[ecrea] Call for proposals for new ECREA Temporary Working Groups (TWGs)

*Call for proposals for new ECREA *

*Temporary Working Groups (TWGs)*

15 November 2011

The ECREA Bureau invites ECREA members to submit a proposal for new 
Temporary Working Groups.

The ECREA TWGs are arenas for specialised knowledge in specific fields 
of media and communication research, which are organised thematically. 
TWGs have the same remit as ECREA sections, but TWGs will only be 
established for a term of 4 years. After the end of the term and upon 
request of the Chair of the TWG, they can be renewed by the Executive 
Board only once for 4 more years, or they can be granted the status of a 
Section. This also implies that new Sections will no longer be 
established directly.

*What needs to be included in the proposal?*

A proposal needs to have the following elements:

1/ an accompanying letter (2 pages), which legitimises the proposed TWG. 
The following issues need to be addressed in this accompanying letter:

a/ the significance of the subfield covered by the proposed TWG for the 
field of communication and media studies;

b/ the indicators of the importance of the subfield (the existence of 
journals, courses, degrees, learned societies, …);

c/ the expertise of the proposed chair and two vice-chairs within the 
subfield covered by the proposed TWG.

2/ the name of the proposed chair;

3/ the names and agreement of 2 proposed vice-chairs;

4/ the objectives document, describing the formal objectives of the 
proposed TWG (examples can be found at the ECREA website - 
http://www.ecrea.eu --> in the “thematic sections”, “TWGs” and 
“networks” area);

5/ the modus operandi document, stipulating its internal rules (see also 
http://www.ecrea.eu for examples).

Incomplete proposals will be rejected automatically.

*What are the requirements to be taken into account?*

The full list of requirements is available on the ECREA website, in the 
Bylaws (see http://www.ecrea.eu/about/statutes#ECREABylaws). This is the 
summary of requirements:

- a TWG needs to have one chair and two vice-chairs;

- the chair and at least one of the two vice chairs need to have a PhD;

- all need to be (or willing to become) ECREA members;

- regional and gender balance needs to be respected;

- they need to agree to organize as TWG, one panel at the ECC (from 2014 
onwards) and another event in the years when there is no ECC;

- they need to agree to send in a yearly activity report to the ECREA 
section, TWG and network coordinator;

- they must agree to collaborate with other S/TWG/N and the Executive Board;

- they need to accept that TWGs are always an inseparable part of ECREA.

*What TWGs and Sections already exist?*

The overview of the Sections and TWGs can be found on the ECREA website:

http://www.ecrea.eu/divisions/section &

http://www.ecrea.eu/divisions/twg

A significant overlap with existing Sections and TWGs needs to be avoided.

*What are the rules TWGs must abide by?*

An overview of ECREA’s rules on TWGs can be found in the ECREA Bylaws 
(especially Title IV), accessible online at: 
http://www.ecrea.eu/about/statutes#ECREABylaws.

What is the deadline for submissions?

Proposals for new TWGs need to be sent to the ECREA section, TWG and 
network coordinator (by email) before 15 March, 2012.

What is the procedure for approval?

The proposals will be evaluated by the ECREA Bureau and Board, after 
consultation with the existing ECREA Sections, TWGs and Networks. The 
approval procedure is expected to last 6 months.

To whom should the proposal be sent?

Proposals for new TWGs can be sent by e-mail (attachment in .rtf, .doc 
or .pdf format) to the ECREA section, TWG and network coordinator, Nico 
Carpentier, at (Nico.Carpentier /at/ vub.ac.be).

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