PERCoGS 2024 Officer
Election Nominations

PERCoGS is a graduate student society run by PER graduate students for PER graduate students. While any PER graduate student can get involved as a "Member-at-Large", we have four elected positions that are responsible for our core activities. These are:

• President
  Leads PERCoGS leadership team in carrying out core activities throughout the year, this includes:

  • Chairing team meetings one to two times a month.

  • Being responsible for PERCoGS assets, including the website, google drive, and mailing lists.

  • Lead PERCoGS' relationship with external groups, including applying for our yearly AAPT Summer Meeting slots and leading any grant applications.
    
    

• Vice-President
  Previously this position was the Secretary role.
  Supports the president in leading the PERCoGS team, including:

  • Organisation of meetings, which may include setting the schedule and taking minutes.

  • Sharing responsibility and management for PERCoGS assets.

  • Organises activities at the AAPT Summer Meeting.
    
    

• Publicist
  Leads the promotion and reporting of PERCoGS activities to PER graduate students, including:

  • Editing the PERCoGS newsletter.

  • Connecting with PER graduate students to promote their work.

  • Lead the reporting of PER graduate student activity at events such as AAPT.
    
    

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer
  Promote DEI throughout PERCoGS activities and ensure activities align with the needs of the PER graduate student community. Including:

  • Act as a friendly point of contact for PER graduate students to raise issues with PERCoGS.

  • Develop and lead new initiatives to support DEI within the PER graduate student community.

  • Monitoring and improving internal PERCoGS processes to ensure they benefit the community and the leadership team in a DEI-friendly way.
    
    

• Member-at-large
  A role of what you make it! This role could be used to:

  • Apprentice into another role, such as Publicist.

  • For former officers to continue to contribute their expertise for the team. 

  • It could also be taken up by individuals who have ideas for working on a specific project that would benefit PER grad students in our community.