Handbook
Appendix X: Calendar
- Between July 1 and Aug. 1 — ANNUAL MEETING
- By Aug. 1 — Members-at-large submit reports to Chair on activities table & joint reception
- By Aug. 1 — TS-SIS Chair appoints Membership Committee Chair
- By Aug. 1 — Serials Committee Chair appoints Exchange of Duplicates Program coordinator
- By Aug. 1 — Joint Reception Committee Chair sends thank-you letter to Innovative Interfaces
- By Aug. 1 — Joint Reception Committee Chair sends event report to chairs of other participating sections
- By Nov. 1 — Standing committee chairs appoint annual meeting roundtable facilitators
- By Dec. 31 — Education Committee Chair submits written annual report to TS-SIS Chair
- By Dec. 31 — Joint Reception Committee Chair asks Innovative Interfaces to sponsor reception
- By Jan. 1 — Executive Board appoints Awards Committee
- By Jan. 1 — Vice Chair/Chair-elect appoints Education Committee members, as its chair (calendar year term)
- By Jan. 15 — Nominating Committee Chair obtains written acceptances from all candidates
- By Jan. 15 — Nominating Committee Chair submits slate of candidates, together with written acceptances, to Chair
- By Feb. 1 — Nominations for Renee Chapman Award must be submitted
- By Feb. 1 — Membership Committee Chair sends volunteer request form to webmaster and announces its posting to the membership on the electronic discussion forum (ts-sis@aallnet.org)
- By Feb. 1 — Chair announces Nominating Committee's slate of candidates to membership
- By Feb. 1 — Vice Chair/Chair-elect sends final membership survey to webmaster for posting
- By Mar. 1 — Joint Reception Committee Chair asks the chairs of other participating sections to appoint members to serve on the committee
- By Mar. 1 — Vice Chair/Chair-elect compiles and distributes results of membership survey
- By Mar. 15 — Nominations by petition, along with written acceptances, filed with
Secretary/Treasurer
- By Mar. 15 — Nominating Committee Chair forwards candidate biographies to Secretary/Treasurer
- By Apr. 1 — Secretary/Treasurer notifies members that voting is open, and explains how and where to vote in the election
- By Apr. 1 — Awards Committee completes voting for Renee Chapman Award. Public announcement of the award may be made 30 days later.
- By May 1 — Election ballots must be returned to Secretary/Treasurer
- By May 8 — Chair announces election results to membership
- By May 15 — Nominating Committee Chair sends thank-you letters to all candidates
- May/June - Deadline set by the Chair each year. — Written annual reports to Chair due from: Award, Membership, Nominating, and all four Standing Committees
- By July 1 — Executive Board appoints Nominating Committee for the coming year (term runs from one annual meeting to the next)
- Before annual meeting — Vice Chair/Chair-elect appoints standing committee chairs (Acquisitions and Preservation in even-numbered years; Serials and Cataloging & Classification in odd-numbered years)
- Before annual meeting — Vice Chair/Chair-elect appoints a representative to the TSLL Board for the coming year (term runs from one annual meeting to the next)
- Before annual meeting — Vice Chair/Chair-elect appoints a representative to the Joint Research Grant Committee for the coming year (term runs from one annual meeting to the next)
