Dear CHAS Members, This year we have 3 elected positions available for nominations; Chair, Secretary, and Member-at-Large. Below are the official responsibilities, taken from the bylaws. As an elected officer, the Division provides some travel support to attend national meetings. If you are interested in helping CHAS, but aren't sure where you could fit in, please contact me to discuss. When I wanted to take a more active role in the operations/leadership of CHAS, I found the other officers and committee chairs to be welcoming and very helpful. CHAS is a great organization, but we are always in need of new people to keep the organization going. Sincerely, Erik Talley, Immediate Past Chair ACS Division of Chemical Health & Safety 212-746-6201 ert2002**At_Symbol_Here**med.cornell.edu -------------------------------- Chair (a) It shall be the duty of the Chair to preside at meetings of the Executive and Interim Committees, to carry out the decisions of those committee(s), to preside at meetings of the Division and with counsel of the Executive Committee to appoint the members and chairs of the Program, Standing, and Other Committees. Secretary (c) It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a record of the proceedings of the meetings of the Division and of the Executive Committee, to maintain a list of members and affiliates in good standing, to send to members and affiliates such notices as the business of the Division may require, to arrange for the distribution, recovery, and counting of ballots for elected offices (except as noted elsewhere in this bylaw), to report a summary of the Division's annual activities to the Division at its annual business meeting, and to send to each member or affiliate in good standing at least two weeks before the national meeting of the SOCIETY, abstracts of papers to be presented before the Division at that national meeting. (d) It shall also be the duty of the Secretary to submit an annual report of the Division, including an itemized statement of receipts and expenditures and investments of its funds. This report is to be submitted each year to the Council Committee on Divisional Activities through 4 the Executive Director of the SOCIETY in accord with provisions of the SOCIETY governing documents. (e) By April 1 of each year, the Secretary of the Division shall send the Executive Director of the SOCIETY a complete list of the members and Society Affiliates of that Division for checking and verification. Member-at-Large (g) It shall be the duty of the Members-at-Large to represent the members and affiliates in discussion at meetings of the Executive Committee; the Members-at-Large shall undertake to inform themselves of issues and concerns of interest to the members and affiliates of the Division, particularly those that might not otherwise be known to the Executive Committee. ___________________________________ Erik A. Talley, Director Environmental Health and Safety Weill Cornell Medical College Cornell University 1300 York Avenue, Box 354 New York, NY 10065 212-746-6201 erik**At_Symbol_Here**med.cornell.edu http://www.med.cornell.edu/ehs
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