Position Description

The Program Chair's responsibilities include:

• Attending fall and spring board meetings

• Establishing milestones for conference program development

• Managing the conference submissions process (establishing guidelines, conveying milestones, and reviewing submissions)

• Managing the submission review process (recruiting volunteers, assigning submissions, monitoring review submission with respect to deadline) as well as managing the moderator process

• Making program recommendations and developing program schedule

• Managing the Best Paper awards and Proceedings of the Conference

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Qualifications

• Member in good standing with the CBFA

• Possesses excellent organizational skills

• Possesses excellent spreadsheet and word processing skills

• Has strong communication and relational skills

• Able to work closely with the CBFA Board and its associated committees

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Selection Process

• Selected by the CBFA Executive Committee and approved by the Board

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Terms of Service

• Three-year term

• Term begins in October

• At the discretion of the CBFA Board, the CBFA Secretary may serve additional consecutive three-year terms