Committees

(Links to individual committee sites can be found at the bottom of this page.)

 

Overview.

SoPS action committees meet to discuss matters of concern to postdocs. Each committee is constituted of several members (all voluntary like SoPS itself) who have offered to contribute to a particular aspect of postdoc life. Committees operate as independent executive bodies, with the head being an elected member of SoPS and given the designation of vice-president (See the Society Constitution for more details). The VPs are responsible for managing the progress, the budget, and making sure that the activites of the committee comply with the constitution.

  • Committee Meetings. Meetings are announced and facilitated by the chair of each committee and are typically once a month and 1 hour long. The objective is to identify new issues, discuss strategies and report progress on previous issues. A tangible outcome of each meeting is a public report in the form of “Minutes” which are listed on the individual committee’s webpage. (See for example the minutes of career development committee meetings.)
  • Web and Electronic Privileges. Committee members are encouraged to register for a login-id at the SoPS website. SoPS officers communicate via an internal mailing list and web-forum which will be accessible to new committee members. We have composed a Guide for Committee Members to facilitate our regular activities.
  • Want to contribute?
    1. How much time?
      SoPS appreciates any contribution. As the member of a committee, we request that you attempt to make it to all the monthly meetings of your committee, which uses about an hour each month. Any further time spent is completely upto you. It can be intermittent or continuous, and it helps if you communicate this to the committee in advance.
    2. What's in it for you?
      If you volunteer to join a committee, its probably because you feel strongly about that aspect of postdoc life. Working in a committee offers opportunity to identify and debate issues that bother you with other interested members and university officials. The experience gained is something you are welcome to put on your resume and is known to have helped previous and current members at job interviews. SoPS is a good venue to get to know your postdoctoral peers at UCLA, whom you would probably not meet otherwise.


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