It\u2019s election time again and we have three positions open for the 2026-2027 cycle: Vice-Chair, Secretary-Treasurer,<\/i><\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Student Liaison<\/i><\/b>.\u00a0 The descriptions of these positions are below. If you are interested in being considered for any of these positions, please email the section chair, Cat Searle (searlec@purdue.edu)<\/strong> by\u00a0May 20, 2026<\/strong>. Your email should include your full name, a <300 word description of your qualifications, and any other information that will be useful to voters.\u00a0 This information will appear on the ballot.\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n DUTIES OF THE VICE-CHAIRPERSON.<\/i><\/b>\u00a0The Vice-Chairperson shall serve as program officer and shall arrange the scientific program for the annual Section meetings. The Vice-Chairperson shall assume the duties of the Chairperson whenever that person is unable to act. The Vice-Chairperson shall serve for a term of one year after which time the Vice-Chairperson will assume the office of Chairperson and serve in that capacity for one additional year. Following the term as Chairperson, there will be a one-year term as Past-Chairperson.<\/p>\n DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY-TREASURER.<\/i><\/b>\u00a0The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep the records of the Section, including current membership and mailing lists. The Secretary-Treasurer shall attend the annual Section business meeting and report on the activities of the Section in the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. The Secretary-Treasurer is responsible for corresponding with the Society Business Manager concerning expenditures made in connection with official Section Business. The Secretary-Treasurer may authorize expenditures subject to permission or approval by the Chairperson. The Secretary-Treasurer term of service is two years.<\/p>\n DUTIES OF THE STUDENT LIAISON.\u00a0<\/i><\/b>\u00a0The Student Liaison shall serve a one year term and will be responsible for ensuring that the section is keeping in mind the issues and concerns of graduate students.<\/p>\n \n<\/p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Call for Officer Nominations for the 2026-2027 Annual Cycle! It\u2019s election time again and we have three positions open for the 2026-2027 cycle: Vice-Chair, Secretary-Treasurer,\u00a0and\u00a0Student Liaison.\u00a0 The descriptions of these positions are below. If you are interested in being considered for any of these positions, please email the section chair, Cat Searle (searlec@purdue.edu) by\u00a0May 20, 2026. Your email should include…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4495,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4495"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":731,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}