The nomination period for the LISSA candidates is now officially open!
Check out the Elections page (at http://gslis.simmons.edu/wikis/lissa/LISSA_Elections) and nominate yourself (or someone else) to one of the open positions.
Here’s a descriptions of each of the LISSA officers duties:
The VEEP (lissavp@simmons.edu) – puts in about 3 hours a week (on average) and is in charge of 2 biiiig things: the End of Semester party and the Evaluations – which eat up more time at the end of the semester – when the blank evaluations need to be distributed and the completed ones need to be filed.
El Presidente (lissapres@simmons.edu)- usually puts in about 3-4 hours per week on LISSA stuff – I usually do more, but just because I like going to faculty meetings, even if I don’t have to; yes, I’m weird that way 
. There’s an weekly email to be sent, a monthly meeting with the Alumni Board and another with all teh student groups, one Advising Day per semester, and various other activities – which can easily be dealt with via email. A period of some increased activity is the end of the semester, when all the evaluations are collected/filed.
The MoneyMaker (lissatreasurer@simmons.edu) – or, better said, the MoneyGuardian - deals almost exclusively via email, but the commitment is very much geared towards keeping the professional development on track, and the budgets of the other student groups (and LISSA) in check. I’m estimating about 4 hours a week, on average.
The Keepers -works on average about 2 hours a week. We have 2 of them (the keeper of the records, and the keeper of the Lounge) – the tasks are not strictly delimited, so usually there is a certain amount of job sharing: ordering supplies for the Lounge and keeping it neat, evicting the orphaned mugs/dishes and looking after LISSA’s records and meeting minutes. We have one position of LISSA Secretary open.
The Megaphones - the 2 Faculty-Students Reps – they voice the students opinion to the faculty, and viceversa. The commitment varies, but on average is about 2 hours a week.
On top of these, there are the LISSA officers’ meetings – we’ve had it in the past twice per semester.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact any of the LISSA officers.
Adrian