Dear Colleagues,

Consistent with the by-laws of the EAM, Inc., elections will be held in the month of April for the open positions on the EAM, Inc. Board, terms to begin at the conclusion of our May 2023 conference.  This year we have three Officer elections to conduct; VP-Program Elect, Director-Membership, and Director-Secretory. 

 Nominations for each of these positions are accepted until March 31st, 2023 . EAM members may nominate others as well as self-nominate.  Nominees provide the following:

1. statement summarizing qualifications for the position
2. statement outlining vision for EAM
3. a current CV and a current photo

Nominations should be sent via email to any of the Election Committee members: Ed Christensen (echriste@monmouth.edu), Heidi Bertels (Heidi.Bertels@csi.cuny.edu) and Tejinder Billing (billing@rowan.edu).  Elections will be held, in accordance with EAM Standard Operations Procedures, in April, commencing the first week of April and continuing until the last Friday in April.  Those interested in nominating, including self-nominees, are welcome to contact Ed, Heidi or Tejinder or any other board member. 

Sincerely,

Tejinder

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Tejinder Billing, PhD

President, Eastern Academy of Management

Open EAM Board positions, 2023-2024

Vice President of Program-ElectThe officer elected to the position of vice president-elect/program chair-elect typically holds a position on the board for five years . The succession of the positions is as follows: vice president of program -elect (year 1) to vice president - program chair (year 2) to president-elect (year 3) to president (year 4) and, finally to past president (year 5).

For year 1, in addition to duties enacted only in the absence of the Program Chair, the Vice President of Program-Elect

• develops a call for papers (venue, dates, theme) for the next year’s conference and secures board approval 
• distributes the call for papers for the next year’s conference at the prior conference. 
• interacts with vendors at conference to cultivate relationship for subsequent year 
• oversees coordination of certificates/awards (track chairs, best papers, etc.) 

Qualifications: 

• Must be an EAM member in good standing for at least two years
• Have substantial experience with reviewing academic research manuscripts
• Have made scholarly contributions in the field of Management.
• Must have served in various EAM conference-related roles such as a reviewer, track chair, session chair, local arrangements chair or committee member, any other ad hoc conference-related committee chair or member.

Director-Secretary

The Secretary shall be responsible for keeping records of Board of Directors actions, taking minutes at all board meetings, sending meeting announcements, providing the board with meeting agenda and minutes, making the approved minutes from previous meetings available to all members, and assuring that all corporate records are maintained including a current copy of the bylaws and a current membership list.

In additional, elected Directors must:

• attend the annual board meetings in May and any other meetings held throughout the year as necessary
• provide input on all matters shared via email or teleconferencing and videoconferencing
• vote on all matters shared via email or teleconferencing and videoconferencing.

Director- Membership

Director in charge of membership would: maintain the Membership database; solicit new members; initiate and manage membership renewals and communicate with members and others on membership issues. 

In additional, elected Directors must:

• attend the annual board meetings in May and any other meetings held throughout the year as necessary
• provide input on all matters shared via email or teleconferencing and videoconferencing
• vote on all matters shared via email or teleconferencing and videoconferencing.