{"id":9,"date":"2020-04-13T15:10:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T15:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/graduate\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2020-04-13T15:30:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T15:30:44","slug":"mission-statement-and-bylaws","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/graduate\/mission-statement-and-bylaws\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Statement and Bylaws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The APSA Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession\u2019s mission is to promote, support, and advocate on behalf of graduate students within Political Science. The committee achieves this mission by keeping informed of graduate student concerns and developing dynamic approaches to address them.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bylaws:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b>Membership:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Graduate Student Status Committee has six members, each serving for two-year terms (in staggered rotation).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two co-chairs (one from each group of the committee\u2019s staggered membership) lead and facilitate the committee\u2019s projects and any initiatives that may be recommended by the committee. Co-chairs are expected to:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organize committee meetings: face-to-face and conference calls;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consult with the committee and APSA staff to prepare and finalize the agenda and to advance committee projects;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Followthrough on action items that result from meetings and provide updates to the committee as needed;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work with APSA staff to ensure that the committee plans and organizes its APSA Annual Meeting events: a business meeting, a panel\/roundtable\/short course on a topic relevant to graduate students, and a reception;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask for volunteers or assign committee members to direct or manage each of the committee\u2019s ongoing projects and Annual Meeting events.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All members of the committee are expected to:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communicate respectfully with fellow committee members.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be active participants in the discussion surrounding projects and initiatives proposed by the committee.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maintain communication with co-chars, other committee members, and APSA staff.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Followthrough on action items either volunteered for or assigned by the committee or its co-chairs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Organization:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The committee will hold at least two business meetings per year: A face-to-face fall meeting at the APSA annual meeting and a spring meeting via conference call.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the APSA Annual Meeting, the committee will organize the following events: fall committee business meeting and committee panel\/roundtable. The co-chairs may designate a committee point-person to organize Annual Meeting events, but the organization of these activities is the responsibility of the committee as a whole:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Committee Business Meetings:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The co-chairs lead the meeting. Items on the agenda are discussed and, if necessary, decisions are made by a vote of the majority of members present. Generally, action items and projects are divided up among the committee members who serve as the point person or lead. The co-chairs should request updates and reports from members working on committee projects.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Committee Panel\/Roundtable<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In February\/ March the committee should discuss and decide on the panel topic and list of panelists. Next, the committee invites panelists. APSA staff assists in providing contact information, if necessary. The committee may also consider other annual formats, such as short courses All information regarding the panel and panelists must be communicated to APSA staff by March 1 or other specified date.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The APSA Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession\u2019s mission is to promote, support, and advocate on behalf of graduate students within Political Science. The committee achieves this mission by keeping informed of graduate student concerns and developing dynamic approaches to address them. Bylaws: Membership: The Graduate Student Status Committee has six &#8230; <a title=\"Mission Statement and Bylaws\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/graduate\/mission-statement-and-bylaws\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Mission Statement and Bylaws\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25307,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/graduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/graduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/graduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/graduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/graduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/graduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/graduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}