USAPECS (http://usapecs.wixsite.com/usapecs) would like to announce a call for applications for its executive board for 2019. Members of the USAPECS Board are expected to work together to develop and execute activities that they think will be of interest and beneficial to Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) members living in the US. The activities can include anything you're passionate about, from organizing social events or panel discussions at meetings to running a Reddit AMA session or organizing a webinar. This past year we produced a blog series focusing on science communication, and we would love for members to organize something similar this next year! We'd also love volunteers to continue our Polar Film Festival in September (http://usapecs.wixsite.com/usapecs/copy-of-polar-film-festival-2018) and organize a panel and social at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in Washington DC in December, as we did this year--which focused on diversity and inclusion in the polar sciences (http://usapecs.wixsite.com/usapecs/agu-2018-early-career-panel)!
It's a great opportunity to become more involved in the broader polar science community within the US. The activity (or activities) you help with are totally up to you! The time commitment varies depending on your level of involvement, but is typically an hour or so per month unless you are particularly involved in an activity (like coordinating writers for a scicomm blog series or leading the polar film festival organization).
If you're interested in serving on the USAPECS Board in 2019, please send an email to USAPECS@gmail.com with your name, title of your current position (undergrad, Masters student, PhD student, postdoc, faculty, etc), where you are employed, and a few short sentences on activities you would like to help organize this year. Applications are due January 31st. We'll have an online meeting to welcome new members the following week.
It's a great opportunity to become more involved in the broader polar science community within the US. The activity (or activities) you help with are totally up to you! The time commitment varies depending on your level of involvement, but is typically an hour or so per month unless you are particularly involved in an activity (like coordinating writers for a scicomm blog series or leading the polar film festival organization).
If you're interested in serving on the USAPECS Board in 2019, please send an email to USAPECS@gmail.com with your name, title of your current position (undergrad, Masters student, PhD student, postdoc, faculty, etc), where you are employed, and a few short sentences on activities you would like to help organize this year. Applications are due January 31st. We'll have an online meeting to welcome new members the following week.
We hope to see your applications!
Mariama Dryak & Angela Bliss
USAPECS Chairs
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