Revised 1/01, 5/05

The Student Representative shall be elected by majority vote of student members attending the Student Forum held during the annual State meeting.  The elected representative shall take office July 1, following the election.  If no student forum is held, the representative shall be appointed by the President.

DUTIES:
1. Work closely with the current Student Representative from the time of election until July 1, in order to become familiar with the responsibilities of the position.
2. Must attend at least two ASCLS-PA Board meetings throughout his/her term of office.
3. Write to education coordinators and District Presidents throughout the State as early as possible to obtain names of local student representatives.
4. Correspond with these local representatives, informing them of ASCLS-PA activities as well as Regional and National Student Forum activities.
5. Send copies of all correspondence to the Regional Student Representative, to the ASCLS-PA President, and to the Student Advisor.
6. Keep student members informed of activities at National, Regional and the State level by publishing articles in the Pennsylvania Newsletter or Student Forum Newsletter.
7. The outgoing Student Representative should attend the ASCLS annual meeting as a voting delegate at the end of his or her term of office.   Funding for the hotel, flight and registration is conditional upon approval of the ASCLS-PA Board of Directors and the satisfactory completion of his/her duties as Student Representative.
8. The incoming Student Representative should also attend the ASCLS annual meeting.  He/She will not be a voting delegate unless the outgoing representative is unable to attend.  Funding for one half of the flight, one half of the hotel and one half of the registration is conditional upon approval of the ASCLS-PA Board of Directors.
9. Shall submit a report of activities to the President, Student Advisor, Regional Student Representative, and Student Forum Chair at least one month prior to the Board of Directors Meetings.
10. Work with Career Recruitment Committee to encourage and develop medical technology clubs in the pre-clinical MT/CLS and MLT/CLT programs, and to provide information on resumes, interviews, etc.
11. Communicate frequently with education coordinators to encourage student membership.
12. Coordinate and organize student activities at State and Local levels.
13. Serve as consultant to Program Committee for the Spring meeting to organize student programs.
14. Actively organize two programs for student members, one in the Fall and one in the Spring.

PROCEDURE FOR APPOINTMENT OF STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES

1. Announce the position opening along with the nominations for elected officers.  Explain the responsibilities and opportunities of the representative students have to be aware that the position exists and what it entails before they will volunteer.
2. Contact College Advisors, Med. Tech. Clubs and Education Coordinators and solicit the names of students who they feel would be interested in serving as Student Representative.
3. The student selected should have the interest and motivation to be an active representative and able to devote the time necessary to organize student activities.
4. The Student Representative in the Chapter may be at the Sophomore through Senior level of study.  This allows them a year to become familiar with the Society and gain experience needed to serve well as State Representative, if they were interested in that position.
5. The Student Representative and the Chapter and State levels should be chosen at the same time as the officers.  This allows the incoming Representative to work with the current one to prepare for the coming year.  In this way, programs can be organized for the full year, not just in the spring.