AATG Officers – Dr. Albrecht Classen

OFFICERS:

President:

Albrecht Classen, University of Arizona

Here is a list of tasks the President is responsible for:

President of the AZ AATG Chapter

Tasks:

•   Represent the chapter locally, statewide, nationally
•   Participate in the chapter presidents’ assembly at the ACTFL/AATG conference
•   Communicate with all members and future members of our chapter
•   Maintain a webpage
•   Maintain the distribution list
•   Serve as liaison between the chapter and the national headquarter, forwarding their announcements, responding to inquiries, sharing information
•   Supervise the structure of the chapter, assisting in the daily tasks (minutes, treasury, etc.)
•   Collaborate with the officers
•   Coordinate closely with the treasurer (be co-signatory for the bank account)
•   Organize two meetings per year, putting together the program, inviting speakers
•   Report about our meetings to national headquarter
•   Advertisement for the meetings, keeping a list of attendees, coordinating with the local host group the planning and organization of the meeting
•   Outreach to new members, help members in need, e.g., when there is a threat to their program
•   Forwarding calls for nominations for teaching awards
•   Forwarding requests for applications to fill a teacher’s position
•   Solicit funding for our meetings
•   Apply for chapter grants once a year
•   Report back to the headquarter how we spent the grant (again, close coordination with the treasurer)
•   Outreach to neighboring chapters
•   Maintaining contact with the German consulate in S.F, with the honorary consul in Phoenix
•   Outreach to principals and university administrators
•   Outreach to schools, to students
•   Coordinate efforts by the Goethe-Institute to bring in bands, artists, poets, and other speakers to the US (e.g., Wanderbus, Masden Band)

Vice-President:

Alisa Kaiser kaiser@istucson.org

Past Presidents:

McKay Jones

Melanie Mello

Albrecht Classen

Secretary:

Stephanie Duisberg

Treasurer:

Petra Schmidt

Testing Chair:

Alisa Kaiser