Open Board Position: Membership Officer
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The board of Performance Studies international (PSi) seeks to appoint a performance studies scholar to the position of Membership Officer. This board member will serve for three conference cycles—PSi#25 in 2019 (Calgary, Canada); PSi#26 in 2020 (TDB); and PSi#26 in 2021 (TBD)—with organizational work to begin immediately upon appointment. The new board member will join existing board members in regular collaborative work on projects, events, and opportunities with the purpose of increasing the visibility and institutional presence of PSi. The board meets in person every year at the annual conference and is otherwise in regular contact through digital means.
Nominees must be:
- Current PSi Members;
- Available for regular online meetings and project updates (most times of the year, this means responding to email and other messages; however, during busy times, this can entail regular Skype meetings); and
- Committed to diversifying performance studies and building a wide network of scholars and artists.
Position description: Membership Officer duties:
- Work with the President and the Board to support the mission of PSi;
- Liaise with the PSi Board, PSi membership, and the conference committee to ensure registration and other processes function appropriately, including coordinating membership registration with conferences and other events;
- Provide a yearly update to the board on membership statistics and demographics;
- Oversee the online membership registration and the further development of membership benefits; and
- Act as the contact person for PSi members.
For more information about PSi, please visit http://www.psi-web.org/
Candidates can self-nominate for this position and should send a cv, a 1-page application letter explaining what the candidate might bring to the position, and a letter of reference to the Secretary, Eero Laine (eero.email [atmark] gmail.com). The deadline is October 29, 2018. A successful candidate will be immediately appointed to the board.2018_PSi-OpenBoardPosition-Membership