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Board Nominees Sought
| Date: | January 1999 |
| Section: | Association News |
The Computing Research Association is seeking nominations for its Board of Directors. The deadline for receipt of nominations is March 1, 1999.
Each spring CRA's member organizations elect about one-third of the association's board members to three-year terms. Candidates are not required to be affiliated with CRA member organizations. It is important that the CRA Board represent the interests of the entire computing research community, and it is CRA's policy to solicit a broad range of candidates.
The CRA board is a working board, and all members are expected to actively participate. Although CRA has a small professional staff, board members have detailed involvement in all major projects. Recent and current projects include:
- planning the biennial CRA Conference at Snowbird.
- conducting the annual CRA Taulbee Survey.
- conducting other surveys (e.g., industrial lab salaries; departmental budgets, space, personnel).
- developing workshops on critical policy issues for computing research.
- at the invitation of the White House, defining and overseeing an executive branch technology policy internship program for CS faculty members.
- planning academic careers and effective teaching workshops.
- increasing the participation of women in computing research, with the help of National Science Foundation grants.
In addition to actively participating in board projects, board members are asked to attend at least two board meetings per year and pay their travel costs to the meetings.
Service on this board is important. Research in computer science and computer engineering is facing major challenges as the political environment for government support changes. In the United States, Canada, and many other countries, computing has been identified as a technology of critical social importance. This increased political attention places new demands on our field and offers new opportunities.
Please contact the person you are nominating before submitting his or her name to ensure that the nominee is willing to stand for election to the board. They will be required to write a brief (100-word) statement supporting their nominations. Nominees will receive information about CRA and its activities (also available on the web at http://www.cra.org).
To receive a nomination form, send an e-mail request to Jean Smith at elections@cra.org. Nominations must reach CRA by March 1, 1999.
