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Home  › About APSA  › Governance  › Nominations APSA Seeks Recommendations for Council and Committee Members Recommendations for Council Seats The APSA Nominating Committee welcomed suggestions for candidates for the 2009-10 Council. This year, eight Council seats, three vice-presidencies, and the offices of president-elect, treasurer, and secretary were open. Council members and the treasurer serve staggered two-year terms. The president-elect, vice presidents, and secretary all serve one-year terms.   Recommendation forms for Executive Council and Officer positions were provided in the October issue of PS: Political Science and Politics  The deadline for recommendations has passed. Thank you for your recommendations.   Recommendations for APSA Standing and Award Committee Members APSA depends on the work of several constitutional, Council-authorized, and special purpose committees for effective leadership and guidance. Each year, seats on those committees become available for the next term.  Seats also become available on the various award committees that help identify the next year's award recipients. APSA President-Elect Henry Brady saught recommendations from APSA members for standing and award committees for terms beginning in September 2009. The following committees were accepting recommendations: Committee on the Annual Meeting     Annual Meeting Program Committee          Committee on Asian Pacific Americans in Political Science Centennial Center Advisory Board Civic Education and Engagement Committee Congressional Fellowship Program Advisory Committee Committee on Departmental Services Development Committee (formerly Endowed Programs Committee) Committee on International Political Science Committee on Organized Sections Committee on Professional Ethics, Rights and Freedoms Committee on Publications Research Support Advisory Board   Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession Committee on the Status of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and the Transgendered (LGBT) in the Profession   Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession Committee on Teaching and Learning Teaching Conference Program Committee The following award committees are currently accepting recommendations: Book Award Committees Ralph J. Bunche Award Gladys M. Kammerer Award Victoria Schuck Award Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award Career Award Committees John Gaus Award Hubert H. Humphrey Award Carey McWilliams Award Ithiel de Sola Pool Award Dissertation Award Committees Gabriel A. Almond Award William Anderson Award Edward S. Corwin Award Harold D. Lasswell Award Helen Dwight Reid Award E.E. Schattschneider Award Leo Strauss Award Leonard D. White Award Paper and Article Award Committees Heinz I. Eulau Award Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha Award Rowman and Littlefield Award Committee This award has been discontinued.   Questions?  Want to Get Involved? If you have any questions related to APSA governance or want to know how to get involved with APSA's committees, please contact Hayle Ziobro at hziobro@apsanet.org.