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Dear AIB / WAIB members,
Please consider the following invitation to nominate yourself as a
candidate for election to an officer position within WAIB (Women in the
Academy of International Business), a special interest group of AIB.
As a member in good standing in WAIB, you may nominate yourself or a
fellow WAIB member for election.
Members of WAIB are subject to the Constitution and Bylaws of AIB, and
there is no separate levy of membership dues for membership in WAIB.
All members of AIB may opt to join WAIB.
WAIB stands for Women in the Academy of International Business, and the
goals of the group are to:
1. Encourage networking among women faculty, administrators and PhD
students in international business studies and other related
disciplines by:
a. Holding a WAIB networking event and an annual business
meeting at the AIB annual meeting;
b. Hosting an electronic list-serve for exchange of information
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c. Maintaining an electronic webpage, accessible through the webpage of
the parent organization AIB, for informational purposes and archiving
of administrative materials. See
http://aib.msu.edu/community/womeninaib.asp
2. Encourage one-on-one mentoring, linking female junior faculty and
doctoral students with senior women faculty and administrators, as a
way to increase the number of women who specialize in international
business studies education, research and administration, and other
related disciplines.
3. Encourage research on gender-related issues in international
business and other related disciplines.
The current officer team includes Lorraine Eden as Founder of WAIB,
myself as President, Susan Trussler as Vice-President, Hildy Teegen as
Secretary-Treasurer, and Susan Forquer Gupter as Member-at-Large.
Each of these offices is available for election, IN ADDITION TO a new
officer position as Doctoral Student Member-at-Large.
Terms of office shall be for TWO years coinciding with the annual
conference of AIB.
A final draft of the WAIB Constitution and By-Laws will be emailed to
you separately in a few days for your information. Please review this
document for details about the organization of WAIB and a description
of responsibilities for each Officer position.
[NOTE: This document will be presented to the WAIB membership for a
formal vote of approval at the annual business meeting of WAIB in
Quebec City on Monday July 11 from 7.00am-8.30am (location of the
meeting to be announced).]
In order to nominate yourself for an officer position, please send a
brief email expression of interest directly to Lorraine Eden who will
be implementing the election at:
Lorraine Eden,
Founder, WAIB
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If you wish to nominate a fellow WAIB member, please contact that
person and include in your email an explicit acceptance of nomination
by your nominee.
An email election for WAIB officers will be conducted before the annual
business meeting of AIB2005 in Quebec City. Results of the election
will be forwarded to the Executive Board of AIB and will be officially
announced at the annual business meeting of WAIB (Monday July 11 from
7.00am-8.30am).
As President of WAIB, I encourage you to become an active member of
WAIB, to use the WAIB list-serv for announcements relating to your
special interests, and to attend our business meeting in Quebec where
you will be able to meet fellow members with similar interests to your
own!
Lyn S. Amine, PhD
President,
WAIB
Saint Louis University
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