Nominations due Feb. 13th! (CGC Board Positions)

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Nominations due Friday, Feburary 13

The Consortium on Graduate Communication is accepting nominations (including self-nominations) for the following board positions:

1 Secretary
1 Treasurer
3 Members at Large

Key Details

Secretary and Members-at-Large: Term of 2 years, starting on July 1, 2026
Treasurer: Term of 4 years, starting on July 1, 2026
Eligibility: Current CGC members in good standing
- See the CGC bylaws for details on each of the above positions. Descriptions are also included below for your convenience.

NOTE: Our outgoing Secretary and Treasurer will be available to mentor whoever steps into these vital roles—positions that are essential to CGC’s smooth operations and long-term stability. If you’re considering one of these positions, please feel free to reach out with questions to our current Treasurer, Steve Simpson (steve.simpson@nmt.edu), or our current Secretary, Rachael Cayley (rachael.cayley@utoronto.ca).

Step 1: Submit Nominations

Deadline: Midnight, Friday, February 13, 2026
How to Nominate:
- For Self-Nominations: Email Heather Boldt (hboldt@emory.edu) and Rachael Cayley (rachael.cayley@utoronto.ca) with:
  - Your name, title, and institution
  - A brief explanation of why you are interested in the position
- To Nominate Someone Else: Email Heather and Rachael (emails listed above) with:
  - The nominee’s name, title, and institution
  - A brief explanation of why you are nominating this person

Step 2: Submit Candidate Information

Deadline: Midnight, Friday, February 27, 2026
Required Submission (to be completed by all nominees who wish to run):
- A short bio (75 words max)
- A brief statement (150 words max) of your goals, vision for CGC, and relevant experience
Note: The above information will appear on the ballot.

Voting Period

Opens: Monday, March 9, 2026
Closes: Midnight, March 23, 2026
Eligibility to Vote: CGC members in good standing; membership must be current as of Friday, March 6, 2026.

We encourage you to nominate qualified individuals!

Sincerely,
Heather Boldt, CGC Member-At-Large, hboldt@emory.edu

Rachael Cayley,, CGC Secretary, rachael.cayley@utoronto.ca

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Descriptions of positions (from the CGC bylaws):

ARTICLE VI. OFFICERS

The officers of this Board shall be the Chair (or two Co-Chairs), Secretary, Treasurer, and any elected members at large. The same person may hold more than one office.

Section 2. Secretary

The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board and all meetings of members and will act as a clerk thereof. In the absence of the Secretary, the Chair shall designate another board member to conduct these duties. The Secretary shall have the following duties:

The Secretary shall record and make available all votes and minutes of all proceedings in an electronic document to be kept for that purpose.
The Secretary in concert with the Chair shall make the arrangements for all meetings of the Board, including the annual meeting of the organization.
The Secretary shall send notices of all meetings to the members of the Board and shall take reservations for the meetings.
The Secretary shall perform all official correspondence from the Board as may be prescribed by the Board or the Chair.
The Secretary shall maintain an electronic archive of the association’s activities.
The Secretary shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or the Chair under whose supervision he/she shall be.

Section 3. Treasurer

The Treasurer’s duties shall be:

The Treasurer shall maintain the association’s bank account and be responsible for selecting a bank and signing checks.
The Treasurer shall have oversight for all financial transactions, be aware of any outstanding bills or debts owed, and develop systems for managing cash flow.
The Treasurer shall develop the annual budget (including the budget for any conferences or events) and compare the actual revenues and expenses incurred against the budget.
The Treasurer shall present a complete and accurate report of the finances of the Association at each annual meeting of the members, or at any other time upon request to the Board.
The Treasurer shall assist in direct audits of the funds of the Association according to funding source guidelines and generally accepted accounting principles.
The Treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or the Chair under whose supervision he/she shall be.
The Treasurer shall train their successor and assist in changing over financial accounts.

Section 4. Board Members at Large

The board may choose to open nominations for up to six members at large at their discretion. Members at large shall be nominated and elected following the procedures in Section 5 of this Article. They shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Board or the Chair under whose supervision they shall be, for instance serving as liaisons to other professional organizations or representing particular cohorts of CGC members.

If there is a conference or event committee, the chair of the committee shall have an additional at-large seat on the Board. The Board Co-Chairs will select a Local Host who will then attend SI planning and relevant board meetings for that year (making them eligible to run for Board Co-Chair at some later point).

Section 5. Election of Officers

Each winter the Nominating Committee shall solicit nominations (including self nominations) from the membership for openings on the Board. The Nominating Committee will then confirm nominees’ willingness to serve before submitting the names and statements of all candidates to the membership. Elections will be held electronically each Spring with newly elected board members assuming responsibilities on the following July 1 following the election.

Term lengths:

· The Chair or Co-Chairs shall serve for terms of two years beginning in odd-numbered years.

· The Secretary shall serve for terms of two years beginning in even-numbered years.

· The Treasurer shall serve terms of four years beginning in even-numbered years.

· Members at large shall be elected for terms of 2 years; the terms of members at large may be extended by up to one year at the Board’s discretion in order to maintain a regular Board rotation.

Term limits: Officers shall be eligible to be reelected to the same office for one additional term only. If a successor is not elected, the officer may remain in the same position until the next election. If a position becomes vacant, the procedure in Article V, Section 8, shall apply. Any board member may subsequently be elected to a different office.

Author: Eric Grunwald

Eric Grunwald is director of and lecturer in MIT’s English Language Studies (ELS) program. An instructor in ELS since 2012, he draws on a wide breadth of scholastic and vocational experiences to help students across the disciplines improve their academic and professional communication skills. As an undergraduate at Stanford University, studied math, physics, computer science, and astronomy before switching to the humanities and graduating with a degree in history. He began teaching English in Berlin, Germany, during the German Reunification, and then worked for several years in technology transfer at Stanford before obtaining his master’s in creative writing at Boston University. (See ericgrunwald.com.) After serving as managing editor at the literary journal Agni, he returned to teaching in 2007 and now teaches a variety of communication courses for bilingual MIT undergraduates and graduate students. He presents regularly at conferences in the U.S. and abroad and has received Institute grants to design an undergraduate creative writing course just for bilingual students and to design a website—writingprocess.mit.edu—to instruct students in a formal writing process. Grunwald became ELS director in July 2022 and serves on the CMS/W Writing Council. He is a member-at-large on the CGC Board and chairs the CGC Communications Committee.