Chair

Job Title: CALL IS Chair

Job Purpose: The chair organizes the CALL IS interest group

Duties:

Liaison with TESOL
Submit budget and special projects proposals to TESOL
Monitor IS Leaders List and inform IS members of information relevant to the IS and its members
Request meeting rooms for TESOL Convention
Coordinate and adjudicate proposals
Set the Convention CALL program (subject to final approval by TESOL)
Propose hot topics,
Oversee steering committee,
Oversee EV operation and Special Events.
Serve as final arbitrator when consensus cannot be reached in IS issues and conflicts.
Work with Webmaster to update IS web site.
Be responsible for keeping IS practice in accordance with the IS Operating Rules.

Timeline:

During Convention beginning of year:

Attend all IS planning meetings as scheduled by TESOL.
Locate volunteer forms and make sure volunteer form are distributed volunteer forms Actively recruit volunteers
Make sure that minutes of meetings are taken
Represent the IS at IS Council (or whatever they are going to call it now)

Spring after the Convention:

Submit leadership information to TESOL (TESOL will send a form and due date for this)
Submit IS budget to TESOL (TESOL will send a form and due date for this)
Write any special projects proposals decided on at the open and planning meetings by the membership (if not delegated to another member) and submit to TESOL (TESOL will send a form and due date for this)
Submit any special projects proposals written by CALL IS members
Remind members of due date for concurrent sessions proposals for the next convention via CALL IS list

Summer:

Adjudicate proposals Ð recruit readers, get a list of readers to TESOL
Organize readers
Answer any questions and liaison with TESOL for answers not readily available
Send in list of EV Special Events to TESOL
Write CALL Chair column for the CALL IS newsletter.
Contact EV Special Event teams to confirm the teams, recruit any needed team members
Coordinate revisions of the EV Special Events Call for Proposals with the EV Special Events coordinator
Set the EV Special Events schedule and open hours with the EV Special Events coordinator

Fall:

Monitor CALL List and post messages appropriate for steering committee members only on the steering committee list.
Communicate with job leads to make sure that each job is running smoothly.

Spring:

Make sure any special projects are completed
Contact steering committee members and inform them of convention meeting times, get arrival and convention contact information of steering committee members attending the conference
Work with the person responsible for the EV Special Events Program to set up printing and delivery of the program to the Convention
Submit list of IS delegates to IS Council (or whatever they are calling it now) to TESOL

During Convention (end of year):