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ECAASU has three main governing and executive bodies:
• Directorate (aka Board of Directors): each director sits on this board for 3 years. The purpose of this board is to realize long term goals for ECAASU and to advise the National and Conference Board on their activities.
• National Board: The National Board oversees all ECAASU activities throughout the year, including the organization of advocacy projects, mixers and workshops at various regions along the East Coast, alumni events, and the annual ECAASU conference itself.
• Conference Board: The Conference Board is selected by the ECAASU Representatives Council each year, and is compromised of a team of students from the host school. The Conference Board's purpose is to plan an awesome conference, no questions asked. The 2010 ECAASU National Conference is at the University of Pennsylvania.
Prior to 2008, ECAASU existed as a number of unincorporated, disjointed, and unrelated school clubs that lacked accountability held over the conference boards and was unable sustain a consistent, unifying mission. However, the 2007 conference organizers at Yale University recognized the value in establishing ECAASU’s core mission of helping Asian Americans eliminate discrimination and extending that mission to include the societal promotion of all minorities. Thus by incorporating and obtaining nonprofit status, the existence of an ECAASU national board would ultimately benefit the public at large that included all ethnicities and genders.
In January of 2008, Articles of Incorporation were filed with the state of Connecticut and soon thereafter the ECAASU Bylaws were passed by the board of directors at the organization’s first report meeting. The first fully recognized National Board was elected soon afterwards in March of 2008.
ECAASU National was born.
ECAASU National is a recently recognized nonprofit organization that oversees all ECAASU activities throughout the year, including advocacy projects, mixers and workshops at various regions and other conferences along the East Coast, alumni events, and the annual ECAASU conference itself.
25% - Organization and operation of public services throughout the academic year.
25% – Organization and operation of regional student leadership retreats along the East Coast.
25% – Oversight of annual ECAASU Conference.
25% – Organization and operation of regional/conference workshops and panels.
The ECAASU Board of Directors (also known as the ECAASU Directorate) is an extension of the ECAASU National Board, consisting of past ECAASU organizers and/or former ECAASU National Board members. The Board of Directors oversees the administration of ECAASU National’s objectives throughout the year. Most importantly, the Board of Directors also separately determines the long-term goals for ECAASU as an organization that represents the interests of collegiate and recent Asian American alumni across the country.
Current 2009-2014 ECAASU Board of DirectorsFor more information, please visit their website.
