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+title: 'ACH Nominations 2026'
+date: '2026-01-12'
+author: 'Pam Lach'
+layout: 'templates/news.11ty.js'
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+ACH seeks nominations for the following positions:
+* Co-Vice Presidents/Co-Presidents Elect (2026-2030)
+* Three new Executive Council Members to serve a 4-year term (2026-2030)
+* One new Executive Council Member to serve a partial term (summer 2026-2028)
+
+Nominations are due Friday, February 13, 2026 at 5pm Pacific Standard Time (PST) via our [brief nomination form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdtyHPPO_F7EGNViaKF5GxAHMd9YjjriKI7BL1ub3LpqP52bw/viewform). We encourage you to not only consider nominating yourself, but to nominate colleagues with an interest in DH with time and energy to contribute to supporting our field.
+
+## About Executive Council Representatives 
+
+### What does an ACH Executive Council Representative do?
+
+ACH undertakes a range of activities, including holding an annual virtual conference, organizing professional development events, distributing bursaries and other awards to the community, and engaging in advocacy work on behalf of the digital humanities community in the United States. This work is supported by infrastructure run and maintained by the ACH Exec, and is informed by a series of liaison relationships with other organizations. Executive Council Representatives shape and execute these threads of work on behalf of the organization (in accordance with the [constitution and bylaws](https://ach.org/about/constitution/)). Representatives are required to follow ACH codes of conduct, such as our [conference code of conduct.](https://ach2026.ach.org/en/policies/code-of-conduct/)
+
+### What is the time commitment for an ACH Executive Council Representative?
+The council meets once a month for an hour (with no meetings in January, July, and August). Typically the meetings are split between discussion of organizational business requiring council input and breakout sessions to make progress on our work.
+
+The work of ACH is organized into tasks. These could be as small as “organize a professional development event” or as large as “chair the conference program committee.” Over the course of a year, we ask each council member to commit to 4-5 small tasks or one large (conference-related) task to ensure that the organization’s work is fairly distributed among council members. Council members also participate in the yearly ACH conference by serving as peer reviewers and session moderators.
+
+### Who is eligible to be an ACH Executive Council Representative?
+Anyone who is a current ACH member (or who is willing to join ACH if elected) and is willing to perform the work of the organization and advocate for our membership and other digital humanists is eligible.
+
+# About the ACH Presidency
+
+### What are Co-Vice Presidents/Co-Presidents Elect?
+Our bylaws permit either a single person to serve as Vice President/President Elect, or two people to share the role. 
+
+In recent years, ACH moved towards a collaborative leadership model for our Vice President and President roles. Our collaborative leadership model engenders more disciplinary perspectives in decision making, and supports a more equitable and sustainable distribution of labor. 
+
+_**Individuals interested in running, whether alone or as a pair, are urged to speak to the current Co-Vice Presidents and/or current Co-Presidents before the nomination period ends to gain a thorough understanding of the expectations and workload.**_
+
+### What do ACH Co-Vice Presidents/Co-Presidents Elect do?
+The Co-Vice Presidents/Co-Presidents Elect serve as officers for two years, before serving as President for another two years. In the first two years they work with the current Co-Presidents to facilitate the business of ACH, including determining and distributing the work of the organization, setting financial priorities, and helping to advance the overall work of the Executive Council. When two individuals co-occupy this role, they distribute the work while sharing a single vote.
+
+### What is the time commitment for an ACH Co-Vice Presidents/Co-Presidents Elect?
+In addition to the time requirement of an Executive Council Representative (see above), the Co-Vice Presidents/Co-Presidents Elect attend monthly officers’ meetings. Regular meetings with the current Presidents is also anticipated. 
+
+### Who is eligible to be an ACH Co-Vice President/Co-President Elect?
+Anyone who is a current ACH member (or who is willing to join ACH if elected), familiar with ACH's work (such as through presenting or attending at our conference or Exec+ meetings) and supportive of its mission, and is willing to perform the work of the organization and advocate for our membership and other digital humanists is eligible. Prior participation in an ACH leadership role, such as member of the Executive Council, conference committee member, or officer, is highly desirable to be able to hit the ground running.
+
+### Who are we looking for?
+We especially hope for a slate of candidates that is diverse as to race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, ability, profession, citizenship, nationality, and other identities and backgrounds.
+
+Demonstrated commitment to digital humanities is more important to our work than professional affiliation, academic/professional status, or job title. We welcome participants from a wide range of communities including universities and colleges, galleries, libraries, museums, community groups, and other organizations engaged with the digital humanities, as well as independent scholars. We seek individuals with and without academic or professional degrees, including current students. 
+
+# How does nomination work? 
+You are encouraged to self-nominate, as well as nominate others, using the very brief [nomination form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdtyHPPO_F7EGNViaKF5GxAHMd9YjjriKI7BL1ub3LpqP52bw/viewform?usp=dialog). Nominations are due by February 13, 2026.
+
+The nomination form includes the option to add brief candidate materials—a short bio and candidate statement (no more than 300 words each). The Nominations committee will follow up with nominees who choose not to include these materials when filling out the form. 
+
+Sample candidate bios and statements from previous years are available on our website (see the [2024 candidate slate](https://ach.org/news/2024/02/ach-2024-election-slate/) and the [2025 candidate slate](https://ach.org/news/2025/02/ach-2025-election-slate/)). For more information on the responsibilities and obligations of Executive Council members, please see [our Constitution and Bylaws](https://ach.org/about/constitution/). 
+
+For questions about nominations please contact ACH Co-Vice President Pam Lach (plach AT sdsu DOT edu).
+
+We’ll be holding an informal info session on Friday, January 23 to answer questions about the process from 9am-10am Pacific / 10am-11am Mountain / 11am-12pm Central / 12pm-1pm Eastern. [Register for the Zoom link](https://SDSU.zoom.us/meeting/register/R145bZUtTVaXqZI4zDj__g). If you’re unable to attend this session, email Pam Lach to schedule a conversation.
+
+About ACH
+ACH is the US-based professional organization for digital humanities. ACH supports and disseminates research and cultivates a vibrant professional community through conferences, publications, and outreach activities. ACH advocates for and supports all of our members in their digital humanities work. Digital humanities is a broad term encompassing a wide range of subject domains, methods, and communities of practice, including (but not limited to) computer-assisted research, pedagogy, and software; resource creation, curation, and engagement; physical computing; the use of digital technologies to write, publish, and review scholarship; and humanistic research into and about digital objects and culture. ACH recognizes that this work is inherently and inextricably sociopolitical, and thus advocates for positive social change through the use of computers and related technologies in the study of humanistic subjects.
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