholars group. In the past, as a way to promote interdisciplinary cooperation and collaboration, we have encouraged the Co-Presidents to be from different departments and to work together. Their shared duties include: organizing events, organizing and chairing meetings, appointing sub-committees if needed, etc.
Vice President Administration:
The Vice President Administration is responsible for helping chair and organize meetings. The Vice President Administration will take meeting minutes, circulate the minutes to members, make sure public documents are up-to-date, and keep track of group registration.
Treasurer:
The Treasurer is responsible for creating and presenting group budgets. The Treasurer will possess signing authority on the group’s bank account (along with Co-Presidents), and will be responsible for handling group funds, making regular cash deposits, and approving expenses. The Treasurer must also complete annual training with SGS as part of the registration requirement as outlined in the UAPPOL Student Group Procedure.
Social Media Coordinator:
The Social Media Coordinator is responsible for distributing information related to the Digital Scholars Group to its members and to the University community at large. Duties might include: submitting event requests to Student Group Services, maintaining the Digital Scholars Group’s Facebook and Twitter accounts, running a group listserv, keeping track of group membership and promoting events.
Webmaster:
The webmaster is responsible for maintaining the website. Duties might include: editing the website content, updating the executive committee bios and running the blog.
Department Reps:
Departmental Representatives act as liaisons between Digital Scholars UA and individual departments. Responsibilities for Departmental Representatives might include: attending meetings, facilitating communication between Digital Scholars UA and Departmental Associations, promoting events within their representative department, as well as other duties.
Floating/Member at Large:
Member(s) at Large are open positions on the Executive Committee. These positions are versatile and the duties change as needs arise. For instance, a Member at Large might volunteer to take charge of organizing a special event.
We are also looking for general members who are interested in the Digital Humanities, but who may not be interested in the time commitment of joining the Executive. We are a flexible group, and are very amenable to finding ways to include those who are interested, so please contact us if you’d like to be involved but don’t see something here which calls your name.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us should you have any questions!