{"id":990,"date":"2023-07-22T16:58:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T20:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tupa\/?p=990"},"modified":"2023-07-22T16:58:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T20:58:55","slug":"tupa-officer-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tupa\/2023\/07\/22\/tupa-officer-positions\/","title":{"rendered":"TUPA Officer Positions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here is a summary of the responsibilities of each TUPA Officer. All positions become open for nominations in February, with elections every March. No prior experience is required to serve as a TUPA Officer!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See TUPA’s bylaws<\/a> for more details.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

President & Vice President<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– <\/strong>Chair monthly TUPA meetings.
– <\/strong>Oversee officer elections and fill officer vacancies.
– <\/strong>With the Outreach & Advocacy Officer, maintain relationships with administrators, faculty members, and alumni who support TUPA.
– <\/strong>Work with Secretary and Communications Officer to respond to incoming e-mails and maintain a TUPA membership roll.
– <\/strong>Meet with subcommittees as needed to advance TUPA’s mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secretary<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– <\/strong>Create and distribute an agenda for monthly TUPA meetings.
– <\/strong>Schedule rooms (or manage Zoom link) for monthly TUPA meetings.
– <\/strong>Record minutes at each TUPA meeting.
– <\/strong>Organize and maintain TUPA documents in Google Drive.
– <\/strong>Work with Presidents and Communications Officers to respond to incoming e-mails and maintain a TUPA membership roll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Treasurer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– <\/strong>Develop an annual budget, with input from other officers.
– <\/strong>Keep track of all funds that TUPA receives and report the budget status at each TUPA meeting.
– <\/strong>Work with the Office of the Vice President of Research to disperse funds for approved -expenditures.
– <\/strong>Work with Events Coordinators to determine a budget for each event.
– <\/strong>Develop and delegate fundraising strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-Events Coordinators<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– <\/strong>Schedule and coordinate monthly social events, with the help of other officers and the TUPA committee, and report updates at each TUPA meeting.
– <\/strong>Maintain contact with other postdoc associations in Philadelphia to plan joint events.
– <\/strong>Work with the Communications Officer to advertise each event.
– <\/strong>Work with the Treasurer to determine a budget for each event.
– <\/strong>Help organize professional development events twice a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advocacy & Outreach Officer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– <\/strong>Coordinate efforts to gain more visibility for postdoc work and value across campus, with the Communications Officer.
– <\/strong>Coordinate outreach and advocacy efforts with other groups on and off campus.
– <\/strong>Help recruit and orient new TUPA members.
– <\/strong>Gather data to help identify issues postdocs are facing informally (by speaking with postdocs) or formally (using surveys).
– <\/strong>With the Presidents, maintain relationships with administrators, faculty members, and alumni who support TUPA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Communications Officer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– <\/strong>Maintain TUPA website, removing dated information and keeping all pages up to date.
– <\/strong>Administrate forums for communication among postdocs, including Slack and WhatsApp.
– <\/strong>Update TUPA social media accounts regularly.
– <\/strong>Work with Secretary and Presidents to respond to incoming e-mails and maintain a TUPA membership roll.
– <\/strong>Work with the Event Coordinators to advertise each event.
– <\/strong>Coordinate efforts to gain more visibility for postdoc work and value across campus, with the Advocacy & Outreach Officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Webmaster<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– <\/strong>Maintain the TUPA website, keeping images, posts, and calendars up to date.
– <\/strong>Update layout and links to maintain user-friendliness, professional image, and functionality.
– <\/strong>Improve website aesthetics and functionality for better accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is a summary of the responsibilities of each TUPA Officer. All positions become open for nominations in February, with elections every March. No prior experience is required to serve as a TUPA Officer! See TUPA’s bylaws for more details. President & Vice President – Chair monthly TUPA meetings.– Oversee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35685,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tupa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tupa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tupa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tupa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35685"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tupa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=990"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tupa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1473,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tupa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions\/1473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tupa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tupa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tupa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}