Open council positions

The AIAA San Francisco Section has several vacancies on its council. Here are the responsibilities of each of those positions.

Programs Director

• Plan and execute of a regular schedule of Section meetings, specialist meetings, and field trips.
• Select speaker or speakers and arrange the meeting place.
• Encourage attendance at Section and specialist meetings, and welcome attendees.
• Arrange joint meetings with other professional societies when it is mutually beneficial.

Membership Director

• Maintain all available information and forms pertaining to qualifications and enrollment of new members and elevation to higher member grades in the Institute.
• Keep an up-to-date roster, maintained in an accurate manner, and make necessary reports to the Council on this activity.
• Encourage attendance at Section and specialist meetings, and assist in welcoming attendees.
• Provide special hospitality to new members, service to corporate members, and attempt to prevent delinquent members from dropping out.
• Be responsible for membership development and for encouraging membership upgrading.

Honors and Awards Director

• Recommend to the Council for special recognition, including the Engineer of the Year awards and Certificates of Appreciation, any members who have performed outstanding work for the Section.
• Submit to the Council the names of Section members who would be outstanding candidates for the annual Institute awards.
• Upon approval by the Council, aid in the preparation of the candidate's nomination forms and ensure that the nomination is submitted to the Institute in a timely manner.
• Upon request by the Institute or when circumstances warrant it, recommend to the Council any Section members who merit nomination for any Institute office.

Public Policy Director

• Promote the objectives of the Section and the Institute within the general area of public policy and public affairs.
• Monitor national developments in this area and organize timely and appropriate Section responses to them.
• Inform the public of contributions made by engineers and scientists in Institute-related disciplines to the solution of current societal problems.
• Encourage the use of expertise within the Section membership in the solution of local and regional problems.
• Where appropriate, conduct these activities in concert with other professional societies.
• No statements within the Section shall be construed as encouraging or authorizing lobbying or any other activity not in consonance with the objectives or the Institute.