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THE 2025 CALL FOR BOARD NOMINATIONS IS OPEN
ISONG is currently looking to its membership to fill posts on the Board of Directors. This is an excellent opportunity to serve your professional organization in a significant way. If you are not self-nominating, perhaps you can recommend a colleague who is qualified to take a leadership position in ISONG.
REQUIREMENTS
All candidates must be current, dues-paying “Full” members of ISONG, except for the Student Member Representative, who must be a current, dues-paying “Full-time Student” member.
Secretary: Demonstrates active involvement in various ISONG committees, activities, and projects. Candidates must be able to effectively oversee, keep, maintain, and ensure the distribution and summaries of the Board minutes. The Secretary must provide notices as required by the ISONG Bylaws. Candidates must attest all documents, the execution of which has been duly authorized by the members according to the ISONG bylaws. This position is a two-year term.
Member-at-Large: Demonstrates active involvement in various ISONG committees, activities, and projects. Candidates should be able to articulate their willingness and ability to serve as the link between the general ISONG membership, the Board of Directors, and various ISONG committees. Candidates in this position should expect to work on member-wide projects, such as the annual needs assessment, serve as the board liaison to the Membership Committee, provide written articles initiating membership discussion and opinions for the newsletter and e-updates, and maintain a Members-Only section on the website among other assigned duties by the Board. This position is a two-year term.
Student Member Representative: Candidates should be able to articulate their willingness and ability to serve as a link between the general ISONG membership, the Board of Directors, and various ISONG committees with a focus on the student perspective. They should expect to work on member-wide projects including promoting student membership and engaging with ISONG through the membership committee, contributing to the e-update, and other activities as assigned by the Board of Directors. The Student Member Representative is expected to attend all Board meetings (monthly conference call and on-site at the Annual Congress). This position is a one-year term.
EXPECTATIONS
Board members are expected to be active participants on monthly conference calls, attend one in-person Board meeting and ISONG Business Meeting held at the Annual Congress, and serve as a board liaison to one or more ISONG committees. Please understand that, although the ISONG Board consists of voluntary members, it is a ‘working’ board and dedicated time and active project participation are required.
CANDIDATE DETERMINATION
The committee will evaluate nominees based on their involvement in and service to ISONG; leadership roles within ISONG; background information in relation to their interest/involvement in genetic/genomic education, research and practice; and the reasons they are interested in serving on the ISONG Board.
Please refer to the ISONG Bylaws at www.isong.org for complete Board position descriptions. If you have any questions, please contact Hudson Santos, Nominating Committee Chair, at santos@miami.edu.
Complete the nomination form that is available here.* Please contact info@isong.org with any questions about the form. The Call for Nominations deadline is Friday, July 25, 2025.
* The nomination form cannot be edited, so be sure to have the following ready for your statement (max. 300 words):
1. Your involvement in, and service to, ISONG, including any leadership roles
2. Background information you want the membership to know about you in relation to your interest/involvement in genetics education, research, or practice
3. Reasons why you are interested in serving on the ISONG Board.
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