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Open Positions: 

President: (filled)

  • Provide leadership and serve as an ambassador on behalf of the club.
  • Preside over club meetings and e-board meetings.
  • Facilitate discussion, participation and encourage feedback at club meetings and events.
  • Serve as a liaison to on/off campus organizations, campus student government and corporate affiliates.
  • Work with board & committee members create events relevant to membership.
  • Act as ex-officio member of the corporate/career advisory board.
  • Confirm meeting rooms and times for events for the duration of the semester (including helpdesk request for virtual attendees).
  • Register club each year as an RSO.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact on behalf of the club and delegate as necessary.
  • Appoint committee chairs as needed.

Vice President: (filled)

  • Watch over the committee system and assist committee chairs.
  • Assist the president when needed.
  • Preside over weekly club meetings in the absence of the president.
  • Attend all meetings of the project committee as a counselor and ex-officio member.
  • Attend iSchool student government meetings.
  • Coordinate and represent club at relevant events.
  • Serve as chair of the outreach committee and volunteer manager.
  • Attend the club’s board of directors meetings.
  • Talk to prospective members of the Data Science Club, and help them decide whether or not to join.
  • Conduct an educational program for new members.
  • Work with the new vice-president and help him/her prepare to take over your job next year.
  • Maintain a club calendar (may overlap with secretary).
  • Nominate members for relevant iSchool and campus awards.
  • Maintain a list of affiliates of departments and clubs on campus that we should interact with on a regular basis.

Secretary:(Vacant)

  • Record attendance at meetings and report monthly attendance figures.
  • Make sure that attendees are signed up on the email list and that a sign in sheet is taken at every meeting/event.
  • Submit meeting announcement to all iSchool calendars and iSchool mailing lists (this may overlap with communications chair) by the appropriate deadline and well in advance. 7-14 days.
  • Maintain minutes of club, board, and committee meetings.
  • Work with incoming secretary to ensure smooth transition.
  • Report meeting minutes via web presence.
  • Maintain template for cut and paste for post meeting announcements.
  • Send thank you notes to presenters, panelists sponsors and volunteers.
  • Maintain a list of supporters to be thanked and posted on the club website for each semester.
  • Maintain RSO paperwork and ensure annual registration.
  • Make sure deadlines for events, CFPs, are on club calendar.
  • Post volunteer opportunities to interact with prospective iSchool students interested in Data Science.

Treasurer: Position on hold

Communication/Marketing Chair: (Vacant)

  • Gather material for and help edit a club newsletter. See that a bi-weekly club newsletter is produced.
  • Maintain a contact list of key stake holders and interested parties that the newsletter goes out to including but not limited to:
    • All iSchool , Campus and related department outlets, off campus media when necessary.
  • Design graphic materials or appoint a volunteer to create collateral.
  • Seed content and discussions on social media accounts.
  • Create a social media policy.

Archivist/Historian (LEEP student preferred)(Vacant)

  • Archive relevant materials as needed with iSchool
  • Create a digital repository
  • Maintain a timeline of events/history for the club

Technologist(Webmaster) (LEEP student preferred)(Vacant)

  • Maintain the club website, update widgets and software as needed.
  • Maintain an active list of social media web accounts and security access.
  • Assist with set up of electronic accounts, digital repository, wiki.

Wiki manager (LEEP student preferred)(Vacant)

  • Serve as primary content manager of wiki
  • Curating content and organizing wiki pages
  • Create appropriate metadata and hashtags for wiki.

Elections/Nominations Chair:(Vacant)

  • Manage the elections and nominations process.
  • Work with president to coordinate transition training.
  • Ensure election and voting materials are updated annually.
  • Maintain position description and ensure they are up to date.

Project Manager:(Vacant)

  • Prepare and coordinate submissions, deadlines and materials for

Case Studies, Poster Sessions, Competitions, Conferences.

  • Create projects for club members to be involved in.
  • Coordinate Resume Book & Submission with Career Advisor.
  • Seek opportunities for external projects and special events for club to be involved in. (Research Park after dark, iSchool Welcome week, Yard day)

Skills Workshop Coordinator(Vacant)

  • Coordinate member to member skill sharing workshops
  • Seek out opportunities for professional development

Data Science Reading Group leader(Vacant)

  • Spearhead the reading group
  • Maintain a reading list via a service like zotero,etc
  • Coordinate meeting and selection of materials for the reading group

All board members:

  • Will conduct themselves professionally and according to all federal, state and municipal laws.
  • Abide by the statement of diversity and inclusion
  • Actively seek opportunities for club members to be involved in (research & professional).
  • are responsible for archiving and uploading materials to designated cloud storage account.
  • Contribute to the newsletter and social media groups as needed.
  • Communicate with other board and committee members on a regular basis.
  • Create committees and recruit volunteers as needed.