Officers’ Terms of Service
· The Chair, Associate Chair, and Assistant Chair will serve for a two-year term in each office.
· Two At-Large members will serve for two-year, non-rotational terms.
· The Graduate Student Representative will be appointed annually for a one-year term.
All officers, At-Large members, and individuals filling Continuing (non-rotating) Consortium roles will serve as members of the Consortium Executive Committee.
Officers’ Rotation
Officers will rotate every two years. The entire rotation from Assistant Chair to Chair takes six years. Thus, in a normal rotation the Assistant Chair will serve on the Executive committee for six years (two years as Assistant Chair, two years as Associate Chair, two years as Chair).
In odd numbered years, the Consortium will nominate individuals for the post of Assistant Chair at the CCCC Consortium meeting and elect the Assistant Chair officer by ballot in the spring following the CCCC. The Assistant Chair will assume the duties of incoming Assistant Chair at the following CCCC (during even numbered years).
In even numbered years, the newly elected Assistant Chair will attend an Executive Committee meeting as Incoming Assistant Chair, in advance of assuming her/his regular duties as Assistant Chair at the end of the CCCC convention.
Officers will rotate and assume their new duties on the day after the close of the CCCC in even numbered years.
For instance, the Incoming Assistant Chair (nominated in odd-numbered years and elected by ballot after the CCCC) will assume their duties as Assistant Chair at the end of the next CCCC held in the following even-numbered year. The Associate Chair will become Chair; the Assistant Chair will become Associate Chair; and the Consortium Chair will become Immediate Past Chair, all after the CCCC held in even-numbered years.
Two At-Large members will be nominated prior to the CCCC in even years (and elected by ballot in the Spring following the CCCC in even-numbered years). The elected At-Large members will assume their duties immediately after being elected and end their duties on the last day of the next CCCC held in an even numbered year, two years after being elected.
Elections
Nominations for Assistant Chair will be taken during the online Business Meeting. Chair contacts nominees to ask if they are willing to run, reminding nominees about the responsibilities and duties of the office.
Voting will be done via anonymous online survey in the spring following the CCCC and sent to representatives of each school listed in the CDPRC online profile as well as to members of the Consortium Executive Committee.
Officers Duties
Chair
Serves as a member of the Consortium’s Executive Committee
Facilitates the Executive Committee online meetings
Organizes topical program portion of the Consortium meeting and invites speakers to attend and present on the topic
Creates and circulates an agenda for Consortium meetings
Leads the Business Meeting portion of the Consortium meeting
Organizes occasional Consortium sessions throughout the year
Serves as the point person/spokesperson for the Consortium
Serves as the primary liaison to the CCCC
Checks with nominees for Assistant Chair and the At-Large Representatives to determine their willingness to have their name placed on the ballot
Conducts annual balloting
Associate Chair
Serves as a member of the Consortium’s Executive Committee
Serves as the Secretary of the Consortium, taking formal minutes during Consortium meetings
Posts notices of Consortium meetings to all relevant listservs/social media to encourage attendance
Assistant Chair
Serves as a member of the Consortium’s Executive Committee
Serves as a Liaison with the Newcomers Committee
Serves as Liaison to the MA Programs Consortium
Posts information about Consortium issues/conversations on relevant listservs/social media to encourage input from the broadest possible spectrum of members
At-Large Members
Serves as members of the Consortium’s Executive Committee
Leads or participates in special initiatives as needed
Graduate Student Member (identified in consultation with relevant CCCC graduate student groups)
Attends Consortium meetings
Serves as liaison to graduate student groups in the profession
Updates social media sites and helps disseminate information about the Consortium
Continuing Consortium Roles (non-rotating & inconsistently filled)
Membership Coordinator and Treasurer
Updates membership lists
Web/Social Media Coordinator
Updates and coordinates Consortium weblog site: https://www.rcdocconsortium.org/
Posts information/announcements to Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/rcconsortium
Updates and coordinates Consortium listserv: CDPRC-CCC@LISTS.BGSU.EDU
Liaison to Visibility Project
Coordinates the Consortium’s role in the Visibility Project and acts as liaison to other organizations and to CCCC Committee in efforts to make rhetoric and composition/writing studies visible in national databases and classification systems
Consortium Archivist
Keeps historical records
Keeps current records
Facilitates nomination process
Assessment Task Force
Gathers institutional data for Consortium members
Gathers statistics on doctoral programs, enrollments, graduation, and post-doctoral employment